Lab graduates
EDUARDO A. ALSINA, PH.D. (2023) Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Neuroscience, Franklin & Marshall College
Master's Thesis: Heads and hearts: interactive relations of left ventricular mass and sociodemographic factors on cognitive outcomes in urban-dwelling African American and White adults
Dissertation: Anticipating Alzheimer's: The Relations of APOE Polymorphism and Brain Atrophy to Cognitive Performance in Urban Dwelling African American and White Adults
Internship: Adult Clinical Neuropsychology, Jackson Health System/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Post-Doc: Adult Clinical Neuropsychology, Jackson Health System/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
JASON J. ASHE, PH.D. (2023) Community Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S. Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.DIV. Master of Divinity, Duke Divinity School
TH.M.: Master of Theology, Duke Divinity School
Master's Thesis: Interactive Relations of Religious Coping, Race, and Sex on Telomore Length in African Americans and Whites
Dissertation: What If We Prayed More? Discrimination, Religious/Spiritual Coping, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among African American Women and Men
Post-Doc: Health Disparities Research Section, Laboratory of Epidemiology & Public Health, National Institute of Aging Intramural Research Program
SARAH E. JUNG PH.D. (2023) Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Political Science, University of Chicago
Master's Thesis: Acculturative Stress and Body Dissatisfaction among Asian American Women (mentor: Dr. Charissa Cheah)
Dissertation: An Intersectionality Approach to the Relations among Body Mass Index, Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity in African Americans
Internship: Behavioral Medicine, Pain, and Primary Care, VA San Diego/University of California, San Diego consortium
Post-Doc: Women's Health, VA San Diego/University of California, San Diego consortium
MEGAN R. WILLIAMS PH.D. (2021) Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Psychology & Sociology, University of North Alabama
M.A. Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology concentration), Middle Tennessee State University
Dissertation: Intimate partner violence perpetration and cognitive function: examining demographic moderators in a mixed-sex epidemiological sample of urban adults (co-mentored with Christopher Murphy, Ph.D.)
Internship: Comprehensive Psychology, VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland School of Medicine Psychology Internship Consortium
Post-Doc: Substance Use Disorders & ACT, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore
Current Position: Psychologist, VA Maryland Healthcare System
LAUREN M.D. FAULKNER, PH.D., 2021, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Psychology & Biology, University of Virginia
Master’s Thesis: The relation of social support and blood pressure: psychological and demographic moderators.
Dissertation: The impact of social context on cardiovascular risk: moderators and mediators of the relation of neighborhood disorder and cardiovascular risk factors
Internship: Psychology, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Addictions, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System
DANIELLE SHAKED, PH.D. 2020, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Brain and Cognitive Science, University of Rochester
Master’s Thesis: The relation of socioeconomic status and executive function: is brain volume a mediator?
Dissertation: White matter tract integrity as a mediator between socioeconomic status and cognitive function
Internship: Clinical Neuropsychology, University of California San Diego Consortium
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Current Position: Neuropsychologist, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge MA
DANIEL K. LEIBEL, PH.D. 2020, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Psychology, Ithaca College
Master’s Thesis: Interactive relations of executive function and gender on physical performance: A prospective investigation in African-American and White adults
Dissertation: Telomere attrition and age- related cognitive decline: disparities by poverty status and race
Internship: Clinical Neuropsychology, VA Maryland Healthcare System/University of Maryland School of Medicine Psychology Internship Consortium
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Current Position: Staff Neuropsychologist, VA Maryland Healthcare System & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UMBC
ERYKA L. BOYD, Ph.D., 2019, Clinical Psychology
B.S., Psychology & Biology, Prairie View A&M University
M.S., Community Psychology, Florida A&M University
Dissertation: Gendered racism and pain: the intersection of racism and sexism on pain outcomes
Clinical Internship: Health Psychology, VA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore
Post-Doc: Clinical Health Psychology, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Washington D.C. VA Medical Center
ANTIONE TAYLOR, Ph.D., 2019, Clinical Psychology
B.S., Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master’s Thesis: Skin tone, socioeconomic status, and ambulatory blood pressure among African-Americans: The Racism, Coping, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Study
Dissertation: The relation of perceived discrimination and neurocognitive functioning in the HANDLS study
Clinical Internship: Rehabilitation Psychology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Current Position: Staff Neuropsychoogist, VA Maryland Healthcare System & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UMBC
JASON KISSER, Ph.D., 2017, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S., Psychology & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master’s Thesis: The interactive relations of hypertension and head injury to neuropsychological functioning.
