
PhD, ABPP
Health Psychology Department Chair and Associate Professor
Research at a glance
Research Topics
Education and training
Post-Doctoral
- July 2009 – June 2011 Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, UF, Gainesville, FL.
Supervisor: David M. Janicke, PhD, ABPP
Graduate
- Clinical Internship, Child Track, Departments of Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychiatry,
UF, Gainesville, FL. APA-Accredited. (July 2008 – June 2009) - Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, APA-Accredited. (August 2009)
Dissertation: Pain, Quality of Life, and Coping in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
Supervisor: Lindsey L. Cohen, Ph.D. - M.A., Clinical Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, APA-Accredited. (May 2006)
Master’s Thesis: Comparison of High and Low Distraction for Pediatric Procedural Pain
Supervisor: Lindsey L. Cohen, Ph.D. - Child Clinical Psychology Graduate Student, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV,
APA-Accredited (August 2003 – May 2004)
Undergraduate
- December 2002 B.S., Psychology, Highest Honors, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Honors Thesis: Health-Related Quality of Life Before and After Treatment of a Pulmonary Exacerbation in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Supervisor: Alexandra Quittner, Ph.D.
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Aug. 30, 2022