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Dr. Jessica Kenny, PhD is an Associate Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist working in integrated pediatric primary care and orthopedic specialty medical care at Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO). She is the Director of Postdoctoral Fellowship Training at CHCO and an affiliate faculty at the Eugene S. Farley Health Policy Center within the Department of Family Medicine, CU School of Medicine. Dr. Kenny was elected to the APPIC (Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers) Postdoctoral Committee in 2026.
She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at CHCO. She graduated from our APA-accredited clinical health psychology doctoral program in 2019. Prior to this, she earned a BA in Psychology and Spanish from Pepperdine University and a MA in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver.
Dr. Kenny is involved with training, supervision, mentoring and teaching for psychology and medical trainees, program development and outcomes evaluation, and systems-level policy and advocacy for youth mental health. Her current research involves factors related to addressing adolescent depression and suicidality in pediatric primary care, social drivers of health and family needs in medical settings, best-practices in psychology training, and optimal multidisciplinary care for complex pediatric patients and their families. She is committed to increasing access to behavioral health, providing trauma-informed, culturally sensitive care, and promoting justice and health equity.
For a full list of Dr. Kenny’s research and scholarship, see: https://som.cuanschutz.edu/Profiles/Faculty/Profile/35678