Dissertation: The relation between traumatic brain injury and neuropsychological functioning: Socio-demographic moderators and biopsychosocial and behavioral mediators.
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Wayne State/Detroit Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Neuropsychologist, Beaumont Hospital, Troy, MI
FAREN GRANT, PH.D, 2016, Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Psychology (Visual Arts minor), Emory University
Master’s Thesis: The relation between depression symptoms and inflammatory markers associated with cardiovascular disease risk.
Dissertation: The relation between hope and inflammation: the moderated-mediating role of stress perception and stress coping
Post-Doc: Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute & The Center for Design Health @ The Design Lab, University of California, San Diego
Current Position: Senior Behavioral Scientist, Headspace, Inc.
MOLLIE R. SPRUNG, PH.D 2015, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
B.S., University of Rochester
Master's Thesis: The association of neighborhood crime and cardiovascular risk factors in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) Study
Dissertation: The association of neighborhood crime, collective efficacy, and cardiovascular risk factors in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) Study
Clinical Internship: Medical/Health Psychology Track, Memphis VA Medical Center
Post-doc: Geropsychology, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Supervisor, Home Based Primary Care Program, Psychology Internship Program
MAULI SHAH, PH.D. 2015, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Harvard University
Master's Thesis: The relation between blood pressure and depressive symptoms in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Dissertation: The role of negative affect in the relation between perceived neighborhood disorder and self-reported sleep in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span Study
Clinical Internship: General Psychology Track, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Post-doc: Psychology, Durham VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Washington D.C. VA Medical Center
ALLYSSA J. ALLEN, PH.D, 2014, Community & Applied Social Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., University of Connecticut
M.Ed. Clemson University
Dissertation: Food insecurity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a race-specific biopsychosocial model
Current Position: Social Science Research Analyst, Division of Research, Office of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
JESSICA M. MCNEELY, PH.D. 2014, Behavioral Medicine
B.S. Towson University
M.A., Towson University
Dissertation: Exploring associations of dietary salt intake and hyperglycemia on resting and stress-reactive blood pressure and underlying hemodynamics in Blacks and Whites
Current Position: Social Science Research Analyst, The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOEL BURNS QUINN, PH.D. 2014, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., The Catholic University of America
Master’s Thesis: Correlates of absenteeism and presenteeism in temporomandibular joint disorder: the effects of pain severity and pain catastrophizing on work productivity.
Dissertation: Self-rated health and chronic disease: a biopsychosocial examination
Clinical Internship: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System -West Haven
Post-Doc: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System - West Haven
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist & Co-Director of Training, Clinical Health Psychology Postdoctoral Training Program, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven
SHAUNA POLLARD, PH.D. 2013, Clinical Psychology & Community & Applied Social Psychology (CASP)
B.A. Emory University
M.A., UMBC
Dissertation: Resilience factors relevant to depressive symptomatology in African Americans in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) study (Co-Mentor: Kenneth Maton, Ph.D.)
