Kim Yee-Hamai, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics School of Medicine

Presentations 

  Research Presentations -- Regional

• Nedilskyj, D., Pivonka-Jones, J., Freier Randall, K., Hamai, K.Y. Treatment Efficacy for Pediatric Obesity and Ethnic Disparities. Oral Presentation at the 136th Annual American Public Health Assocation Meeting, San Diego, CA. ( 10/2008 - Present )

• Arratoonian Vedda, A., Pivonka-Jones, J., Freier Randall, K., Nichols, J.G., Vermeersch, D., & Hamai, K.Y. Parental Readiness for Change and Involvement as a Predictor of Medical and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children Seeking Treatment for Obesity. Oral presentation at the 136th Annual American Public Health Association Meeting, San Diego, CA. ( 10/2008 - Present )

  Poster Presentation

• A. Beck, J. Stevens, J.H. Nichols, M.C. Friar, K.Y. Hamai, L. Yin, and R. Chinnock. "Pediatric Obesity: Efficiency of Psychosocial Interventions." Pediatric Obesity. Society of Pediatric Research ( 5/2005 )

• March Leibow, M., Abaro-Thomas, L., Devore, S., Doan, M., Pivonka-Jones, J., Freier Randall, K., and Hamai, K.  The Influence of Depression and Obesity on Sleep Quality in Children/Adolescents.  Poster presented at Healthy People 2009: Lifestyle Strategies for the Prevention and Intervention of Obesity and Type-2 Diabetes, Loma Linda, CA ( 3/2009 - Present )

• Leibow, M., Abaro-Thoma, L., Devore, S., Doan, M., Pivonka-Jones, J., Freier Randall, K., & Hamai, K.  The Influence of Depression and Obesity on Sleep Quality in Children/Adolescents. Poster presented at the 17th European Congress of Psychiatry: New Diagnostic Approaches in Psychiatry, Lisbon, Portugal. ( 1/2009 - Present )

• Perugini, S.M., Beck, A., Alberty, J., Myers, K.R., Zaytsev, L., Hamai, K., & Freier Randall, MC. Pediatric Obesity: Emotional Eating Behaviors and Readiness for Change.  Poster Presentation at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies'' Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. ( 5/2008 - Present )

• Nedilskyj, D., Freier Randall, M.C., Burley, T., Naramor, T., Hamai, K. Y. Pediatric Obesity: Impact of Treatment on Body Image in Obese Children.  POster Presentation at the 2008 Pedatric Academic Soceities'' Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. ( 5/2008 - Present )

• Beck, A., Vedda, A.A., Zaytsev, L., Stevens, J.R., Hamai, K., & Freier, K. Pediatric Obesity:  Impact of Readiness for Change and Self-Concept. Poster presentation at the Annual Society of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics Conference, Boston, MA. ( 9/2007 - Present )

• Beck, A., Duenas, C., Nedilskyj, D., Hamai, K., & Freier, M.C. Readiness for change profiles in a pediatric weight management program.  Poster presentation at the 134th Annual American Public Health Association Meeting, Boston, MA. ( 11/2006 - Present )

• Harrigan, C., Beck, A., Hamai, K., & Freier, M. Pediatric obesity: psychosocial and medical outcomes of treatment.  Poster presentation at the 2006 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA. ( 11/2006 - Present )

• Beck, A., Stevens, J., Hamai, K. Y., Freier, M.C. Pediatric Obesity: Impact of Readiness for change & self-concept. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, San Francisco, CA. ( 4/2006 - Present )

• Freier, M.C., Beck, A., Stevens, J., Nichols, J.G., Hamai, K. Y., Yin, L. Pediatric obesity: efficacy of pscyhosocial interventions.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington, D.C. ( 5/2005 - Present )

• Freier, M.C., Kuehfuss, K., Babikian, T., Burley Aaen, T., Macaias, A., Krishnamurthy, V., Yee, K., & Yin, L.T. Efficacy of psychosocial factors and readiness for change in predicting weight loss in obese children.  Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology National Conference on Child Health Psychology, Charleston, South Carolina. ( 4/2004 - Present )

  Presentations given to non-academic audiences

• Media Presentation:  Freier, M.C., and Hamai, K. "Childhood Obesity:  What is it, and what can we do about it?"  Talk for TV, "Desings for Health" Deans seminar series. ( 2/2009 )