Christina Eguizabal
Love
,
PsyD
1741 Ashland Avenue, Office #421
Baltimore, MD 21205
United States
About
Christina Eguizabal Love, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist and pediatric neuropsychologist at Kennedy Krieger Institute and an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She provides outpatient neuropsychological assessment services to children, adolescents, and young adults with a range of neurodevelopmental and medical conditions, with a primary clinical focus on spina bifida, epilepsy and acquired brain injury. Dr. Love serves as the neuropsychologist for the Philip A. Keelty Center for Spina Bifida and Related Conditions and is the inaugural director of Language Access at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She also serves as director of Health and Language Access within the Center for Excellence in Public Health Leadership, where she leads initiatives to improve access to quality care for individuals and families with limited English proficiency (LEP).
Education
Dr. Love earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Florida Southern College. She subsequently completed graduate training in clinical psychology, earning a PsyD from the Florida Institute of Technology with a specialization in neuropsychology and child/family practice. She completed her predoctoral clinical psychology internship with a neuropsychology focus at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Following internship, Dr. Love completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joined Kennedy Krieger Institute’s staff in 2018 as a pediatric neuropsychologist in the Center for Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessment (CNaP). In recognition of her leadership in language access, she was appointed Ddrector of Health and Language Access within the Center for Excellence in Public Health Leadership and currently serves as the director of Language Access for Kennedy Krieger Institute. In 2023, Dr. Love was appointed Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Research Summary
Dr. Love’s research focuses on the neuropsychological functioning of bilingual (English/Spanish) children and adolescents with medical and neurodevelopmental conditions, with particular emphasis on epilepsy and spina bifida, which disproportionately affect Hispanic and Latino populations. Her work examines how health-related social needs, neighborhood resources, language access, and healthcare system factors influence neuropsychological outcomes, adaptive functioning, and engagement in care.
In addition to clinical outcomes research, Dr. Love is actively engaged in quality improvement and implementation-focused research aimed at improving healthcare access for individuals with limited English proficiency. This includes studies evaluating language access services, interpreter-mediated care, telehealth accessibility, and system-level interventions designed to improve health outcomes in pediatric specialty care. She also has scholarly interests in workforce development, recruitment and retention of the next generation of neuropsychologists, and the translation of clinical expertise into legislative advocacy to promote health for all.
Dr. Love collaborates on multidisciplinary research initiatives within Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine and has contributed to studies examining adaptive functioning, telehealth access, and neighborhood-level resources. Her scholarship integrates clinical neuropsychology, public health, and health policy perspectives.