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Brenda A Wiens

Brenda A Wiens, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor & Child/Pediatric Area Head

Department: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Business Email: wiens@phhp.ufl.edu
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About Brenda A Wiens

Dr. Wiens is a Clinical Associate Professor and Child/Pediatric Area Head in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in the College of Public Health and Health Professions. Dr. Wiens completed an internship in clinical child and pediatric psychology at the University of Florida, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, in 2000. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2003.

Dr. Wiens’ specialty area is clinical child psychology, and she has experience working with a wide range of child populations and clinical concerns. Her areas of clinical interest include assessments for neurodevelopmental disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and language and learning disorders, as well as associated behavioral/emotional concerns. Dr. Wiens is involved in both the UF Health Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment (UF Health CAN) and the UF Multidisciplinary Diagnostic and Training Program (UF MDTP). She also supervises therapy cases through UF Health Psychology Specialties clinic. Dr. Wiens is a Co-Investigator on the UF project team for the longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD; PI’s Cottler and Nixon) project).

Related Links:
UF Health Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment
UF Health Psychology Specialties
UF MDTP

Accomplishments

Audrey Schumacher Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Psychology
2022 · Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Award (Academic Personnel)
2016 · University of Florida
Phi Beta Kappa
1995 · University of Chicago

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2011-2024
CLP6476 Lifespan Psychopathology
2015-2017,2019-2023,2021-2024
CLP6948 Advanced Practicum in Clinical Child Psychology
2009-2011,2013-2019
CLP7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2013-2016,2018-2022,2022
CLP6947 Practicum in Intervention
2014-2016,2022-2024
CLP6943 Core Practicum in Clinical Psychology
2010-2011,2015
CLP6905 Individual Work
2014-2015
CLP3911 Introduction to Clinical Research
2015
CLP7934 Special Topics In Clinical Psychology
2009,2013
CLP6971 Research for Master’s Thesis
2009-2010
CLP7979 Advanced Research

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Psychology
Subspecialties
  • Clinical Child / Pediatric Psychology
Areas of Interest
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Developmental reading disorder
  • Generalized anxiety disorder in children
  • Intellectual disability
  • Language disorders in children
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Oppositional defiant disorder
  • Social anxiety disorder

Research Profile

Dr. Wiens is currently a Co-Investigator as part of the UF site for the NIH funded Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) project (https://abcdstudy.org/), which is the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. Dr. Wiens has previously been the principal evaluator for evaluation and services contracts on several Department of Education grants awarded to the Columbia County School District, focusing on expanding counseling and prevention services for elementary school students, implementing mentoring programs for middle school youth, and implementing prevention programs to decrease youth alcohol and other substance use. Dr. Wiens also previously collaborated with Jeanne Marie Stacciarini, Ph.D., in the College of Nursing on her projects related to social isolation and mental wellness for immigrant Latinos in rural areas.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-2347-3543

Publications

2024
Current training practices and training gaps in clinical child and adolescent psychology: Implications for training guidelines.
Training and Education in Professional Psychology. [DOI] 10.1037/tep0000472.
Publisher’s Site
2021
Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study.
Nature neuroscience. 24(8):1176-1186 [DOI] 10.1038/s41593-021-00867-9. [PMID] 34099922.
51 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2016
FBO Leaders’ Perceptions of the Psycho-social Contexts for Rural Latinos.
Issues in mental health nursing. 37(1):19-25 [DOI] 10.3109/01612840.2015.1076914. [PMID] 26818929.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2015
An individual-based rurality measure and its health application: A case study of Latino immigrants in North Florida, USA.
Social science & medicine (1982). 147:300-8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.064. [PMID] 26615336.
6 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2015
Domain-Specific Self-Concept in Relation to Traditional and Cyber Peer Aggression
Journal of School Violence. 14(4):405-423 [DOI] 10.1080/15388220.2014.935386.
Publisher’s Site
2015
I Didn’t Ask to Come to this Country…I was a Child: The Mental Health Implications of Growing Up Undocumented.
Journal of immigrant and minority health. 17(4):1225-30 [DOI] 10.1007/s10903-014-0063-2. [PMID] 24961580.
12 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2015
Rural Latinos’ mental wellbeing: a mixed-methods pilot study of family, environment and social isolation factors.
Community mental health journal. 51(4):404-13 [DOI] 10.1007/s10597-014-9774-z. [PMID] 25185562.
26 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2011
CBPR: building partnerships with latinos in a rural area for a wellness approach to mental health.
Issues in mental health nursing. 32(8):486-92 [DOI] 10.3109/01612840.2011.576326. [PMID] 21767250.
13 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2011
Review: Community-based participatory research approach to address mental health in minority populations.
Community mental health journal. 47(5):489-97 [DOI] 10.1007/s10597-010-9319-z. [PMID] 20464489.
62 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2009
Ethnic differences in adolescent perceptions of and attitudes toward substance use.
Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. 8(1):54-69 [DOI] 10.1080/15332640802683417. [PMID] 19266374.
6 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2008
Family Influences On Treatment Refusal in School-Linked Mental Health Services
Journal of Child and Family Studies. 17(1):109-126 [DOI] 10.1007/s10826-007-9141-6.
Publisher’s Site
2008
Implementation and Utilization Characteristics of a Rural, School-Linked Mental Health Program
Journal of Child and Family Studies. 17(1):84-97 [DOI] 10.1007/s10826-007-9148-z.
Publisher’s Site
2006
Implementation of an aggressive random drug-testing policy in a rural school district: Student attitudes regarding program fairness and effectiveness.
The Journal of school health. 76(9):452-8 [PMID] 17026638.
3 citations · PubMed
2006
Posttraumatic stress disorder in rural primary care: improving care for mental health following bioterrorism.
The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 22(1):78-82 [PMID] 16441340.
13 citations · PubMed
2006
PTSD and substance use: unrecognized sequelae of bioterrorism in primary care providers.
Southern medical journal. 99(8):817-22 [PMID] 16929875.
3 citations · PubMed

Grants

Jul 2023 ACTIVE
CMS HIV – COQXF FY24-26
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH CHILDRENS MED SERVS via US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN
Sep 2021 – Jun 2024
15/24 The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA
Jul 2021 – Jun 2022
FDLRS Multidisciplinary Educational Services Centers
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FL DEPT OF EDUCATION
Apr 2020 ACTIVE
18/21 ABCD-USA CONSORTIUM: RESEARCH PROJECT SITE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA
Jul 2019 – Jun 2023
FLDOH CMS HIV – COQXF – additional funding for RN & SW
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH CHILDRENS MED SERVS via US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN
May 2017 – Apr 2018
Columbia County – Counseling and Resources for Elementary Schools (CARES)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: COLUMBIA CNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT via US DEPT OF EDUCATION
Jul 2016 – Jun 2019
FLDOH CMS HIV – COQXF
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH CHILDRENS MED SERVS
May 2016 – Apr 2018
Project Counseling and Resources for Elementary Schools (CARES) FY 16-17
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: COLUMBIA CNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT via US DEPT OF EDUCATION
Sep 2015 – Apr 2018
Project Counseling and Resources for Elementary Schools
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: COLUMBIA CNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT via US DEPT OF EDUCATION

Education

PhD in Psychology (Clinical)
2003 · Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Masters of Arts in Psychology (Clinical)
1997 · Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
1995 · University of Chicago

Contact Details

Emails:
Business:
wiens@phhp.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100165
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1600 SW ARCHER RD G068
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610