Marissa Baudino, PhD
Pediatric Psychology
Mailing Address
104 Rawl Building
Department of Psychology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Willing to consider mentoring a new doctoral student in 2025-26?
- Yes
Education
- JDRF Diabetes Psychology Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital (2024)
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, Oklahoma State University (2022)
- APA-accredited Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital (2022)
- MS, Clinical Psychology, Oklahoma State University (2018)
- MEd, Child Studies, Vanderbilt University (2015)
- BA, Applied Psychology and Elementary Education, Boston College (2014)
Research Interests
Dr. Baudino is a pediatric psychologist with expertise in type 1 diabetes. Her program of research focuses on promoting youth and family adjustment to chronic medical conditions, increasing engagement in disease self-management behaviors (treatment adherence), and improving health outcomes. Specifically, Dr. Baudino’s research focuses on identifying factors that predict resilience and psychosocial adjustment difficulties in youth with type 1 diabetes and their families that can be targeted through clinical intervention. Additionally, Dr. Baudino is interested in identifying factors that contribute to or reduce health disparities in children and young adults with type 1 diabetes and developing culturally appropriate interventions to improve psychosocial, behavioral, and health outcomes across populations.
Service Positions
- Chair for the Diabetes Special Interest Group of the Society of Pediatric Psychology
Grant Funding
- 2-PDF-2022-11731 (PI: Baudino) – JDRF Diabetes Psychology Fellowship Grant: Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Racially/Ethnically and Socioeconomically Diverse Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes. 2022 – 2024
Selected Publications
Recent publications include:
- Baudino, M. N., Inverso, H., Wang, C., Tully, C., Levy, W., Clary, L., Gallagher, K. A., Monaghan, M., Streisand, R., & Hilliard, M. E. (2023). Satisfaction with participation in the First STEPS behavioral intervention: Experiences of parents of young children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 20(48), 605-613. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad039
- Baudino, M. N., Roberts, C. M., Edwards, C. S., Gamwell, K. L., Tung, J., Grunow, J. E., Jacobs, N. J., & Chaney, J. M. (2022). Disease severity and depressive symptoms in parents of adolescents with IBD: mediating effects of illness intrusiveness and overparenting. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 27(1), e12632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jspn.12632
- Baudino, M. N., Perez, M. N., Roberts, C. M., Edwards, C. S., Gamwell, K. L., Keirns, N. G., Tujng, J., Jacobs, N. J., Grunow, J. E., Mullins, L. L., & Chaney, J. M. (2021). Stigma by association: Parent stigma and youth adjustment in inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(1), 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jaa083
- Baudino, M. N., Gamwell, K. L., Roberts, C. M., Grunow, J. E., Jacobs, N. J., Gillaspy, S. R., Edwards, C. S., Mullins, L. L., & Chaney, J. M. (2019). Disease severity and depressive symptoms in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease: The mediating role of parent and youth illness uncertainty. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44(4), 490-498. https://doil.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy091
- Gamwell, K. L., Baudino, M. N., Bakula, D. M., Sharkey, C. S., Roberts, C. M., Grunow, J., Jacobs, N. J., Gillaspy, S., Mullins, L. L., & Chaney, J. M. (2018). Stigma, thwarted belongingness, and depressive symptoms in youth with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 24(5), 960-965. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izy011