Clinical Internship: Medical/Health Psychology, Memphis VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Medical/Health Psychology, Memphis VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, Baltimore, MD
EVIE J. GERBER, PH.D., 2012, Clinical Psychology
B.A. Millersville University
M.A. College of William & Mary
Dissertation: The relations of social support and perceived stress to health-related quality of life in older adults
Clinical Internship: Counseling Center, College of William & Mary
Post-Doc: Counseling Center, University of Health Sciences Philadelphia
Current Position: Staff Psychologist, Elizabethtown College Counseling Center
MEGAN HOSEY, PH.D., 2012, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Scranton University
Master’s Thesis: Executive function and health related quality of life in older adults
Dissertation: The associations of multi-level factors to health-related quality of life in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) study
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine/Neuropsychology, University of Washington
Post-Doc: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology & Neuropsychology, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
CARRINGTON R. WENDELL, PH.D., ABPP-CN, 2011, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A, Wake Forest University
Master’s Thesis: The relation between depression and carotid atherosclerosis in The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Dissertation: Carotid intimal medial thickness as a predictor of cognitive decline in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Duke University Medical Center
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Founder and Director, Chesapeake Neuropsychology, Severna Park, MD and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
STACEY B. SANDUSKY, PH.D., 2010, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S., Indiana University
M.A. UMBC
Dissertation: Cognitive appraisal, pain coping strategies, and cardiovascular reactivity
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Post-Doc: Departments of Orthopedics & Psychology, University of Florida
Current Position: Staff Psychologist, James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa FL
ROBERT J. SPENCER, PH.D., 2008, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S. Towson University
M.S.. Loyola College
Dissertation: Pathological laughter and crying: symptom expression and quality of life (Co-Chair with Robert Provine, PhD.)
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Current Position: Chief of Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine
PAUL P. GIGGEY, PH.D. 2007. Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., University of Delaware
M.A., Loyola College
Dissertation: Caffeinated coffee intake and longitudinal blood pressure change in men and women: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Baltimore VA Medical Center
Current Position: Private Practice
LAYNE A. GOBLE, PH.D., 2007, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. University of Utah
M.A. San Diego State University
Dissertation: Gender role differences and cardiovascular reactivity
Clinical Internship: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System -West Haven
Post-Doc: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System -West Haven
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina; Clinical Health Psychologist, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
STEPHEN J. SYNOWSKI, PH.D. 2007, Behavioral Medicine
B.A. UMBC
M.A, UMBC
Dissertation: Effects of oral glucose administration on cardiovascular responses to mental stress (Co-Mentor, Zoe Warwick, PhD)
Current Position: Staff Scientist II / Program Manger III, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
DENISE C. COOPER, PH.D., 2007, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A, University of the State of New York, Regents College
Master's Thesis: Perceived racism and anger expression style in African-American women: relations to cardiovascular reactivity and post-stress recovery
Dissertation: Relations of depression and gender to cardiovascular risk factors among African Americans in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) Study
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
Current Position: Psychological Health Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Silver Spring, MD
TRACY D. VANNORSDALL, PH.D., ABPP-CN, 2006, Clinical Psychology
B.A. Ohio University
M.A. UMBC
Dissertation: White matter hyperintensities: neuropsychological correlates in a community-based sample (Co-Mentor, David Schretlen, Ph.D.)
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Associate Professor, Division of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
JESSICA PELLETIER BROWN, PH.D., 2006, Behavioral Medicine
B.A. University of New Hampshire
Master’s Thesis: Oral contraceptives, race, and cardiovascular reactivity
Dissertation: Blood pressure reactivity, heart rate variability, and cognition in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Post-Doc: Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine
CAROL F. TANKARD, PH.D., 2004, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Dickinson College
Master’s Thesis: Trait and state anxiety and cerebral perfusion in the right prefrontal lobe
Dissertation: Scale of anxious apprehension and anxious arousal: a clinical neuropsychological measure of anxiety
Clinical Internship: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Prior Position: Psychological Services LLC & Private Practice
Current Position: Retired
KARL J. MAIER, PH.D., 2003, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Syracuse University
Master’s Thesis: The effects of cognitive appraisal on cardiovascular reactivity
Dissertation: Relations of dispositional hostility and perceived stress with cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular reactivity in older men
Clinical Internship: Clinical Health Psychology, West Haven VA Medical Center
Current Position: Professor, Department of Psychology, Salisbury University
SERINA A. NEUMANN, PH.D., 2001, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., University of Pittsburgh
Master’s Thesis: Cardiovascular responses during emotional activation: the role of affective valence and arousal and gender
Dissertation: The relation of hostility, trait rumination, and distraction to cardiovascular reactivity and recovery responses to anger
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine, Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Current Position: Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School
ANNE SOLOMON, PH.D., 2000, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
Ph.D. Yale University
M.A. UMBC
Dissertation: Cognitive performance in the multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (Co-Mentor: Rebecca Bascom, M.D.)
