Graduate

Psychology Faculty

Michael Alessandri, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychology, Child Division: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 1992 - Director, UM Center for Autism and Related Disabilities Autism/Developmental Disorders. Director, Marino Autism Research Institute.
Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D., Professor, Health Division: University of Miami, 1986 - Associate Editor, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Psycho-oncology, AIDS and psychoneuroiminunology: coping styles, social support, life event stress, and health/disease.
Charles S. Carver, Ph.D., Professor, Adult Division: University of Texas at Austin, 1974 - Director, Adult Division; Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences. Personality, stress and coping, optimism and its consequences, emotional processes.
Christine E. Fullmer Delgado, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Child Division: University of Miami, 1999 - Co-Director, Children's Registry and Information System Project Director, Early Social Communication Project Communication and social development in infants. Tracking of services provided to children with disabilities. Impact of early identification of disabilities on school performance.
Lynn A. Durel, Ph.D., Associate Professor Health Sciences, Health Division: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 1986 - Director, Health Science Program (Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Degree), Biobehavioral factors in cardiovascular activity and emotion, stress and anxiety.
Jennifer Stella Durocher, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Child Division: University of Miami, 2001 - Assistant Director, Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (C.A.R.D.)
Franklin H. Foote, Ph.D., Lecturer: University of Miami, 1984 - Romantic and Sexual Relationships.
D. Kim Fuller, Ph.D., ABPP, Clinical Associate Professor: University of Miami, 1982 - Director, Psychological Services Center Clinical training of therapy and assessment; treatment of trauma; eating disorders; EMDR; sexual orientation/identity concerns; emotional effects of divorce.
Marc D. Gellman, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Health Division: University of Miami, 1984 - Associate Director, Health Division - Cardiovascular and neuroendocrine reactivity to stress, drug use in our society.
Roderick C. Gillis, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Adult Division: University of Miami, 1981 - Tests and measurements, social psychology.
Edward J. Green, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Health Division: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985 - CNS mechanisms underlying learning and memory, behavioral recovery from stroke, CNS control of circulation and circulatory conditioning.
Daryl B. Greenfield, Ph.D., Professor, Child Division: University of Connecticut, 1976 - Development of Social Competence, Emergent Literacy and Cognitive Processes in low-income, multiethnic children during the transition from preschool into early elementary school. Effects of Early Intervention Programs such as Head Start on children's early school success.
Heather Henderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Child Division: University of Maryland, 2002 - Temperamental contributions to children's social behavior; affective and cognitive influences on self-regulation; developmental psychophysiology.
Barry E. Hurwitz Ph.D., Professor, Health Division: University of Florida, 1984 - Behavioral Medicine; heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome; stress, biobehavioral factors and mechanisms in disease progression.
Gail H. Ironson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Health Division: University of Wisconsin, 1977; M.D. University of Miami School of Medicine, 1986; Residency Stanford University 1986-1990 - Psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, Psycho-oncology, Stress Management Interventions, Stress and Coping, Cardiovascular Disease, Post Traumatic Stress (Director of Trauma Treatment Program), Measurement and Statistics.
Sheri L. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Director, Adult Division: University of Pittsburgh, 1992 - Bipolar disorder; life events, social support, and marital interaction.
Jutta Joormann, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Adult Division: Free University of Berlin, 2000 - The role of cognitive processes in the onset and maintenance of depression and anxiety disorders
Marygrace Kaiser, Ph.D.Marygrace Kaiser, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Child Division: University of Miami, 1999 - Examination of early risk factors associated with developmental disabilities and special education placement and social and communicative development, involving the coordination of early infant behaviors.
Lynne F. Katz, Ed.D., Research Assistant Professor, Child Division: University of Miami, 1999 - Administrative Director, Linda Ray Intervention Center; Early intervention program implementation for high-risk children. Family substance abuse issues; Juvenile Court and Child Welfare casecoordination. Parenting skills training.
Annette M. La Greca, Ph.D., Professor, Child Division: Purdue University, 1978 - Director of Clinical Training
Cooper Fellow; Editor, Journal of Consulting and Psychology; Adolescents' peer and romantic relations; effects of disasters and trauma on children and youth; anxiety, depression and health behaviors among adolescents; social anxiety; social support among youth with diabetes.
Kristin M. Lindahl, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Child Division: University of Denver, 1992 - Developmental psychopathology, impact of marital distress on parenting and children's socioemotional development, and family factors associated with the development of behavioral and emotional problems in children.
Maria M. Llabre, Ph.D., Professor, Health Division: University of Florida, 1978 - Director of Statistics, Behavioral Medicine Research Center- applied statistics, latent growth modeling, structural modeling, generalizability theory.
Neena Malik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Child Division: University of Denver, 1997 - Community-based interventions for children and families; infant mental health; child maltreatment and domestic violence and the co-occurence between the two; differential impact of interventions for families of various ethnicities.
Philip M. McCabe, Ph.D., Professor, Health Division: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982 - Associate Chairman, Department of Psychology Learning and memory; CNS control of circulation and circulatory conditioning, CNS plasticity and recovery of function following stroke; cardiovascular behavioral medicine.
Judith Rey McCalla, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Health Division: University of Miami, 1997 - Effects of behavioral intervention and cognitive behavioral therapy on cardiovascular disease; gender and ethnic differences.
Michael McCullough, Ph.D., Professor, Adult Division: Virginia Commonwealth University, 1992 - Forgiveness, gratitude and religion/spirituality and their effects on human health and well-being.
Daniel S. Messinger, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Child Division: University of Utah, 1994 - Social and emotional development of normally developing and at-risk infants with emphases on facial expression, interaction, and security of attachment. How micro and macro processes contribute to optimal development.
Victoria Noriega, Ph.D., Lecturer: University of Miami, 1994 - Director of Undergraduate Studies Clinical, personality, industrial, and developmental psychology.
Frank J. Penedo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Health Division: University of Miami, 1999 - Psycho-oncology, HIV and psychoneuroimmunology; psychology of aging and immunosenescence in chronically ill older adults; stress, coping, and personality styles in chronic illness.
Alexandra L. Quittner, Ph.D., Professor, Child Division: University of Western Ontario, 1987 - Director, Child Division. Impact of chronic childhood illness on children and families, the development of health outcome measures that are contextually and developmentally focused, and, the development and evaluation of family-based interventions.
Patrice G. Saab, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Health Division: Ohio University, 1983 - Cardiovascular and neuroendocrine reactivity to stress, gender and ethnic differences, behavioral interventions.
Neil Schneiderman, Ph.D., Professor, Health Division: Indiana University, 1964 - Director, Health Division Behavioral medicine research in cardiovascular disease, HIV and cancer, and CNS control of circulation and conditioning.
Biing-Jiun Shen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Division: UCLA 2001 - Psychosocial factors in cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome. Psychosocial treatment in cardiac rehabilitation. Ethnic issues in health and mental health.
Matthias Siemer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Adult Division: Free University, Berlin, 1996 - Research on Moods and Emotions, Social Psychology, Personality, Experimental Psychology, Statistics, Research-Methods, Philosophy of Science
Rick Stuetzle, Ph.D., Lecturer: University of Miami, 1999 - Research methods and statistics
Saneya H. Tawfik, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor: University of Denver, 1990-Assessment Supervisor, Psychological Services Center, Clinical Training of Assessment; Psychoeducational Evaluations of Learning Disabilities; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Neurodevelopmental and Language Disorders.
Amy Weisman de Mamani, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Adult Division: University of Southern California, 1994 - Family factors related to the onset and course of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and medical illness; Attribution theory; Minority mental health issues; Cross-cultural psychology.
A. Rodney Wellens, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Adult Division: Vanderbilt University, 1972 - Telemediated communication; nonverbal communication, stress and decision making.
Ray W. Winters, Ph.D., Professor, Health Division: Michigan State University, 1969 - CNS control of cardiovascular reactivity, stress and stress management.

