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Nermeen E. El Nokali, PhD

  • Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Lab Manager

Clinical Research Coordinator, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinics

Lab Manager for the POWER Lab

Education & Training

  • Wayne State University 2004 – BA Psychology
  • University of Pittsburgh 2011- PhD

Representative Publications

Sequeira, G., El Nokali, N.E., Rothenberger, S., Levine, M. & Rofey, D. L. (submitted 2018) Early Effects of Initiating Masculinizing Hormone Therapy on BMI in Transgender Adolescents and Young Adults. Under review at Obesity.

Rofey, D. L., El Nokali, N. E., Foster, L. J., Seiler, E., H. L., McCauley & Miller, E. (2018) Weight Loss Trajectories and Adverse Childhood Experience among Obese Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 31 (4): 372-5.

Bachman, H. J., Degol, J., Elliot, L., Scharphorn, L. El Nokali, N. E., & Palmer, K. (2017) Preschool math exposure in private center-based care and low SES children’s math development. Early Education and Development. 1-18.

Rofey, D.L., Zeller, M.H., Brode, C., Reiter-Purtill, J., Mikhail, C., Washington, G., Baughcum, A.E., Peugh, J., Austin, H., Jenkins, T.M., Courcoulas, A.P., and the TeenView Writing Group in cooperation with the Teen-LABS Consortium*. (2015) Obesity, 23:1218–1225. (collaborator*)

Rofey, D.L., Arslanian, S.A., El Nokali, N.E., Verstynen, T., Watt, J.C., Black, J.J., Sax, R., Krall, J.S., Proulx, C., Dillon, M., & Erickson, K.I. (2015). Brain volume and white matter in youth with types 2 diabetes compared to obese and normal-weight peers: A pilot study. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience.

Bachman, H.J.,　 Votruba-Drzal, E.,　 El Nokali, N.E.,　 Castle Heatly, M. (2015). Opportunities for learning math in elementary school: Implications for SES disparities in procedural and conceptual math skills. American Educational Research Journal. 52, (5), 894-923.

Michael, J.C., El Nokali, N.E., Black, J., Rofey, D.L. (2015). Mood and Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity Patterns in Youth with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 28(5):369 (2015) PMID 26165910 PMCID PMC4503514

Jakubowski, K. P., Black, J. J., El Nokali, N. E., Belendiuk, K. A., Hannon, T. S., Arslanian, S. A., & Rofey, D.L. (2012). Parents’ Readiness to Change Affects BMI Reduction Outcomes in Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Journal of Obesity, 2012, 298067.

El Nokali, N.E., Bachman, H. J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2010). Parent involvement and children’s academic achievement and social development in elementary school. Child Development, 81, 988-1005.