Vanessa Aguilera Snyder, PsyD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Locations

Pediatric Psychology and Developmental Medicine

Education

BS, Psychology, University of Georgia, 2015
BA, Sociology, University of Georgia, 2015
MA, Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College, 2017
PsyD, Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College, 2020
Pre-Doctoral Internship, Pediatric Psychology, Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, 2020
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pediatric Psychology, St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital, 2021

Biography

Dr. Aguilera is a licensed clinical psychologist who was trained broadly as a Child and Adolescent Psychologist and then specialized in Pediatric Psychology. She takes a systemic, trauma-informed and evidenced based approach to treatment. Dr. Aguilera’s areas of clinical interest include: chronic illness, neurodevelopmental disorders, congenital heart disease, treatment adherence issues, and systemic/family-centered care. She has extensive experience working with families whose children have complex medical needs and comorbid developmental disabilities. Dr. Aguilera’s research interests center on increasing accessibility to high-quality, family-centered and culturally sensitive mental health care through applied research efforts.

Research Interests

Increasing accessibility to trauma-informed, culturally-sensitive mental health care for historically underserved communities.

(Molitor SJ, Aguilera V, Lerret S.) Pediatr Transplant. 2024 Aug;28(5):e14812 PMID: 38895788 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196295062 06/19/2024
(Boeding S, Aguilera V, Smith J, Handler S, Snyder J, Kroll K.) Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. 1 October 2023;25(2):135-151 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176256867 10/01/2023
(Aguilera V, Schaefer MR, Parris K, Long A, Triplett B, Phipps S.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2022 Mar;57(3):377-383 PMID: 35001081 PMCID: PMC9455732 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122684355 01/11/2022
(Schaefer MR, Aguilera V, Parris K, Long A, Triplett B, Phipps S.) Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Feb;69(2):e29480 PMID: 34866310 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120859514 12/07/2021

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