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Baltimore VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Retired
JOSEPH SNOW, PH.D., ABPP-CN, 1999, Clinical Psychology
B.A., UMBC
M.A., UMBC
Dissertation: Neuropsychological functioning and total plasma cholesterol levels in older adults
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, East Orange VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Adjunct Faculty, Medical Psychology Program, Uniformed Services University
B.A. Neuroscience, Franklin & Marshall College
Master's Thesis: Heads and hearts: interactive relations of left ventricular mass and sociodemographic factors on cognitive outcomes in urban-dwelling African American and White adults
Dissertation: Anticipating Alzheimer's: The Relations of APOE Polymorphism and Brain Atrophy to Cognitive Performance in Urban Dwelling African American and White Adults
Internship: Adult Clinical Neuropsychology, Jackson Health System/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Post-Doc: Adult Clinical Neuropsychology, Jackson Health System/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
JASON J. ASHE, PH.D. (2023) Community Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S. Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.DIV. Master of Divinity, Duke Divinity School
TH.M.: Master of Theology, Duke Divinity School
Master's Thesis: Interactive Relations of Religious Coping, Race, and Sex on Telomore Length in African Americans and Whites
Dissertation: What If We Prayed More? Discrimination, Religious/Spiritual Coping, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among African American Women and Men
Post-Doc: Health Disparities Research Section, Laboratory of Epidemiology & Public Health, National Institute of Aging Intramural Research Program
SARAH E. JUNG PH.D. (2023) Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Political Science, University of Chicago
Master's Thesis: Acculturative Stress and Body Dissatisfaction among Asian American Women (mentor: Dr. Charissa Cheah)
Dissertation: An Intersectionality Approach to the Relations among Body Mass Index, Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity in African Americans
Internship: Behavioral Medicine, Pain, and Primary Care, VA San Diego/University of California, San Diego consortium
Post-Doc: Women's Health, VA San Diego/University of California, San Diego consortium
MEGAN R. WILLIAMS PH.D. (2021) Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Psychology & Sociology, University of North Alabama
M.A. Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology concentration), Middle Tennessee State University
Dissertation: Intimate partner violence perpetration and cognitive function: examining demographic moderators in a mixed-sex epidemiological sample of urban adults (co-mentored with Christopher Murphy, Ph.D.)
Internship: Comprehensive Psychology, VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland School of Medicine Psychology Internship Consortium
Post-Doc: Substance Use Disorders & ACT, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore
Current Position: Psychologist, VA Maryland Healthcare System
LAUREN M.D. FAULKNER, PH.D., 2021, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Psychology & Biology, University of Virginia
Master’s Thesis: The relation of social support and blood pressure: psychological and demographic moderators.
Dissertation: The impact of social context on cardiovascular risk: moderators and mediators of the relation of neighborhood disorder and cardiovascular risk factors
Internship: Psychology, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Addictions, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System
DANIELLE SHAKED, PH.D. 2020, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Brain and Cognitive Science, University of Rochester
Master’s Thesis: The relation of socioeconomic status and executive function: is brain volume a mediator?
