Faculty

Kaitlyn Rechenberg is an associate professor at the University of Central Florida College of Nursing and director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Anxiety Lab. She is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric mental health specialist with 10 years of clinical experience working with adolescents and young adults. She is an expert in conducting interventional research with adolescents and young adults living with chronic medical conditions, especially Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Recent projects include the design and validation of the first measure of diabetes-specific anxiety for adolescents with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) – Anxiety Symptoms in Diabetes Scale^©; design and implementation of an accessible, evidence-based mindfulness training mobile health application for adolescents with T1D, Appricate^©; and adaptation of a mindfulness training mobile health application for young adults with early-onset Type 2 diabetes, Appricate4two^©. She has contributed $1.1 million in NIH funding as a principal investigator and co-investigator.

Education

• PhD, Yale University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• MPH, Yale University, School of Public Health
• MSN, Yale University, School of Nursing
• MA, Yale University, Divinity School
• BA, Fordham University