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Katherine Wentzell

Assistant Professor

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Katherine Wentzell

Ph.D., CPNP, BC-ADM

Contact

Maloney Hall 357

Telephone: 617-552-8811

Email: katherine.wentzell@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Colby College
  • M.S.N., 艾可直播 College
  • Ph.D., 艾可直播 College

Research Interests

Adolescents and听young adults,听type 1 diabetes,听diabetes distress, social determinants of health, financial toxicity

Expertise

  • Adolescent and Young Adult Health
  • Child Health
  • Diabetes
  • Chronic Illness

Profile

Katherine Wentzell, Ph.D., CPNP, BC-ADM, is an assistant professor at the Connell School of Nursing. She is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and is Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management. Her research focuses on understanding the emotional burden of living with diabetes during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Her current work aims to听understand objective financial burden and subjective financial distress, as well as associations with social determinants of health, cost-coping behaviors, health insurance access, and glycemic outcomes in emerging adults living with type 1 diabetes.听听

Dr. Wentzell completed a NIH T32 funded post-doctoral fellowship and then was named the Mary K. Iacocca Senior Fellow at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wentzell maintains a clinical practice in the Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Section at the Joslin Diabetes Center.听

Selected Publications

  • Vitale, R.*,听Wentzell, K.*, Laffel, L. (2022). 鈥淔ear that one day I may not be able to afford insulin.鈥� The emotional burden of diabetes costs during emerging adulthood.听Diabetes Technology &听Therapeutics. 24听(12), 915-919. doi: 10.1089/dia.2022.0170.
  • Wentzell, K., Vitale, R. & Laffel, L. (2022). Diabetes distress in emerging adulthood: Content validity Of the Problem Areas in Diabetes鈥擡merging Adult version (PAID-EA) using qualitative methods.听The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care Journal,听48(5), 336-348. doi: 10.1177/26350106221110817.
  • Wentzell, K. Volkening, L. & Laffel, L. (2022). Concordance and discordance between youth and their parents鈥� reports of diabetes distress: The importance of youth perceptions. Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 36(7). doi:10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2022.108207.
  • Wentzell, K., Strout, D., Laffel, L., & Vessey, J. A. (2022). Assessing diabetes distress in emerging adults: Development and validation of the Problem Areas in Diabetes鈥擡merging Adult version.听Canadian Journal of Diabetes,听46(5), 503-509. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.02.004.

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