Alicia Kunin-Batson, PhD, LP

Alicia Kunin-Batson, PhD, LP is an Associate Professor and licensed psychologist in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She received her doctoral degree from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science (Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School) and completed internship and postdoctoral training in pediatric psychology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She subsequently completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics. Her research program focuses on neurocognitive and psychosocial influences on health and health behaviors, and the biological and behavioral mechanisms linking early stressful life experiences to future health risks. She has served as PI or co-I on NIH grants (NIDDK, NICHD, NHLBI, NCI NCCIH). Her clinical interests include neuropsychological evaluations of children with chronic health conditions, specifically brain tumor, pediatric solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, and anemias. She is co-chair of the Neuropsychological and Psychosocial Complications, Late Effects Guidelines Taskforce of the Children’s Oncology Group. She is the Associate Director of Research within the Division of Clinical Behavioral Neurosciences and Section Head of the Pediatric Neuropsychology Program.