Sierra Bainter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Applied Quantitative LaB, is a quantitative psychologist whose research is focused on improving areas where available quantitative methods may not be adequate for real psychological data, or where a research question may not be addressed using standard analysis techniques. Aaron Heller, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MANATEE Lab, uses ethological, personally meaningful events, coupled with experimental designs to model how emotion unfolds over time and which characteristics of emotion are linked to transdiagnostic risk for internalizing disorders. Simon Howard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, PRIDE Lab, uses experimental methods drawn from cognitive, perceptual, and social investigations research to understand the underlying psychological processes of racism. Debra Lieberman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Evolution, Cognition, and Behavior Program, applies principles of evolutionary biology to cognitive science to study the computational architecture of kinship, emotions, and morality. Kiara Timpano, Ph.D., Professor, Director of the Adult Division, PASO Lab, investigates factors that play a role in the etiology, comorbidity, and maintenance of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Amy Weisman de Mamani, Ph.D., Professor, has primary areas of investigation that include the examination of cultural and family factors that relate to the course and outcome of psychopathology. Current Projects examine:
Jennifer C. Britton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brain Group, is a neuroscientist whose work focuses on understanding the intersection of anxiety, development and treatment. Christine E. Delgado, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor and Director of the Children's Registry and Information System, studies risk factors associated with adverse developmental outcomes Brian D. Doss, Ph.D., Professor, Couples Lab, conducts research on romantic relationships, with a focus on developing and testing interventions to improve those relationships. Jennifer Durocher, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Clinical Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) Jill Ehrenreich-May, Ph.D., Professor, CAMAT Lab, studies the efficacy and effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for youth emotional disorders and related mental health conditions, with an emphasis on child anxiety disorders. Spencer Evans, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, conducts research on the development, assessment, and treatment of behavioral and emotional dysregulation in children and adolescents. Daryl B. Greenfield, Ph.D., Professor, conducts collaborative research to better understand the development of scientific thinking in early childhood, focusing on low-income minority children. Anibal Gutierrez, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor Melissa Hale, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) Amanda Jensen-Doss, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Child Divison, CIELO Lab, studies the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices for youth mental health. Annette M. La Greca, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics, conducts research on key risk and resilience factors that play a role in children’s and adolescents’ physical health and mental health, as well as interventions to reduce risk and improve adjustment. Yanerys Leon, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, UM Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD), Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) program. Kristin M. Lindahl, Ph.D., Associate Professor, studies family systems dynamics and how they are related to child and adolescent functioning. Daniel Messinger, Ph.D., Professor, Early Play and Development Lab, investigates interaction to better understand healthy and disturbed development. Lynn K. Perry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Miami OWL Lab, investigates language, categorization, and social interaction in children and adults from typical and atypical populations in the laboratory, home, and preschool Meaghan Parladé, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Autism Spectrum Assessment Clinic, and Division Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities is a psychologist who conducts clinical research on the early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as well as parent-mediated interventions to improve behavior and social communication in individuals with ASD. Taking Research Assistants for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Rebecca Bulotsky Shearer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Early Childhood Social Emotional Readiness Lab, conducts partnership-based research with early childhood programs to promote social-emotional skills, early learning, and school readiness for children from ethnic, racial minority and low-income backgrounds and those with disabilities. Elizabeth A. Simpson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Social Cognition Lab, studies infant social cognitive development by examining individual differences in social perception in humans and nonhuman primates. Alan Delamater, Ph.D., ABPP., Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology (Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics), conducts research on obesity and diabetes in children and adolescents, including:
Michael Alessandri, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, is Executive Director of the UM Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD).
Affiliated Faculty
Jennifer C. Britton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Child Division, BRAIN Group, is a neuroscientist whose work focuses on understanding the intersection of anxiety, development and treatment. Ekaterina Denkova, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Jha Lab, uses neuroimaging and behavioral methods to study affect-laden autobiographical memories and the impact of mindfulness training on affective and cognitive processes. Aaron Heller, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Adult Division, MANATEE Lab, uses ethological, personally meaningful events, coupled with experimental designs to model how emotion unfolds over time and which characteristics of emotion are linked to transdiagnostic risk for internalizing disorders. Amishi Jha, Ph.D., Professor, Jha Lab, aims to understand how the brain pays attention, what makes attention vulnerable to lapses and failure, and if attention can be trained and strengthened. Roger C. McIntosh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Health Division, BREATH Lab, examines the neural correlates of cognitive aging, stress reactivity and cardio-autonomic regulation in healthy older adults the context of chronic disease, i.e., Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and hypertension (HTN).
Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D., Professor, Antoni Lab, studies the effects of stress factors, and stress management interventions on psychological adaptation, biobehavioral processes, and health outcomes in chronic diseases (breast cancer, prostate cancer and HIV/AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS) Sannisha Dale, Ph.D., Associate Professor, SHINE Lab, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, who studies health disparities such as HIV at the intersection of mental health, physical health outcomes, and psychosocial and structural factors. Marc D. Gellman, Ph.D., Research Professor, Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos, conducts multi-center, epidemiologic research with Hispanic/Latino populations to assess the role of acculturation in the prevalence and development of disease, and to identify factors playing a protective or harmful role in their health. Barry Hurwitz, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology & Medicine, investigates the early interactions of behavioral factors (i.e., stress, anxiety, hostility, depression, vitality, sleep, diet & nutrition) with cardiovascular, immunological and metabolic functions that promote disease and disease progression in adults. Interests include metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, hypertension, and HIV/AIDS. Gail H. Ironson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, examines psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, Psycho-oncology, Stress Management Interventions, Stress and Coping, Cardiovascular Disease, Post Traumatic Stress (Director of Trauma Treatment Program), Measurement and Statistics. Youngmee Kim, Ph.D., Professor, Associate Director of Health Division, FAMILY Lab, examines the effects of stress and psychosocial and bio-behavioral mechanisms of quality of life outcomes (psychosocial, physical, behavioral, and spiritual) among adult cancer patients/survivors and their family caregivers across the illness trajectory. Maria M. Llabre, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology and Director of Biobehavioral Statistics, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Applied Quantitative LaB, is interested in latent variable modeling and uses them in applications to issues of measurement, mechanisms, and change processes in cardiovascular behavioral medicine research. Philip M. McCabe, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, examines neural, hormonal and behavioral factors in cardiovascular and metabolic disease, neurobiology of emotional behavior and neural/hormonal regulation of inflammation. Roger C. McIntosh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, BREATH Lab, examines the neural correlates of cognitive aging, stress reactivity and cardio-autonomic regulation in healthy older adults the context of chronic disease, i.e., Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and hypertension (HTN). Frank J. Penedo, Ph.D., Sylvester Professor and Associate Director of Cancer Survivorship and Translational Behavioral Sciences, Penedo Lab Patrice G. Saab, Ph.D., Professor, UQuest Lab, studies prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, cardiovascular and neuroendocrine reactivity to stress, health disparities, and behavior change strategies. Steven A. Safren, Ph.D., ABPP., Professor, HPAC Lab, studies mental health, substance use, and related variables associated with behavioral and biobehavioral HIV prevention and treatment both domestically and globally, with a particular focus mental health treatments in the context of HIV and on sexual and gender minority populations in the context of health promotion and care. Neil Schneiderman, Ph.D., James L. Knight Professor and Director, Health Division, Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos, conducts behavioral medicine research in cardiovascular disease; diabetes and metabolic processes; neuroscience aspects of cognitive decline; Hispanic/Lation Health; and health disparities. Angela, Szeto, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, studies the role of social/emotional factors on the progression of atherosclerosis and Type 2 Diabetes in cell culture models (in vitro) and animal models (in vivo).
Charles S. Carver (Chuck) received his bachelor’s degree from Brown University (1969), and his doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin (1974). He had a long and illustrious career at the University of Miami (1975 to 2019), where he was a Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and Director of the Adult Division of the Psychology Department. Links to Dr. Carver's Available Self-Report Measures can be found here CARVER, CHARLES S., PhD, 71, died on June 22, 2019 in Miami, FL. He was born on August 19, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Robert and Mildred Carver. He grew up in Huron, Ohio, where he played football and was captain of the high school wrestling team.