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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
And Your place for Excellence in Clinical
Training
Dept. of Clinical and Dept. of Clinical and Health Psychology: An Health Psychology: An
OverviewOverviewMission StatementMission Statement
The Department of Clinical and Health Psychology educates tomorrow’s leaders in Psychology in a broad and flexible scientist-practitioner tradition, advances psychological science, and improves the health and quality of life of people through excellence in research, education, and health service delivery.
Department of Clinical Department of Clinical and Health Psychologyand Health Psychology
• Administratively Unique Setting• Departmental Programs Graduate Training Program• PhD Training Program Continuously Accredited Since
1953Flexible Scientist-Practitioner Training Model
• Traditional Scientist-practitioner Emphasis• Clinical-Researcher Emphasis
Predoctoral Internship• Generalist/specialty mix• Continuously accredited since 1963
Department of Clinical Department of Clinical and Health Psychologyand Health Psychology
• Academically Diverse Training– Areas of Concentration
• Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology• Clinical Health Psychology• Neuropsychology, Neurorehabilitation, and
Clinical Neuroscience• Emotion, Neuroscience, and Psychopathology• Others as arranged with doctoral committee
(Forensic, Aging )
– Faculty also display diversity in terms of specific areas of expertise and theoretical orientation
Program GoalsTo prepare the student to…
• Function as a licensed professional psychologist
• Practice competently in the areas of assessment, intervention, and consultation
• Take a scholarly evidence-based approach to clinical activities
• Contribute to the advancement of knowledge through research and creative scholarship
• Participate in leadership and advocacy positions within professional psychology
Research Training Sites
• Research laboratories in the PHHP Research Complex
• Shands Hospital• Veterans’ Administration Medical Center• Brain Institute• Other campus and community locations
Clinical Training SitesClinical Training Sites
• University of Florida Health Science Center – Psychology Clinic– Primary clinical training site– Core practicum rotations primarily conducted here
• Shands Hospital– 576-bed tertiary care, 144 intensive care– 500 physicians representing 110 medical specialties
• Primary Care Sites in North Central Florida– Columbia/Dixie county primary care clinics– Ocala VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic
• Other Settings– Gainesville Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center– NFETC
Collaborations Within the Collaborations Within the HSCHSC
• Anesthesiology• Cardiology• Communicative
Disorders • Dentistry • Endocrinology • Engineering• Exercise and Sport
Science• Family Practice• Genetics• Infectious Disease • Obstetrics and
Gynecology• Oncology
• Orthopedic Surgery• Nephrology• Neurology• Neuroscience• Neurological Surgery• Pediatrics• Physical Therapy • Psychology• Psychiatry• Pulmonary Medicine • Radiology• General Surgery• Transplantation
Medicine
The People of CHP
• 27 Faculty; tenure track, clinical track, research track,
• 6 affiliate faculty• 10 Support Staff• 79 Graduate Students• 10 Interns• 3 Post-Doctoral Fellows
Clinical and Health Psychology: The Faculty
• 27 core faculty active in the training program (along with affiliate faculty)
• This number represents significant departmental growth during the past decade– A total of 17 faculty in 1997– Compared to the current core faculty of 27
• Represent broad spectrum of general and specialty interests and areas of expertise
• Numerous national leaders (officers, editors, professional boards)
• Accessible to students• Most participate in all departmental missions
(teaching, research AND clinical service)
Faculty Productivity: 2006 - 2007
Taught more than 20 didactic courses (in addition to student practicum supervision and research mentoring)
Published 71 Peer-reviewed journal articles and 2 books
Authors of 49 journal articles, 17 book chapters, and 1 book “in press”
Authors of 124 papers presented at national or international conferences
Gave 27 additional presentations to state or local organizations
Participated in newly awarded grants involving $7.9 million dollars in direct costs
Two faculty served as editors of major psychology journals
Seventeen faculty served on Editorial Boards or as Consulting Editors of 37 psychology-related journals