Affiliated Medical School Core Faculty

Daniel Armstrong, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology, Child Division: Duke University; West Virginia University, 1985; Residency, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Internship in Pediatric Psychology - Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics Director, Mailman Center for Child Development Neurocognitive effects of childhood cancer, sickle cell disease and HIV, pain assessment and management.
Alan Delamater, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology, Child Division: Carnegie Mellon University; University of Georgia, 1981; Residency, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Palo Alto, CA - Director, Clinical Psychology
Behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents, learning disabilities, adaptation to chronic illness, diabetes, obesity
Mary Fletcher, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Psychology, Health Division: Texas Technical College, 1959; Baylor University, 1966 - Dr. Fletcher is a member of the American Association of Immunologists, the American Society for Microbiology, the Society for Applied Cytometry, the Clinical Immunology Society, the American Association of Bioanalysts and the American Association of Clinical Chemists
Nancy Klimas, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Psychology, Health Division: University of South Florida, 1976; University of Miami, 1980; Residency, University of Miami, 1983 - A leader in the field of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) research, Dr. Klimas is the principal investigator of the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Center for Multidisciplinary Studies of CFS Pathophysiology at the University of Miami
Mahedra Kumar, Ph.D.,Research Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, Health Division: University of Rajasthan, India, 1962 - Director, Molecular Neuroendocrinology and Neurotransmitters Laboratory. - Stress, HPA axis, dementia, and autoimmune antibodies
Armando Mendez, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Health Division: University of Miami, 1986 - Understanding pathways and mechanisms of intracellular and extracellular lipid metabolism and transport related to the development of artherosclerosis and to lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities that occur as a consequence of diabetes.
Bernard Roos, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Health Division: Oberlin College, OH, 1963; University of Chicago School of Medicine, 1967; Residency, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY 1970- Director, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Executive Director, Center on Adult Development & Aging
Professor of Medicine
Long-term care, osteoporosis/calcium disorders, hormone replacement, exercise, cancer.
Jay Skyler, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychology, Health Division: Pennsylvania State University 1967, University Park, PA; Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 1969; Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 1973- Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Diabetes mellitus, particularly type 1 diabetes, immunology of type 1 diabetes, type 1 diabetes prevention, prevention of diabetic complications, new forms of therapy for diabetes.

Lecturers

Evelyn Marie Alvarez, Ph.D., Lecturer
Lourdes Casares, Lecturer
Alan Delamater, Ph.D., Lecturer
Jorge M. Diego, Ph.D., Lecturer
Dr. Pamela Deroian, Lecturer
Maria Fernandez, Ph.D., Lecturer
Blanche Freund, Ph.D., Lecturer
Brainard Hines, Lecturer
Hillary S Hoffman, Ph.D., Lecturer
Jill S Kaplan, Ph.D., Lecturer
Peter P. Mitchell, Ph.D., Lecturer
Margarita Mustelier, Lecturer
Marilyn Rodriguez, Ph.D., Lecturer
Amy R Schaffer, Ph.D., Lecturer
Barry B. Zwibelman, Ph.D., Lecturer