Past Faculty Spotlight
Dr. John Ruiz's recent $1.63 million NIH-NHLBI grant, upcoming APA symposium on “Mentoring of Early Career Minorities in Health Research,” and work on the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 38 (Health Psychology) Diversity Council is noted in the attached PRIDE newsletter.
Dr. Ruiz participated in the NIH Programs to Increase Diversity (PRIDE) summer institute program for Mentoring Researchers in Latino Health Disparities this past August.
The new senior vice-provost, Dr. Yolanda Flores Niemann, was appointed as a tenured Professor of Psychology, consistent with the department's enthusiastic recommendation. Read the full story here.
Dr. Daniel Taylor has been invited to be a subject matter expert for a Department of Defense Center of Excellence workgroup to determine clinical reccomendations for the management of sleep disturbances in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
The meeting is scheduled for October 23-24, 2012 at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) in Bethesda, Maryland.
The primary objective of the committee is to provide guidance to health care providers in theatre and primary care providers in mili...
Dr. Craig Neumann is one of ten distinguished scientists invited to speak at the Jubilee Conference of the Expertise Centre for Forensic Psychiatry in Utrecht, the Netherlands June 7, 2012.
The EFP is celebrating their ten-year anniversary with a conference exploring the most promising developments in recent research and practice that can improve forensic care in the near future. Ten distinguished scientists from around the world have been invited to present and discuss their research and...
The Department of Psychology welcomes Dr. Rex Wright to the faculty! Dr. Wright's expertise centers on the determinants and cardiovascular consequences of effort. A persistent focus has been on the manner in which perceptions of ability, or self-efficacy, impact effort and associated cardiovascular responses. This has evolved into interests in (1) fatigue and age-related cognitive decline as determinants of ability perception, (2) sleep loss and obesity as determinants of fatigue, and (2)...
Pictured is Dr. Rogers receiving the 2011 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy at the annual American Psychological Association (APA) convention. Dr. Rogers research was specifically mentioned by Dr. Norm Anderson (CEO of APA) as among the half dozen most "fascinating presentations" of the convention, which was attended by more than 13,000 psychologists.
Dr. Wang is joining the Department faculty effective with the Fall 2011 semester. Dr. Wang's expertise encompasses the following areas: attachment theory, cultural variations of adult attachment, acculturation, adjustment & psychological wellbeing of immigrant individuals, and parent-child relationships in Asian immigrant families.Welcome, Dr. Wang!
Dr. Amy Murrell has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure effective with the fall 2011 semester. Dr. Murrell's primary area of expertise is functional contextual psychology. More specifically, her research examines Relational Frame Theory and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as related to development and maintanence of child and parent psychopathology and treatment.
Daniel Taylor, Ph.D. and Kimberly Kelly, Ph.D. of the Clinical Health Psychology program at the University of North Texas have been awarded $442,838 to study the effects of insomnia on response to the influenza vaccine by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. The primary aim of the proposed study is to determine if insomnia is a risk factor for lower influenza vaccine antibody response.
Dr. Joseph Doster passed away December 12th, 2010. Joe began his three and a half decade career at the University of North Texas in 1976. He provided the leadership that resulted in the initial, national accreditations for the Clinical and Health psychology programs, and was Director of the Health Psychology program for 25 years. Joe was a dedicated mentor and professor, and over the years formed many friendships with his colleagues and students at UNT. He will be greatly missed. The obituary, a...