Brown Psychology Training Consortium
Clinical Psychology Internship
Research
Research and grant writing are a major activity of many psychologists in academic settings. The training program provides three possible research experiences. Two are optional and one; required. One option is that interns may choose to participate in research that is being conducted as part of the ongoing clinical programs. This could be integrated into part of their clinical duties. A second option is that interns may choose to independently investigate a research question under faculty supervision. Participation in the Research Placement Program, which is required, is described in more detail below.
Research Placement Program
The Research Placement Program provides interns with opportunities to work on programmatic faculty research, typically grant funded projects. Research sites have been developed within each of the four training tracks. Interns are assigned to a project based upon their previous experience in an area, research interests, training needs, and on the availability of training sites. Interns are assigned to a research site for the full internship year and spend approximately four to six hours a week at that placement. Interns may participate in research team meetings and have responsibilities that could include, but are not limited to, research design, data collection, coding and analysis, and manuscript preparation.The following represents current areas of faculty research interests:
Adult Clinical Track
For research and clinical interests on faculty listed below please click HERE.
Susan Ramsey -- Comorbidity of depression and substance use disorders; reducing HIV risk among pregnant drug abusers; preventing depressive symptoms among patients undergoing treatment for hepatitis C; addressing at-risk drinking among diabetic patients
M. Tracie Shea -- Risk factors for chronic PTSD in military personnel returning from the war zone
Risa Weisberg – Anxiety disorder course and treatment; CBT in primary care settings; anxiety in African Americans, Latino/as, and older adults
Shirley Yen -- course and treatment of borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder, predictors and treatment of adolescent suicidality
Caron Zlotnick -- Interventions with financially-disdvantaged women; treatment of perinatal disorders; and interpersonal violence
Addictions Research, Butler Hospital
Rick Brown -- Development of treatments for tobacco, alcohol and drug dependence (both adult and adolescent) – modalities include combined (CBT/pharmacological) treatments, ACT/Distress Tolerance-based treatments, exercise and physical activity interventions and motivational interviewing. Focus often on comorbidity with depression.
David Strong – Motivational interviewing, cessation treatment for smokers with depression, statistical methodology
Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies (CAAS)
Nancy Barnett - Efficacy of brief interventions for alcohol among adolescents and young adults; naturalistic change following critical alcohol events; developing clinical interventions using transdermal alcohol detection.
Suzanne Colby –- Treatment for adolescent smoking; Factors in smoking acquisition, maintenance, and cessation among adolescents
Christopher Kahler -- Behavioral and pharmacological treatment interventions for adult smoking; alcohol and nicotine dependence; personality, psychopathology and addictions; and smoking cessation treatment for heavy drinkers
Peter Monti -- Efficacy of combined psychological and pharmacological treatment for addictions
Damaris Rohsenhow – Pharmacological treatments for smoking; smoking treatments for substance abusers
Dan Squires -- Dissemination of evidence-based clinical practices; distance learning; technology transfer
Psychosocial Research, Butler Hospital
Cynthia Battle – Women's mental health; treatment of perinatal depression; family-based treatments
Brandon Gaudiano – Development of acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies and severe mental illness, including psychotic depression and bipolar disorder
Ivan Miller -- Development of treatments for suicidal patients; combined treatments for severely depressed patients; and family interventions for mood disorders
Lauren Weinstock -- Depression and suicide risk in bipolar disorder; behavioral interventions for bipolar disorder; psychosocial predictors of bipolar illness course
Lisa Uebelacker – Improving treatment for depression in primary care; brief family interventions for depression; treating depression and comorbid physical health problems
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE TRACK
For research and clinical interests on faculty listed below please click HERE.
Beth Bock: Yoga as a complementary treatment for smoking cessation; Text messaging for smoking cessation; Teachable moments and decision making in emergency medicine
Dale Bond: Behavioral aspects of bariatric surgery; Exercise adoption and maintenance
Belinda Borrelli: Adherence; Correlates and treatment of nicotine dependence; Environmental tobacco smoke exposure; Tailoring smoking interventions for different cultural and ethnic groups; Motivational interviewing; Preventing smoking relapse; Public health approaches to smoking cessation; Translating clinical theory into public health intervention; Treatment and fidelity/integrity
Mary Carskadon: Psychological, behavioral, social, and biological factors that determine adolescent sleep
Joseph Ciccolo: Correlates and treatment of nicotine dependence; Exercise adoption and maintenance
Judith DePue: Behavioral intervention in obesity; Cross-cultural and translational behavioral research; Primary care based illness prevention and lifestyle change interventions; Public Health approaches to chronic disease management
Jessica LaRose: Behavioral intervention in obesity; Psychological, behavioral, social, and biological factors in weight maintenance
Bess Marcus: Correlates and treatment of nicotine dependence; Exercise adoption and maintenance; Interactive technologies for public health promotion
Jeanne McCaffery: Gene by environment interactions related to obesity; Metabolic syndrome; Psychological, behavioral, social, and biological risk factors for coronary heart disease
Kathleen Morrow: Behavioral interventions for HIV/STD prevention; Microbicide acceptability and measurement; Qualitative and mixed research methods for behavioral research
Bernardine Pinto: Distress, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in cancer patients; Exercise adoption and maintenance; Exercise interventions for cancer patients (breast, colorectal, young adult survivors); Health behavior changes after cancer; Maintenance of exercise after cardiac rehabilitation
Carolyn Rabin: Distress, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in cancer patients; Exercise interventions for cancer patients (breast, colorectal, young adult survivors); Health behavior changes after cancer
Rochelle Rosen: Cross-cultural and translational behavioral research; Microbicide acceptability and measurement; Public Health approaches to chronic disease management; Qualitative and mixed research methods for behavioral research
Eva Serber: Cardiac implanted devices and other biotechnological cardiac treatments; Coping and adjustment to cardiac disease; Psychological, behavioral, social, and biological risk factors for coronary heart disease
Laura Stroud: Environmental tobacco smoke exposure; Intergenerational transmission of depression and nicotine dependence ; Stress response and neurobehavior in infancy and adolescence
David Williams: Correlates and treatment of nicotine dependence; Exercise adoption and maintenance; Translating clinical theory into public health intervention
Rena Wing: Behavioral intervention in obesity; Exercise adoption and maintenance; Psychological, behavioral, social, and biological factors in weight maintenance
Child Track
For research and clinical interests on faculty listed below please click HERE.
