Victoria A. Miller

About

Victoria A. Miller, PhD, is a Professor of Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a Senior Researcher in the Department of Medical Ethics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania. She is also the Director of Research in the Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine and holds affiliated faculty positions at the Center for Parent and Teen Communication and the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania. Her educational background includes a BA in Psychology and Biomedical Ethics from Brown University, an MA in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Pediatrics from Case Western Reserve University, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a focus on Child/Pediatrics from Case Western Reserve University. Her research expertise centers on developmentally focused investigations that inform child and family decision-making regarding health-related issues. She has conducted research on independent self-management of chronic illnesses, emphasizing the development of decision-making autonomy and competence within the parent-child relationship. Her current longitudinal study, funded by an R01 grant, explores the developmental mechanisms, predictors, and outcomes of children’s decision-making involvement in conditions such as cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes. Additionally, she investigates informed consent and assent processes in pediatric…

Research topics

• Medicine
• Psychology
• Family medicine
• Developmental psychology
• Clinical psychology

Selected publications

• “I Didn't Really Have a Choice”: Qualitative Analysis of Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Technology Use Among Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

  Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics · 2021-03-24 · 74 citations

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  Background: Racial-ethnic disparities in diabetes technology use are well documented in young adults (YA) with type 1 diabetes (T1D), but modifiable targets for intervention still need to be identified. Our objective was to explore YA perspectives on technology access and support in routine clinical care. Materials and Methods: Participants were YA with T1D of Hispanic or non-Hispanic Black race-ethnicity from pediatric and adult endocrinology clinics in the Bronx, NY. We conducted semistructure…

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• Daily Parent–Teen Conflict and Parent and Adolescent Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Daily and Person-Level Warmth

  Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 2020-05-29 · 51 citations

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• Medical and End-of-Life Decision-Making Preferences in Adolescents and Young Adults with Advanced Heart Disease and Their Parents

  JAMA Network Open · 2023-05-05 · 18 citations

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  Importance: Despite high disease morbidity and mortality and complex treatment decisions, little is known about the medical and end-of-life decision-making preferences of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with advanced heart disease. AYA decision-making involvement is associated with important outcomes in other chronic illness groups. Objective: To characterize decision-making preferences of AYAs with advanced heart disease and their parents and determine factors associated with these preferenc…

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• Adolescent, Parent, and Clinician Perspectives on Increasing Adolescent Involvement in Decision-Making During Clinic Visits

  Journal of Pediatric Health Care · 2023-05-19 · 8 citations

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• Informed Consent among Clinical Trial Participants with Different Cancer Diagnoses

  AJOB Empirical Bioethics · 2023-11-03 · 7 citations

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  IMPORTANCE: Informed consent is essential to ethical, rigorous research and is important to recruitment and retention in cancer trials. OBJECTIVE: To examine cancer clinical trial (CCT) participants' perceptions of informed consent processes and variations in perceptions by cancer type. DESIGN AND SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: = 334). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Percentages satisfied with consent process and information provided; and assessing participation's perceptions of risks/benefits. Multivariable…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R21HD067554

  NIH · $450k · 2016

• A mixed-methods study of decision making about CGM in youth with type 1 diabetes

  NIH · $252k · 2017–2019

• A new paradigm of short stature: Incorporating parent and youth characteristics into understanding GH-related decision making and trajectories of quality of life and self-esteem

  NIH · $2.4M · 2019–2025

Frequent coauthors

• Robert M. Nelson

  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  76 shared

• Mary Frances Luce

  Duke University

  61 shared

• William W. Reynolds

  Naval Medical Center San Diego

  53 shared

• Richard F. Ittenbach

  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

  52 shared

• Tom L. Beauchamp

  52 shared

• Diane Harris

  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  49 shared

• Chris Feudtner

  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  44 shared

• Carol A. Ford

  University of Pennsylvania

  36 shared

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