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 2020-21 admissions |
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Danielle Berke PhD
Hunter College
Violence-prevention; risk and resilience in individuals exposed to sexual and relationship violence, with an emphasis on sexual and gender minorities; emotion regulation and gender identity. Website Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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Tracy Dennis PhDHunter College
Affective neuroscience of emotion; Emotion regulation; Mood/anxiety disorders; Mobile mental health. (On leave 2019) Website Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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Joel Erblich PhD
Hunter College
Cognitive and behavioral factors in addiction; Nicotine; Smoking cessation. (On leave 2018-2019) Website Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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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 2020-21 admissions |
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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. Website Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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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. Website Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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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 |
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Tracey Revenson PhD
Hunter College
Stress and coping; Psychosocial adjustment to illness; Gender and health. Website Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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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 Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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 Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
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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 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. 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. Website Accepting students for 2020-21 admissions |
Other Contributors:
- John Greenwood, Ph.D.
- Kevin Nadal, Ph.D.
- Rebecca Weiss, Ph.D.