Dissertation: White matter tract integrity as a mediator between socioeconomic status and cognitive function
Internship: Clinical Neuropsychology, University of California San Diego Consortium
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Current Position: Neuropsychologist, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge MA
DANIEL K. LEIBEL, PH.D. 2020, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Psychology, Ithaca College
Master’s Thesis: Interactive relations of executive function and gender on physical performance: A prospective investigation in African-American and White adults
Dissertation: Telomere attrition and age- related cognitive decline: disparities by poverty status and race
Internship: Clinical Neuropsychology, VA Maryland Healthcare System/University of Maryland School of Medicine Psychology Internship Consortium
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Current Position: Staff Neuropsychologist, VA Maryland Healthcare System & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UMBC
ERYKA L. BOYD, Ph.D., 2019, Clinical Psychology
B.S., Psychology & Biology, Prairie View A&M University
M.S., Community Psychology, Florida A&M University
Dissertation: Gendered racism and pain: the intersection of racism and sexism on pain outcomes
Clinical Internship: Health Psychology, VA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore
Post-Doc: Clinical Health Psychology, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Washington D.C. VA Medical Center
ANTIONE TAYLOR, Ph.D., 2019, Clinical Psychology
B.S., Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master’s Thesis: Skin tone, socioeconomic status, and ambulatory blood pressure among African-Americans: The Racism, Coping, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Study
Dissertation: The relation of perceived discrimination and neurocognitive functioning in the HANDLS study
Clinical Internship: Rehabilitation Psychology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Current Position: Staff Neuropsychoogist, VA Maryland Healthcare System & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UMBC
JASON KISSER, Ph.D., 2017, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S., Psychology & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master’s Thesis: The interactive relations of hypertension and head injury to neuropsychological functioning.
Dissertation: The relation between traumatic brain injury and neuropsychological functioning: Socio-demographic moderators and biopsychosocial and behavioral mediators.
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Wayne State/Detroit Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Neuropsychologist, Beaumont Hospital, Troy, MI
FAREN GRANT, PH.D, 2016, Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Psychology (Visual Arts minor), Emory University
Master’s Thesis: The relation between depression symptoms and inflammatory markers associated with cardiovascular disease risk.
Dissertation: The relation between hope and inflammation: the moderated-mediating role of stress perception and stress coping
Post-Doc: Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute & The Center for Design Health @ The Design Lab, University of California, San Diego
Current Position: Senior Behavioral Scientist, Headspace, Inc.
MOLLIE R. SPRUNG, PH.D 2015, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
B.S., University of Rochester
Master's Thesis: The association of neighborhood crime and cardiovascular risk factors in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) Study
Dissertation: The association of neighborhood crime, collective efficacy, and cardiovascular risk factors in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) Study
Clinical Internship: Medical/Health Psychology Track, Memphis VA Medical Center
Post-doc: Geropsychology, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Supervisor, Home Based Primary Care Program, Psychology Internship Program
MAULI SHAH, PH.D. 2015, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Harvard University
Master's Thesis: The relation between blood pressure and depressive symptoms in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Dissertation: The role of negative affect in the relation between perceived neighborhood disorder and self-reported sleep in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span Study
Clinical Internship: General Psychology Track, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Post-doc: Psychology, Durham VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Washington D.C. VA Medical Center
ALLYSSA J. ALLEN, PH.D, 2014, Community & Applied Social Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., University of Connecticut
M.Ed. Clemson University
Dissertation: Food insecurity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a race-specific biopsychosocial model
Current Position: Social Science Research Analyst, Division of Research, Office of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
JESSICA M. MCNEELY, PH.D. 2014, Behavioral Medicine
B.S. Towson University
M.A., Towson University
Dissertation: Exploring associations of dietary salt intake and hyperglycemia on resting and stress-reactive blood pressure and underlying hemodynamics in Blacks and Whites
Current Position: Social Science Research Analyst, The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOEL BURNS QUINN, PH.D. 2014, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., The Catholic University of America
Master’s Thesis: Correlates of absenteeism and presenteeism in temporomandibular joint disorder: the effects of pain severity and pain catastrophizing on work productivity.
Dissertation: Self-rated health and chronic disease: a biopsychosocial examination
Clinical Internship: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System -West Haven
Post-Doc: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System - West Haven
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist & Co-Director of Training, Clinical Health Psychology Postdoctoral Training Program, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven
SHAUNA POLLARD, PH.D. 2013, Clinical Psychology & Community & Applied Social Psychology (CASP)
B.A. Emory University
M.A., UMBC
Dissertation: Resilience factors relevant to depressive symptomatology in African Americans in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) study (Co-Mentor: Kenneth Maton, Ph.D.)
