Board of Directors

Dr. Coburn is an Assistant Professor and Pediatric Psychologist at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services and Children's National Hospital. She is the attending psychologist in the multidisciplinary Celiac Disease Program at Children's National. Dr. Coburn has received a number of grants to investigate psychosocial challenges in celiac disease, including an NIH K award. Dr. Coburn founded the Consortium and has been an advocate for collaborative projects in celiac disease service, research, and education since the Consortium's inception. 

Dr. Germone is an Associate Professor and Pediatric Psychologist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado. She is the attending psychologist at the Colorado Center for Celiac Disease in the Digestive Health Institute at Children's Colorado. She has over a decade of personal experience supporting a loved one with non-celiac gluten sensitivity and she has been with the Colorado Center for Celiac Disease since 2015. Her research and clinical focus include behavioral health supports for children and families with celiac disease. 

Dr. Wesley completed her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Virginia before earning her master's and doctorate degrees from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and then moved back to Philadelphia to join the psychosocial team embedded within Gastorneterology at the Children's Hospital of Philadephia in 2015. From 2015-2019, Dr. Wesley worked closed with the Celiac Disease Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, including giving multiple presentations at their support groups and annual patient and family education consortiums. In 2019, Dr. Wesley moved to Lynchburg, Virginia and she now works with Centra Medical Group. She has established relationships with local pediatric practices to continue supporting children and adolescents diagnosed with medical conditions.

Cecelia Nelson is a 5th-year doctoral student in Clinical Child Psychology at West Virginia University. Her research focuses on the impact of pain and gut-specific anxiety on treatment adherence in chronic GI illnesses. She has celiac disease and she is passionate about and committed to a career developing and implementing psychological treatments that aid in the management of celiac disease and other GI diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and functional GI disorders. Prior to graduate school, Ms. Nelson was involved heavily in public relations and marketing for a number of organizations in her undergraduate career, including her local chapter of Psi Chi. Since 2020, she has served on the social media team for Division 38 of the American Psychological Association. 

Abby Robbertz is a 5th-year clinical psychology doctoral student at Georgia State University working with Drs. Lindsey Cohen and Lisa Armistead. Her research focuses on pediatric chronic illness within the family context, with a particular interest in pediatric gastrointestinal conditions. Specifically, she has examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with gastrointestinal conditions, including children with celiac disease.