Department Leadership

Philip M. McCabe

Professor
Chairman, Department of Psychology

(305) 284-5507

I am a Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Engineering, and the Chairman of the Psychology Department at UM. Before I became the Chair, I served as the Director of the interdepartmental Undergraduate Neuroscience Program. I did my undergraduate studies and also received my Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at...

Maria Magdalena Llabre, Ph.D.

Professor
Associate Chair, Department of Psychology
Director, Biobehavioral Statistics
Behavioral Medicine Research Center

mllabre@miami.edu

(305) 284-6698

Dr. Maria Magdalena Llabre is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. She is also Director of Biobehavioral Statistics at the Behavioral Medicine Research Center. She teaches graduate statistics and is lead faculty in the Applied Quantitative LaB. Her research uses...

Michael Alessandri, Ph.D.

Professor of Clinical
Executive Director, UM Center for Autism & Related Disabilities
Assistant Chair, Community Outreach And Engagement

malessandri@miami.edu

(305) 284-6558

Dr. Michael Alessandri is the Executive Director of the University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (UM-NSU CARD). Dr. Alessandri has been a professor at UM since 1996 and has worked with individuals with autism and their families since 1981 in various capacities. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of...

Kiara R Timpano

Assoc. Professor
Assistant Chair, Academic Service and Research

k.timpano@miami.edu

(305) 284-1592

Amanda Jensen-Doss, Ph.D.

Assoc. Professor
Director, Child Division, Department of Psychology

ajensendoss@miami.edu

(305) 284-8332

Dr. Amanda Jensen-Doss is the principal investigator and faculty advisor of CIELO Lab. She is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Child & Family Division in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. Her research seeks to characterize and improve youth clinical care, particularly by testing the benefits of...

Neil Schneiderman

Professor
Director, Health Division, Department of Psychology
James L. Knight Professor of Health Psychology

nschneid@miami.edu

(305) 284-5467

Lucina Q. Uddin

Associate Professor
Director, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Division

l.uddin@miami.edu

(305) 284-3265

BCC Lab Dr. Lucina Uddin and the BCCL (Brain Connectivity and Cognition Laboratory) use neuroimaging to study the relationship between brain connectivity and cognition in typical and atypical development.

Annette M. La Greca, Ph.D.

Professor
Director of Clinical Training
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics
Cooper Fellow and Provost Scholar

alagreca@miami.edu

(305) 284-9146

My research Interests focus on adolescents' peer relations (including peer and cyber victimization), friendships, and romantic relationships, as they pertain to psychological and physical health, and on the impact of trauma, especially natural disasters (hurricanes), on the psychological and physical functioning of youth and...