Faculty as Leaders of the Field
APA Board of Directors (Rozensky)Chair, APA Board of Educational Affairs (Rozensky) Member, APA Council of Representatives (Fennell - Neuropsychology)Member, APA Council of Representatives (Rozensky - Health) Board of Directors, American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (Bauer, Crosson, Fennell)Board of Directors, American Board of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (Johnson)Board of Directors, the International Neuropsychological Society (Crosson)President, APA Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (Bauer)President, APA Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (Fennell)Member, International Neuropsychological Society Board of Governors (Bauer , Loring)Scientific Advisory Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (Lang)
Note. CHP faculty members played leadership roles in the formal recognition of all of the specialty areas represented in the department
CHP: Making a Difference in Pediatric Psychology
Research
CHP: Founder
The National Conference on Child Health Psychology
Click on Cover for Conference Website
Clinical and Health Psychology: The Students
• 79 doctoral students, 10 interns• Graduate 12-17 Ph.D.’s per year• Outstanding record of getting fellowship
awards (NRSA; University Presidential and Alumni; McKnight awards) as well as others
• Student leaders in psychology organizations (APAGS, FPA, Division 40)
• CHP APAGS• Collegial, fun, and, simply the best students
anywhere!
Current Student Demographics
• Gender– 79% female; 21% male
• Ethnic Background– 79% Caucasian; 8% Asian; 6% African American;
2% Hispanic-Latino; 3% Multi-Ethnic; 2% not reported.
• Average time to Complete Program– 6.1 Years
• Student Attrition Rate (Past 7 Years)– 6.4%
Current Graduate Student Fellowship Awards
• 1 Presidential Fellow• 18 Alumni Fellows• 4 McKnight Fellows• 3 NIH National Research Service
Awards• 3 Student Training Awards (T-32)
Last Year’s Class StatisticsEntering Fall 2008
Completed Applications 329
Size of Incoming Class 15
Receiving Financial Aid 15
Average GPA 3.7
Average GRE Verbal 620
Average GRE Quantitative 670
Analytical Writing 5.0
Average GRE Total 1290
Applicants Interviewing: 2009
(This would be you!)Completed Applications 374
Average GPA 3.7
Average GRE Verbal 620
Average GRE Quantitative
720
Analytical Writing 4.9
Average GRE Total 1330
Student Activity Report Productivity Data 2007 - 2008
79% Belonged to a professional or research society
36% Published in peer-reviewed journals (Mean = 2.06)
69% Had a paper or book chapter “in press”
84% Published or presented their first year project at national meeting
63% Presented at a national or international meeting (Mean = 2.43)
87% Were involved in grant-supported research
100% Of intern Applicants Obtained APA-Accredited internship placementsNote. 100% of Students in past 7 years have obtained APA approved internships
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Recent Internship Placements: Boston Internship Consortium
Brown University Columbus Children’s Hospital Children’s Mercy Hospital, KC Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Columbia University/NY Presbyterian
Duke University Dupont Hospital for Children Emory University Medical Center Harvard/Brockton-West Roxbury VAMC, James A. Haley VAMC, Tampa
Johns Hopkins/Kennedy Krieger InstituteLong Beach VA Healthcare SystemLong Island Jewish/Hillside HospitalMaryland VA Healthcare SystemMedical College of GeorgiaMedical Univ. South CarolinaTulane University Health Science Ctr.University of California, San DiegoUCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Univ. of Cincinnati Children’s HospitalUniv. Alabama, BirminghamTexas Children’s HospitalUCLA Neuroscience InstituteUNC – Chapel HillUniversity of Chicago Medical CenterWest Haven VAWest Virginia University
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Faculty Award for Professional Involvement
2007 APA Culture of Service in the Psychological Sciences Award
“The support of your department for faculty participation on discipline-related association boards, editing journals, reviewing grant and research proposals, mentoring students and colleagues, service on university committees, and volunteering to provide disaster relief services and management training to those in need is an excellent model for other departments to follow. It is clear that culture of service is incorporated into the day-to-day activities of your faculty and students.”
