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Monday, July 22, 2019 ~ 1:00- 2:00 PM  Communicore, Room C1-4 Janelle Letzen, Ph.D.  Postdoctoral Fellow – Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences – Johns Hopkins University Symptom self-management interventions can empower patients with chronic pain to implement positive health behavior changes that improve quality of life. These strategies are often…

Dr. Robert Guenther, Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, has been appointed to chair the UF Health Shands Hospital Ethics Advisory Committee (EAC). The EAC is a group administered through the hospital to provide a support structure for the provision of ethics consults to staff…

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 1:00- 2:00 PM ~ Communicore Building, Room C1-4 Joseph M. Dzierzewski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor – Department of Psychology Virginia Commonwealth University Sleep is a universal phenomenon with many associated benefits; however, disturbed sleep is very common. This talk will provide a…

Dr. Kathryn Ross has received a 5-year R01 award (R01DK119244) to evaluate innovative methods of providing extended-care support to promote long-term weight loss maintenance.

The Best Laid Plans…Responding to Failures and Successes Academic life and real life are rife with perceived setbacks. Responding to these situations is an important part of professional and personal development.  This Q&A style colloquium will explore definitions of success and failure, as well as literature about how we…

On June 26, 2019, CHP received the membership notification from the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC)

Congratulations to Drs. David Fedele and Adam J. Woods, who were announced as receiving tenure and being promoted to Associate Professor. Adam J. Woods (l) and David Fedele (r)

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 1:00 – 2:00 PM ~ C1-7 Communicore Building   Jane Paulsen, Ph.D. Department Chair of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neurology Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa     Early reports from immune and gene therapies currently in progress…

Dr. Dawn Bowers and her colleagues, Dr. Adam Woods and Dr. Christopher Hess, have received a Parkinson’s Foundation Impact Award to pilot a novel, low cost intervention for improving motor skills and cognition in individuals with Parkinson’s disease.  The intervention is based on positive neuroprotective and…

On June 2, 2019, 4 teams teed it up at the West End Golf Course in the CHP QOL Open.  Experienced players and those new to the game came together for fun in the sun.  The tournament got off to a fun start with the putting contest.  New to golf,…