Profiles in "Health Psychology" Expertise Area
- Castro's research interests include health promotion and relapse prevention in Hispanic populations, with focus on motivational aspects in HIV prevention, drug abuse, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic diseases.
- Davis examines how social and emotional risk and resilience factors shape adaptation to stress.
- Shiota's basic research addresses positive emotions, emotion in close relationships, and emotional mechanisms of behavior change. Her applied work develops interventions related to substance use and appetitive behavior.
- Presson studies spatial reasoning and development, as well smoking across the life span.
- Hoffner is a content expert in sport, exercise, and health psychology. She is a current teaching professor and the director of career track faculty success in the College of Health Solutions.
- Arlene Fernandez, M.A. has a background in Health Psychology and over 10 years of experience in health research. She oversees multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 projects.
- Using a behavioral epidemiology framework, Vargas studies behavioral processes involved in the management of oral health, asthma, food allergy, sleep, obesity, depression and suicidal behaviors.
- Colleen Clemency Cordes' research interests focus on primary care behavioral health and workforce development for integrated primary care.
- Michael Todd is a collaborating statistician who works primarily on externally-funded research projects aimed at testing models of psychological well-being, health behaviors, and health outcomes.
- Silverberg earned his Doctor of Behavioral Health degree from Arizona State University in 2011.