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Kelsey K. Zaugg
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Kelsey K. Zaugg, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University Pediatric Clinic

University Pediatric Clinic
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine

Education history

Undergraduate Psychology - Brigham Young University B.S.
Graduate Training Psychology - Brigham Young University M.S.
Doctoral Training Child/Adolescent Psychology and Health Psychology - Brigham Young University Ph.D.
Internship Pediatric/Clinical Psychology - Children's Mercy Hospital Predoctoral Internship
Postdoctoral Fellowship Pediatric/Clinical Psychology - Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellowship Pediatric/Clinical Psychology - University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Primary Children's Hospital Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Zaugg KK, Cobia DJ, Jensen CD (2022). Abnormalities in deep-brain morphology and orbitofrontal cortical thinning relate to reward processing and body mass in adolescent girls. Int J Obes (Lond), 46(9), 1720-1727.
  2. Jensen CD, Zaugg KK, Muncy NM, Allen WD, Blackburn R, Duraccio KM, Barnett KA, Brock Kirwan C, Jarcho JM (2022). Neural mechanisms that promote food consumption following sleep loss and social stress: an fMRI study in adolescent girls with overweight/obesity. Sleep, 45(3).
  3. Duraccio KM, Zaugg KK, Blackburn RC, Jensen CD (2021). Does iPhone night shift mitigate negative effects of smartphone use on sleep outcomes in emerging adults? Sleep Health, 7(4), 478-484.
  4. Duraccio KM, Zaugg KK, Nottingham K, Jensen CD (2021). Maternal self-efficacy is associated with mother-child feeding practices in middle childhood. Eat Behav, 40, 101475.
  5. Wu YP, Parsons BG, Nagelhout E, Haaland B, Jensen J, Zaugg K, Caputo H, Lensink R, Harding G, Yancey J, Klein SZ, Leachman SA, Tercyak KP (2019). A four-group experiment to improve Western high school students' sun protection behaviors. Transl Behav Med, 9(3), 468-479.
  6. Duraccio KM, Zaugg K, Jensen CD (2019). Effects of Sleep Restriction on Food-Related Inhibitory Control and Reward in Adolescents. J Pediatr Psychol, 44(6), 692-702.
  7. Parsons BG, Hay JL, Aspinwall LG, Zaugg K, Zhu A, Mooney RH, Klein SZ, Grossman D, Leachman SA, Wu YP (2020). Understanding Skin Screening Practices Among Children at Elevated Risk for Melanoma to Inform Interventions for Melanoma Prevention and Control. J Cancer Educ, 35(3), 509-514.
  8. Nagelhout ES, Parsons BG, Haaland B, Tercyak KP, Zaugg K, Zhu A, Harding G, Yancey J, Jensen JD, Grossman D, Wetter DW, Wu YP (2019). Differences in reported sun protection practices, skin cancer knowledge, and perceived risk for skin cancer between rural and urban high school students. Cancer Causes Control, 30(11), 1251-1258.