Alicia Kunin-Batson
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Credentials
PhD, LP

Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience
Faculty, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director of Research, Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience
Faculty Member, Center for Neurobehavioral Development
Faculty, Brain Tumor Program
Section Head, Pediatric Neuropsychology
Faculty, Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine
Biography

Bio

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.

Clinical Summary

Dr. Kunin-Batson is involved in the following clinics:

  • Outpatient pediatric neuropsychology clinic, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Comprehensive Consultative Clinic

Education

PhD in Clinical Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science (Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School)

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology,
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Internship in Pediatric Psychology,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Honors and Recognition

Associate or Full Professor Behavioral/Community Science Paper of the Year, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Contact

Contact

Address

Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience
2025 E. River Parkway
7962A
Minneapolis, MN 55414