Research Scholar

Rosanbalm is trained as a child clinical and quantitative psychologist. Her work centers around child maltreatment prevention, both primary and secondary. Rosanbalm currently serves as a research coordinator and statistician for the Durham Family Initiative, an initiative that encompasses several prevention/intervention programs designed to reduce child maltreatment in Durham County.

Rosanbalm is currently collaborating on the development of a multi-component abuse prevention program for at-risk parents of children under two. Additionally, Rosanbalm assists in the evaluation of the Multiple Response System (MRS), a family-centered approach to child protection that is currently being piloted in North Carolina.

Education:

• Ph.D. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio - 2002
• Medical Psychology Intern, Child Specialization Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina - 2000
• M.S. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio - 1997
• B.A. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA - 1993

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Davis, M.K., & Gidycz, C.A. (2000). Child sexual abuse prevention programs: A meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 257-265.


2. Holroyd, K.A., Labus, J.S., Hill, K.H., Stensland, M., Carlson, B., Lipchik, G.L., & Davis-Rosanbalm, M.K. (2000). Antidepressant medication and cognitive-behavior therapy in the management of chronic tension-type headache: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 22.


3. Labus, J.S., Holroyd, K.A., Lipchik, G.L., & Davis-Rosanbalm, M.K. (2000). Central Pain Modulation/Transmission in Chronic Tension-Type Headache: Separate and Combined Effects of Antidepressant Medication and Stress-Management Therapy. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 22.


4. Lipchik, G., Holroyd, K., O'Donnell, F., Cordingley, G., Waller, S., Labus, J., Davis, M.K., & French, D. (2000). Exteroceptive suppression periods and pericranial muscle tenderness in chronic tension-type headache: Effects of psychopathology, chronicity, and disability. Cephalalgia, 20, 638-646.


5. Martin, D.J., Garske, J.P., & Davis, M.K. (2000). Relation of the therapeutic alliance with outcome and other variables: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 438-450.

1. Child and family research in public policy: Commonalities/differences across international, national, state, and local levels, Presentation given at the 2005 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2005
2. Strength-based treatment with special populations, Workshop presented at a grantees meeting for the Managing Access to Juvenile Offender Resources and Services (MAJORS) Program, Chapel HIll, NC, August 2001
3. The Child and Adolescent PTSD Checklist in Three Research Populations, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, New York, 2000
4. Basic program evaluation, Workshop presented at the first annual North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention conference, Winston-Salem, NC, November 2000
5. Central Pain Modulation/Transmission in Chronic Tension-Type Headache: Separate and Combined Effects of Antidepressant Medication and Stress-Management Therapy, Poster presented at the 9th Congress of the International Headache Society, New York, New York, 2000