Social Judgement &
Behavioral Decision
Making

Research Focus:
Health Psychology

1. investigation of psychological and biological factors that predispose to, precipitate, or maintain illness and disability, and

2. development and evaluation of psychological interventions that enhance the functioning of individuals with chronic disorders.

Clinics and Laboratories

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Faculty

• Mary de Groot, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island (1999),
  Assistant Professor – Research interests include: depression and diabetes, cultural components of diabetes self-care behaviors, individually-tailored health promotion interventions (e.g. smoking cessation, weight management, stress management) and rural health.
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• Christopher France, Ph.D. (McGill University, 1991),
  Professor - Research interests include psychophysiology of pain and cardiovascular disorders, hypertension, interventions to prevent blood donation syncope, stress and coping.
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• Bernadette D. Heckman, Ph.D. (Washington University, St. Louis, 2001),
  Assistant Professor - Research interests include cross-cultural and multicultural issues in health, health and race-related health disparities, ethnic minory mental health.
• Kathi L. Heffner, Ph.D. (University of Nevada, Reno, 2001),
  Assistant Professor - Research interests include: cardiovascular, endocrine and immune linkages between emotional expression and health outcomes, including attention to these processes in older adulthood; physiological indicators of coping during impression management.
• Kenneth Holroyd, Ph.D. (University of Miami - Florida, 1975),
  Professor - Research interests include pain and headache management, assessment of the effectiveness of drug and psychological treatments for pain, innovative methods of delivery of psychological services.
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• Stephen Patterson, Ph.D. (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 1993),
  Associate Professor - Research interests include cardiovascular psychophysiology, psychological stress and hematology, rural health, racial and gender differences, behavioral epidemiology.
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• Julie Suhr, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, 1994),
  Associate Professor - Research interests include neuropsychology of pain and other medical conditions, assessment and management of Alzheimer's disease, detection of malingering, effects of psychological state on neuropsychological performance.
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Affiliated Faculty

• Timothy Anderson, Ph.D. (Miami University, 1993),
  Associate Professor - Research interests include psychotherapy process and outcome research in the context of physical and mental illness, psychological assessment.
• Bruce Carlson, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 1984),
  Associate Professor - Research interests include the evaluation of diagnostic tests, generalized regression models.
• Claudia Gonzalez-Vallejo, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, 1992),
  Associate Professor - Research interests include applications of judgment and decision-making research to medical decision making and public policy.

Research Faculty

• Janis France, Ph.D. (McGill University, 1995),
  Assistant Research Professor

Research Staff

• Lina K. Himawan, M.A. (University of Maryland, 2004),
  Biostatistician
   
• Timur Skeini, B.M. (University of Waterloo, 2001),
  Research Bio-Technician
   
• Marcia S. Smart, BSN (Ohio University, 1988),
  Research Nurse