Rowland Barrett: Asperger’s Disorder, Autism
Julie Boergers: Pediatric sleep disorder, Smoking
Larry Brown: Adolescent HIV Prevention
Susan Dickstein: Early childhood development in the context of family and social risk.
Jen Freeman: Assessment and treatment of childhood and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorder.
Wendy Hadley: Adolescent HIV Prevention
Chris Houck: Adolescent HIV Prevention
Elissa Jelalian, et al: Behavioral interventions for adolescent obesity.
Daphne Koinis-Mitchell: Child-based, cultural and neighborhood risk and protective factors in urban children with asthma.
Celia Lescano: Adolescent HIV Prevention
Barry Lester: Development of behavioral processes in infants at risk.
Debra Lobato: Siblings of children with medical and developmental disorders.
Elizabeth McQuaid: Family asthma management and adherence to medication; Symptom perception and culture in childhood asthma.
Robyn Mehlenbeck: Family systems interventions for pediatric chronic illness and eating disorders.
Jack Nassau: Stress and immunity in pediatric asthma; Family systems interventions for pediatric chronic illness and eating disorders.
Christie Rizzo: Adolescent HIV Prevention
Tom Roesler: Family systems interventions for pediatric chronic illness and eating disorders.
Stephen Sheinkopf: Asperger’s Disorder; Autism; Development of behavioral processes in infants at rish.
Anthony Spirito: Behavioral interventions for adolescent depression and suicidal behavior.
Marina Tolou-Shams: Adolescent HIV Prevention
Barbara Tylenda: Asperger’s Disorder; Autism
Neuropsychology Track
For research and clinical interests on faculty listed below please click HERE.
Ronald Cohen:
- Relationship between Cardiac function and Cognition in the Elderly
- Neuropsychological aspects of vascular dementia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Mild Cognitive Impairment and Conversion to Alzheimer's disease
Steve Correia
- Application of diffusion tensor imaging to neurologic populations
Jennifer Davis
- Driving and dementia
- Telephone Interventions with Dementia Caregivers
- Executive functioning and depression in epilepsy
- Nonpharmacologic interventions for aging and MCI
- Neuropsychiatric aspects of thyroid disease
Margaret DiCarlo
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Driving and dementia
Allison Evans
- Reading Fluency, Phonological Processing, and Dyslexia
Janet Grace
- Neurobehavioral features of Parkinson's disease, Lewy Body disease, Alzheimer's disease and Frontal Dementia
- Psychometric properties of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale
- Cholinesterase inhibitors and psychomotor and executive functioning in Parkinson's disease
- Validity of a Telephone-Based Cognitive Screening for Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Thomas Guilmette
- Assessment of effort and malingering
- Forensic Neuropsychology and Jury Deliberation in Mild Head Injury
Karen Holler
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Melissa Jenkins
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Attention and Memory in PTSD
- Auditory processing disorders
- Measures of effort in the assessment of ADHD
Beth Jerskey
- Genetics of Alzheimer's disease
Katarina Lukatela
- Normal aging: effects of lifestyle on age sensitive cognitive functions
Paul Malloy
- Mild Cognitive Impairment and Conversion to Alzheimer's disease
- Neurobehavioral features of Parkinson's disease, Lewy Body disease, Alzheimer's disease and Frontal Dementia
Nicole McLaughlin
- Genetics and neurosurgical interventions in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Anjali Palav
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Developmental language disorders, oral and written
Gregg Selke
- Sleep Disturbance in Children with ADHD, TBI, and Cancer
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Lawrence Sweet
- Functional, structural, and perfusion MRI in clinical populations(e.g., Multiple Sclerosis, Nicotine Dependence, heart failure)
- Working memory and cognitive processing speed in Multiple
- Sclerosis
Christine Trask
- Late effects and quality of life issues related to pediatric cancer treatment
- Academic functioning in children with sickle cell disease
Geoffrey Tremont
- Telephone Interventions with Dementia Caregivers
- Anosognosia in dementia
- Executive functioning and depression in epilepsy
- Validity of a Telephone-Based Cognitive Screening for Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Non-pharmacologic interventions for aging and MCI
- Neuropsychiatric aspects of thyroid disease
Holly Westervelt
- Clinicopathologic correlation in dementia
- Olfaction in neurodegenerative diseases
- Pharmacologic treatment of cognitive deficits in Mulitple Sclerosis
- Early detection of Huntington's Disease
Bill Whelihan
- Assessment of effort and malingering
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Neuropsychological aspects of vascular dementia
- Driving and dementia
Julie Wilson
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Reading Fluency, Phonological Processing, and Dyslexia
- Developmental language disorders, oral and written