Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

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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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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

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• 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

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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!!