Expert Details
Clinical and Academic Psychology; Psycho-oncology and End of Life Decision-making; Higher Education; STEM Education
ID: 738137
Alabama, USA
She has done research examining how people make decisions about genetic testing and about treatment near the end of life.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1984 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship- Developmental Neurobiology | Institution: Washington University |
Year: 1982 | Degree: PhD Clinical Psychologist | Subject: Internship | Institution: University of Washington |
Year: 1981 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Clinical/Developmental Psychology | Institution: University of Iowa |
Year: 1979 | Degree: M.A. | Subject: Psychology | Institution: University of Iowa |
Year: 1975 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Psychology | Institution: University of Iowa |
Year: 2021 | Degree: BA | Subject: Art Studio | Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2005 to 2021 | Employer: UAB | Title: Director, Science and Technology Honors Program | Department: Psychology and Honors College |
Responsibilities:Developed and implemented an interdisciplinary science and technology-focused honors program that spanned the entire 4 years for students who were admitted. They completed an honors thesis and a curriculum that emphasized scientific thinking, leadership development and team work. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1999 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: Gerontology and Palliative Care |
Responsibilities:Provide counseling to patients with terminal or complex chronic medical conditions and their families. Provide supervision to trainees in counseling and clinical psychology who aspire to work with this population. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1994 to 2003 | Employer: UAB | Title: Director, Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Program | Department: Department of Psychology |
Responsibilities:Oversaw recruitment, evaluation and selection of doctoral students in the Behavioral Neuroscience Program. Taught Research Methods course. Monitored the progress of students toward completion of degree and completion of the Master's and dissertation requirements. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1993 to 2021 | Employer: UAB | Title: Professor of Psychology | Department: |
Responsibilities:Maintained and active and extramurally funded research program. Supervised graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Taught several classes per year, primarily in research methods and research design and medical psychology. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1988 to 1993 | Employer: UAB | Title: Associate Professor of Psychology | Department: Psychology |
Responsibilities:Maintained active research program and taught graduate and undergraduate classes. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1985 to 1988 | Employer: UAB | Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology | Department: Psychology |
Responsibilities:Maintained active and funded research program and taught classes for graduate and undergraduate students. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Current: Society for Neuroscience American Psychological Association American Society for Cell Biology Past: American Physiological Society Councils for High Blood Pressure Research, Basic Science and Cardiovascular Disease in the Young American Heart Association Women and Minorities Leadership Committee International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Sigma XI International Society for Heart Research American Psychosomatic Society Society for Behavioral Medicine |
Licenses / Certifications |
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Clinical Psychology in Alabama. Issued in 1997. Licensed |
Professional Appointments |
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Professor Emerita Department of Psychology University of Alabama at Birmingham Psychologist Supportive and Palliative Care University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Services Foundation Scientist O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Awards / Recognition |
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March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Award American Heart Association Established Investigator Award National Collegiate Honors Council Celebration of Teaching Tribute Employer Outstanding Woman Faculty Award Sam Brown Bridgebuilder Award President’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching within the Honors College (undisclosed) Endowment for Support of the Science and Technology Honors Program |
Medical / Professional |
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Research interests: - Psychosocial impact of cancer - End of life decision making - Use of supportive and palliative care to improve quality of life in cancer survivors - Psychosocial influences on breast cancer screening behavior and response to cancer diagnosis. - Facilitating and assessing scientific and critical thinking. - Use of peer mentorship to facilitate adjustment of student to a college environment - Obtaining informed consent for genetic testing. Ethical, legal and social issues in genetic screening and genetic testing. - Interaction of genetic predisposition for disease with environmental and behavioral factors to produce individual risk. - Facilitation of exercise behavior. Teaching interests: - End of Life Decision Making - Research design and applied statistics - Scientific writing and presentation - Principles of leadership - Scientific thinking - Evolutionary influences on health and disease |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Publications: 73 Bibliography: Papers presented: 95 Past grant support: 25 |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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Expert for defense. Cases: 1 |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Leadership and Administrative Experience: Psychosocial Oncology Training Academy (POTA). Core Development Team to develop continuing education materials for mental health professionals and primary care providers to assist them in working more effectively with breast cancer patients and survivors. The product is a two-day training program comprehensively addressing the impact of breast cancer, including recurrent and metastatic disease. Modules include culturally sensitive communication, religious and spiritual coping, distress management and others. Science and Technology Honors Program: Responsible for development of curriculum, student recruitment, facilitating student progress and administering the program budget. Developed a structured honors thesis process that includes a seminar to mentor students through preparation of a formal proposal and a seminar to mentor them through preparation of a journal article formatted thesis. Responsible for stewarding donors and working with both an internal and external advisory council. Have supervised a full-time program manager and two part-time associate directors. Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Program: Oversight of student recruitment, curriculum, and dissertation process. Worked with faculty from Department of Psychology, Joint Health Sciences, and School of Medicine who served as mentors for the students. Task Force on Academic Advising for Student Success: Appointed by Dean to lead a task force to examine how the student advising process could be optimized to facilitate success and retention of all students. Many of the suggestions made by this task force have subsequently been implemented. BLAZE Leadership Development Program: Selected for the 2011-2012 BLAZE Leadership Program. Suggested a team project that explored factors available at admission that predict the academic success of transfer students, examining the differences in patterns for students transferring into various majors. |