Kristin Riekert, PhD

Highlights

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Kristin Riekert

Professional Titles

Director, The Johns Hopkins Adherence Research Center
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Adherence Program

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Dr. Riekert is a health psychologist and behavioral researcher. Dr. Riekert has been the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on NIH and foundation-sponsored intervention trials focused on improving disease self-management and health outcomes in cystic fibrosis, asthma, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease.

She is the co-chair and Director of the Data Management Core for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Success with Therapies Research Consortium. This national consortium evaluates the efficacy of self-management interventions and how to best disseminate and implement interventions in clinical practice. Dr. Riekert’s areas of research interest are predictors of adherence in people with chronic illnesses, accurate measurement of disease self-management, incorporating the patient and family perspective to develop and evaluate culturally and developmentally appropriate measures and interventions, improving symptom burden (e.g., fatigue, mood, sleep), doctor-patient communication, reducing health care disparities, and implementation of interventions into clinical practice.

She is a previous American Thoracic Society Behavioral Science & Health Services Research Assembly Chair and Board of Directors Member. Dr. Riekert is an editor of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions of Handbook of Health Behavior Change and an Associate Editor of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society and the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.

Dr. Riekert is committed to improving healthcare quality and delivery, particularly among underserved and disadvantaged populations.

Centers and Institutes

Contact for Research Inquiries

Phone: (410) 550-7755
Fax: (410) 550-2612
kriekert@jhmi.edu

Research Interests

Adolescent and young adult health, Communication and adherence in inner-city children, Cystic fibrosis self-management among teens and adults, Doctor-patient communication, Health beliefs, Treatment adherence

Lab Website

Kristin Riekert Lab

Work in the Kristin Riekert Lab focuses on methods for improving health care quality and delivery, particularly among underserved and disadvantaged populations. Our research covers a range of important topics, including health beliefs, treatment adherence, doctor-patient communication, self-management interventions, mobile health initiatives, health disparities and patient-reported outcome methodology. We also work with the National Institutes of Health on multiple intervention trials focused on improving adherence and health outcomes in asthma, chronic kidney disease, cystic fibrosis (CF), sickle cell disease and secondhand smoke reduction.

Research Summary

The Johns Hopkins Adherence Research Center (JHARC) is a national leader in the design of innovative interventions supporting behavior change to improve health and healthcare delivery.

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/41148226/?sort=date&direction=descending

Selected Publications

Cronly JA, Duff AJ, Riekert KA, Fitzgerald AP, Perry IJ, Lehane EA, Horgan A, Howe BA, Chroinin MN, Savage E. Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: Physical and Mental Health Predictors. Respiratory Care. (In Press). 2019 Apr;64(4):406-415
Eaton CK, Eakin MN, Coburn S, Pruette C, Brady T, Fivush B, Mendley S, Tuchman S, Riekert KA. Patient health beliefs and characteristics predict longitudinal antihypertensive medication adherence in adolescents with CKD. J Pediatr Psychol. (In Press). 2019 Jan 1;44(1):40-51
Jones MR, Frey S, Riekert K, Fagnano M, Halterman JS. Transition Readiness for Talking with Providers in Urban Youth with Asthma: Associations with Medication Management. J Adolesc Health. (In Press). 2019 Feb;64(2):265-271
Pruette CS, Coburn SS, Eaton CK, Brady TM, Tuchman S, Mendley S, Fivush BA, Eakin MN, Riekert KA. Does a Multimethod Approach Improve Identification of Medication Nonadherence in Adolescents With Chronic Kidney Disease? Pediatric Nephrology. (In Press). 2019 Jan;34(1):97-105
Ruvalcaba E, Chung S, Rand C, Riekert KA, Eakin M. Evaluating the Implementation of a Multi-Component Asthma Education Program for Head Start Staff. J Asthma. (In Press). 2019; 56(2):218-226

Honors

American Thoracic Society Lifetime Achievement Award, Behavioral Science and Health Services Research Assembly of the American Thoracic Society, 5/21/17
The Frederick L. Brancati Excellence in Mentoring Award, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 3/7/17
American Thoracic Society Early Career Achievement Award, Behavioral Science and Health Services Research Assembly of the American Thoracic Society, 1/1/09
Highlighted Abstract, American Thoracic Society 99th International Conference, 1/1/03