Department/Program Rankings
• Ranked 25th nationally in 2009 US News and World Report rankings of Clinical Psychology programs; 15th among AAU Universities
• In 2007 Ranked # 4 in the nation overall in scholarly productivity (total publications)– Source. Stewart, P.K, Roberts, M.C., and Roy, K. M.
(2007). Scholarly productivity in clinical psychology PhD programs: A normative assessment of publication rates. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 1, 157 – 171.
So Where do Our Students Go When They Go Away?
Celia Lescano (1998)Brown University Medical School
David Moser (1997)U of Iowa -
Neurosciences
Cheryl McNeil (1989)West Virginia
University
Beth Slomine (1995)John’s Hopkins
Kennedy Krieger
Russell Hoffman (1995), St. Louis
Children’s Hospital
Korey Hood (2003)Harvard Medical
School
Chris Houck (2002)
Brown University Medical School
Jenny Doelling (1989)
Santa Barbara, CA
Private Practice
Bob Swoap (1992) Warren Wilson
College
Sidney Trantham (1999)
Lasell College
Dr. Lisa Sheeber, (1991) Research Scientist, Oregon
Research Institute
Dr. Dan Shapiro (1994), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Health
Psychologist, Author, Speaker
Dr. Chris Loftis (2003), National Health Policy
Forum, Washington, D.C.
Dr. John F. Murray (1998) Private Practice; Sports Psychologist, Speaker
Our Graduates Making a Difference(Click on People for Website)
Dr. Roberta Isleib (1985), Clinical Psychologist;
Mystery Writer
Dr. Bill Kanasky (2003), Litigation Consultant
Clinically Related Outcomes:
National Licensure Exam• 1997 – 2006 : Performance on the Examination
for the Professional Practice of Psychology.– Average scores of CHP graduates (N = 82; Mean =
164.7; SD = 13.7) were more than 1 Standard Deviation above the national average (N = 4,355; Mean =156.4; SD = 7.44) on the EPPP
Note. These scores were among the top scores in the nation in comparison to other doctoral level training programs.
UF Doctoral Training Program:Scientist-Practitioner & Clinical-Researcher
Emphases
• General Psychology Core (Focus on Broad and General Training)
• Clinical Psychology Core Training• Required research (MS, Ph.D)• Required clinical practica (core and
advanced)• Advanced electives• Area of Concentration (or Selected Minors)• APA-accredited internship
Areas of Concentration
• The Nature of the Area of Concentration– Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology– Clinical Health Psychology– Neuropsychology, Neurorehabilitation,
and Clinical Neuroscience– Emotion, Neuroscience, and
Psychopathology– Others as arranged with doctoral
committee (Forensic, Aging )
General Program Timetable
Average time to Completion = 6 Years
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• Core (Including First Year Project)
• Research Symposium; MS degree, practica, begin, AOC, electives
• Complete practica, AOC, qualifying exam
• Apply for internship, dissertation work, finish electives
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With Cutting Edge Opportunities to Train for the
Future• Recently Developed Course
Offerings– Analysis of Change– Advanced writing seminar– Evidence Based Practice
• Recent Program Initiatives– New opportunities for undergraduate
teaching• Introduction to Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology• Introduction to Clinical Psychology• Introduction to Health Psychology• Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology• Psychiatric Disorders
Student Funding*
• Graduate Fellowships • Grant-based research assistantships• Departmental/college assistantships• Minority Fellowships• Basic components of funding
– Stipend (12K-15K)– Funding includes tuition and basic fees.
* All students accepted into the program are funded
…what’s in store for
me?
Why should I do my graduate
work at the
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University of Florida
Department of Clinical
And
Health Psychology?
A friendly, collaborative environment (note the smile!)
Great facilities
for work….
…and play!Crowds cheer as the Gators take one step closer to another National Championship
More days with sun than Fargo, Bangor, Chicago, Seattle, New York, Ann Arbor, and hundreds of
other competing destinations!
