Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
Open Access

Dr. Rofey earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Bucknell University and her clinical psychology degree at the University of Cincinnati. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and her postdoctoral training at Children’s and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

At Children’s Hospital, Dr. Rofey has conducted studies that focus on seriously overweight children, adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome, and cognitive behavioral treatment for children with diabetes. Dr. Rofey has been involved with NIH-funded grants and has completed research trials investigating mood disturbances across the lifespan, health promotion in adolescents, smoking cessation programs, collaborative care models in pediatric primary care, pediatric variants of bipolar disorder, and psychosocial implications of bariatric surgery. She is the author and co-author of numerous articles that have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She is a reviewer for several journals and serves on boards for the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.