Health Psychology Faculty Research Interests:
· Cognitive neuroscience; psychophysiology; chronic pain; mental illness; geriatrics; clinical behavioral medicine
· Chronic stress; prenatal stress and birth outcomes; stress and health disparities; resilience interventions; psychoneuroimmunology
· Clinical neuropsychology; neurology of emotion; behavioral sleep medicine
· Women's health including social cognitive processes in trauma recovery, particularly after sexual assault, body image and disordered eating, and women's mental health during pregnancy
· 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
· Cardiac psychology; patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators; cardiac rehabilitation
· Influence of sleep, development, and cultural factors of children, adolescents, and young adults with chronic illness
· 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
