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Department of Pediatrics > Psychology Internship > Faculty Information > Kerri Boutelle
Kerri Boutelle
Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D., L.P.
STAR Eating Disorder Center
(612) 626-2633
Dr. Boutelle is the Director of the STAR Eating Disorder Center, a clinic that serves youth ages 12-25 who have eating disorders or disordered eating. The STAR Center uses empirically-based treatment methods and delivers care in an interdisciplinary treatment model. The treatment team includes psychology, medicine, nutrition and family therapy. The STAR Center provides outpatient assessment and individual and family treatment to adolescents and young adults and their families.
Dr. Boutelle's research interests focus on the causes, characterization, prevention, and treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity and eating disorders. Overarching research objectives include investigating the role of familial factors in the etiology, prevention, and treatment of obesity and eating disorders in youth, utilizing principles of basic behavioral science to inform and improve treatments for obesity and eating disorders; and determining intervention and prevention strategies aimed at changing the trajectory of weight and eating disorders in children and adolescents. In ongoing studies, she hopes to identify innovative and cost-effective treatment strategies for obese children (parent-only treatments), to develop new treatments based on basic behavioral research for children who binge eat (self-regulation treatments), and to disseminate current behavioral treatment through innovative methods (guided self-help, computer-based guidance for primary care physicians).
Dr. Boutelle is a member of The Academy of Eating Disorders, The Eating Disorder Research Society, The National Association for the Study of Obesity, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Education and Training:
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1996
Internship: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology and Community Health |
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