PhD, ABPP

Health Psychology Department Chair and Associate Professor

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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