Health Psychology Faculty Research Interests:
· School-based health promotion and obesity prevention; family school connectedness
· Health conditions affecting school learning and cognitive processing
· School-based health centers; consultative interventions for children with chronic health disorders
· Clinical neuropsychology; neurology of emotion; behavioral sleep medicine
· Applied behavior analysis; interventions for children with autism and emotional disorders
· Treatment of obesity in children, families, and adults in order to reduce the incidence of chronic disease development such as diabetes and heart disease.
· Children with serious emotional disorders and their families within a system of care; trauma; human sexuality
· Early intervention and prevention of learning disabilities
· Forgiveness, cardiovascular reactivity, and health; positive psychology, spirituality, and health
· Single subject methodology; behavioral assessment and intervention; school consultation
· Influence of sleep, development, and cultural factors of children, adolescents, and young adults with chronic illness
· Disruptive behavior disorders; ADHD interventions; impulsivity; adolescent STI/HIV risk behaviors
· Health and educational disparities in pediatric chronic illness; executive functioning in childhood and adolescence, adolescent substance abuse and prenatal drug exposure on brain development and behavior
