HPCS Faculty
Core Faculty:
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. |
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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. Website |
Joel Erblich, PhD
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Jennifer Ford, PhD
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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. |
Regina Miranda, PhDHunter College
Cognition and suicidal behavior; Rumination and hopelessness-related cognition; Racial and ethnic differences in risk for suicidal behavior. Website |
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Jeffrey Parsons, PhD
Hunter College
HIV/AIDS, sexual health, substance use and abuse; LGBT health; Behavioral interventions. Website |
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. 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. Website |
Tracey Revenson, PhD
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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. Website |
Mariann Weierich, PhD
Hunter College
Neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying stress and stress-related disorders. Website |
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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. Website |
Sarit Golub, PhD
Hunter College
HIV prevention; Risk perception and decision-making; Impact of chronic illness on identity. Website |
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Renee Goodwin, PhD
CUNY 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 |
Margaret Rosario, PhDCity 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. Website |
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Deborah J. Walder, PhD
Brooklyn College
Neurodevelopment and risk for mental health disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, with consideration of stress, hormones and sex differences. Website |
Other Contributors:
- John Greenwood, Ph.D.
- Kevin Nadal, Ph.D.
- Rebecca Weiss, Ph.D.