Brenda Bursch is a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Psychology Consultation Liaison service at the University of California Los Angeles. Asocial and medical psychologist, Dr. Bursch’s research and clinical focus is in the areas of illness falsification, somatization, palliative care and pediatric pain, and she over sees psychological consultations for hospitalized, medical pediatric patients. Dr. Bursch lectures at professional conferences within the United States and internationally, and has widely published scientific articles and book chapters, including in the American Journal of Public Health and the Journal of the American Medical Association. She has practiced as an expert, consultant and clinician on the topic of Munchausen by proxy since 1993, and served as an Invited Advisor on Factitious Disorders for the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5.