Kathy Zebracki Jefson, PHD, MA
- Psychology
- English
- Polish
Biography
Kathy Zebracki, Ph.D., is chief of psychology at Shriners Children’s Chicago. She is also adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and a clinical professor of psychology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Zebracki received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and MA and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Case Western Reserve University. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Spinal Injury Association. Zebracki is an active clinician, researcher and educator. Her clinical interests are in the care of youth with physical disabilities and chronic health conditions. Her research is in the area of psychosocial and medical outcomes of youth with spinal cord dysfunctions, including spinal cord injury and spina bifida. She also serves as a clinical and research mentor for clinical psychology doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows.
She has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 book chapters, and 160 presentations at national and international meetings. Zebracki is a co-editor of the textbooks Spinal Cord Injury in the Child and Young Adult and Paediatric Neuropsychology within the Multidisciplinary Context.
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