HPCS Faculty
Core Faculty:
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Evelyn Behar PhD
Hunter College
Anxiety disorders in adults; overlap of anxiety disorders with other classes of syndromes ( e.g., depressive disorders, sleep disorders); causal mechanisms of change within psychotherapeutic interventions. Accepting students for Fall 2019 |
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Tracy Dennis PhD
Hunter College
Affective neuroscience of emotion; Emotion regulation; Mood/anxiety disorders; Mobile mental health; Neurocognitive processes in affective psychopathology. Accepting students for Fall 2019 (On leave 2019) Website |
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Joel Erblich PhD
Hunter College
Cognitive and behavioral factors in addiction; Nicotine; Smoking cessation. (On leave 2018-2019) Website |
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Jennifer Ford PhD
Hunter College
Psychosocial adjustment and coping with chronic illness; Health behaviors; Pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship; Evidence-based behavioral interventions; Distance-delivered interventions. Accepting students for Fall 2019 |
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Regina Miranda PhD
Hunter College
Cognition and suicidal behavior; Rumination and hopelessness-related cognition; Racial and ethnic differences in risk for suicidal behavior. Accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Jeffrey Parsons PhD
Hunter College
HIV/AIDS, sexual health, substance use and abuse; LGBT health; Behavioral interventions. Not accepting students for Fall 2019 (On leave 2018-2019) |
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Laura Reigada PhD
Brooklyn College
Identification and treatment of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents; Treatment of chronically ill youth with disease-specific anxiety; Dissemination of evidence-based treatments; Cognitive processes in treatment change. Accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Jonathon Rendina PhD
Hunter College
Social stress and health,with an emphasis on research with sexual minorities and those living with HIV. Not accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Tracey Revenson PhD
Hunter College
Stress and coping; Psychosocial adjustment to illness; Gender and health. Accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Tyrel Starks PhD
Hunter College
Relationship factors associated with substance use as well as HIV prevention and related health; Quantitative Psychology. Not accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
Affiliated Faculty:
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Cheryl Carmichael PhD
Brooklyn College
Impact of close relationship processes (e.g., support provision and receipt in the context of positive and negative events) on short- and long-term health and well-being among healthy, at-risk, and diagnosed populations; Social regulation of affect. Accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Sarit Golub PhD
Hunter College
HIV prevention; Risk perception and decision-making; Impact of chronic illness on identity. Accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Renee Goodwin PhDCUNY School of Public Health
Interrelationships between a) anxiety/mood disorders and physical health problems; b) anxiety/mood disorders and cigarette smoking /nicotine dependence over the life course and across generations; Integrated interventions for comorbid physical-mental health problems. Website |
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Margaret Rosario PhD
City College
Psychosocial processes that influence health and adaptational functioning of populations at extreme risk for poor health; Identifying factors that influence poor health and intervene between the hypothesized causes and effects. Accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Deborah Walder PhD
Brooklyn College Neurodevelopment and risk for mental health disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, with consideration of stress, hormones and sex differences. Not accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
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Mariann Weierich PhD
Hunter College
Neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying stress and stress-related disorders. Accepting students for Fall 2019 Website |
Other Contributors:
- John Greenwood, Ph.D.
- Kevin Nadal, Ph.D.
- Rebecca Weiss, Ph.D.