Dr. Fennell performing casual neuropsychological exam on the
Plaza of the Americas, while her next patient waits quietly
Participants performing synchronized walking exercises
as part of Dr. Perri’s TOURS Project
You get to wear this...
Instead of this.
You get to do thisYou get to do this…
Instead of this.
and experience THIS
rather than THIS !
Dr. Bauer in disguise (in the Billy Donovan mask) hoping to avoid autograph hounds that
follow famous Neuropsychologists
You Get to Work with Nationally Recognized You Get to Work with Nationally Recognized People !People !
Faculty and Staff Who Care About You
Dr. Bowers gently demonstrates appropriate Finger Tapping technique to a first-year graduate
student with really small hands
We’ll Even Cook Breakfast for You !!
Faculty who are directly involved in highly important and medically necessary
assessment……
Dr. Guenther finishes a pre-transplant evaluation just in the
nick of time...
And you will work with faculty who are And you will work with faculty who are internationally recognized for developing internationally recognized for developing
empirically-supported treatments for behavior empirically-supported treatments for behavior problems.problems.
Russell Crowe, Dr. Eyberg’s only documented treatment failure.
You’ll work with technically sophisticated faculty
Dr. Robinson seems befuddled as he discovers that root beer and keyboards don’t mix, while his students seem to be saying “we
SWEAR we didn’t see a thing” (arrow shows partially hidden soda can in student’s backpack)
And Faculty who are very dedicated to their And Faculty who are very dedicated to their workwork
Dr. Crosson, the night before the June 1 NIH grant deadline.
You will find that it’s easy You will find that it’s easy to get around in to get around in Gainesville…Gainesville…
Happy children paddle off to school in southwest
Gainesville
The typical morning commute in more northern locales
You Will Find Students Helping Students
Lisa, Lindsay, and Rhea, who have just matched for internships, help new students learn how to be successful when they apply.
We have a Strong Tradition of Excellence in We have a Strong Tradition of Excellence in Academic and Clinical Training Academic and Clinical Training
Center for Pediatric Psychology and Family Studies
Center for Research on Telehealth and
Healthcare Communication
Center for NeuropsychologicalStudies
Craniofacial Center
Center for Musculoskeletal Injury Research
Alongside a Great Athletic ProgramAlongside a Great Athletic Program
1998 Women’s Soccer National Champions
Back-to-Back Men’s Basketball National Champions 2006 & 2007
And of course…Gator Football – The 2006 and 2008 National Champions
Gators 41 - Ohio State 14
Gators 24 – Oklahoma 14
2003 Women’s Tennis – National Champion
2003 Women’s Volleyball National
Runner-Up
We Also Have a Sterling Athletic Tradition of Our Own
Dr. Dede accepts the City Championship Trophy
And Our Own Intern Family is And Our Own Intern Family is Second to None! *Second to None! *
*Based on a recent poll of UF interns
We Have Beautiful sunsetsWe Have Beautiful sunsets….….
Clearwater Beach sunset, 1996
...... spectacular dawns spectacular dawns
“Venus Kisses the Moon”, by John Moran, phographed over Newnan’s Lake.
A Pristine Natural A Pristine Natural Environment Environment Around Us...Around Us...
Ginnie Springs
A Beautiful CampusA Beautiful Campus
University Auditorium
A Place to Relax While Watching Gators Swim in Lake A Place to Relax While Watching Gators Swim in Lake AliceAlice
J. Wayne Reitz Union…home of the U.F. Bowling Alley
Century Tower
Legend has it that if an unhappy Clinical & Health Psychology Graduate student passes by, the tower will immediately crumble to the ground.
The tower has stood strong since 1853.
Happy, euphoric students
Sally Jensen, Karen Chung, Eva Serber, and Rhea Chase share a moment of relative
disappointment
Who get to go to conferences in exotic places
Surfing Therapy
Session
And, finally, Great Colleagues!!And, finally, Great Colleagues!!