Dr. Riekert received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve University where she specialized in pediatric psychology. She completed post-doctoral training in health psychology at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Riekert's primary areas of research interest are: psychosocial predictors of adherence in pediatric chronic illness, measurement of adherence, development of culturally and developmentally appropriate interventions to improve adherence, developmental aspects of transitioning responsibility for health behaviors and care, patient-reported outcome methodology, health care disparities, and doctor-patient communication.