Clinical Internship: Medical/Health Psychology, Memphis VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Medical/Health Psychology, Memphis VA Medical Center
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, Baltimore, MD
EVIE J. GERBER, PH.D., 2012, Clinical Psychology
B.A. Millersville University
M.A. College of William & Mary
Dissertation: The relations of social support and perceived stress to health-related quality of life in older adults
Clinical Internship: Counseling Center, College of William & Mary
Post-Doc: Counseling Center, University of Health Sciences Philadelphia
Current Position: Staff Psychologist, Elizabethtown College Counseling Center
MEGAN HOSEY, PH.D., 2012, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. Scranton University
Master’s Thesis: Executive function and health related quality of life in older adults
Dissertation: The associations of multi-level factors to health-related quality of life in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) study
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine/Neuropsychology, University of Washington
Post-Doc: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology & Neuropsychology, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
CARRINGTON R. WENDELL, PH.D., ABPP-CN, 2011, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A, Wake Forest University
Master’s Thesis: The relation between depression and carotid atherosclerosis in The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Dissertation: Carotid intimal medial thickness as a predictor of cognitive decline in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Duke University Medical Center
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Founder and Director, Chesapeake Neuropsychology, Severna Park, MD and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
STACEY B. SANDUSKY, PH.D., 2010, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S., Indiana University
M.A. UMBC
Dissertation: Cognitive appraisal, pain coping strategies, and cardiovascular reactivity
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Post-Doc: Departments of Orthopedics & Psychology, University of Florida
Current Position: Staff Psychologist, James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa FL
ROBERT J. SPENCER, PH.D., 2008, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.S. Towson University
M.S.. Loyola College
Dissertation: Pathological laughter and crying: symptom expression and quality of life (Co-Chair with Robert Provine, PhD.)
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Current Position: Chief of Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine
PAUL P. GIGGEY, PH.D. 2007. Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., University of Delaware
M.A., Loyola College
Dissertation: Caffeinated coffee intake and longitudinal blood pressure change in men and women: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Baltimore VA Medical Center
Current Position: Private Practice
LAYNE A. GOBLE, PH.D., 2007, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A. University of Utah
M.A. San Diego State University
Dissertation: Gender role differences and cardiovascular reactivity
Clinical Internship: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System -West Haven
Post-Doc: Clinical Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System -West Haven
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina; Clinical Health Psychologist, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
STEPHEN J. SYNOWSKI, PH.D. 2007, Behavioral Medicine
B.A. UMBC
M.A, UMBC
Dissertation: Effects of oral glucose administration on cardiovascular responses to mental stress (Co-Mentor, Zoe Warwick, PhD)
Current Position: Staff Scientist II / Program Manger III, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
DENISE C. COOPER, PH.D., 2007, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A, University of the State of New York, Regents College
Master's Thesis: Perceived racism and anger expression style in African-American women: relations to cardiovascular reactivity and post-stress recovery
Dissertation: Relations of depression and gender to cardiovascular risk factors among African Americans in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) Study
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
Current Position: Psychological Health Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Silver Spring, MD
TRACY D. VANNORSDALL, PH.D., ABPP-CN, 2006, Clinical Psychology
B.A. Ohio University
M.A. UMBC
Dissertation: White matter hyperintensities: neuropsychological correlates in a community-based sample (Co-Mentor, David Schretlen, Ph.D.)
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Associate Professor, Division of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
JESSICA PELLETIER BROWN, PH.D., 2006, Behavioral Medicine
B.A. University of New Hampshire
Master’s Thesis: Oral contraceptives, race, and cardiovascular reactivity
Dissertation: Blood pressure reactivity, heart rate variability, and cognition in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Post-Doc: Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine
CAROL F. TANKARD, PH.D., 2004, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Dickinson College
Master’s Thesis: Trait and state anxiety and cerebral perfusion in the right prefrontal lobe
Dissertation: Scale of anxious apprehension and anxious arousal: a clinical neuropsychological measure of anxiety
Clinical Internship: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Prior Position: Psychological Services LLC & Private Practice
Current Position: Retired
KARL J. MAIER, PH.D., 2003, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., Syracuse University
Master’s Thesis: The effects of cognitive appraisal on cardiovascular reactivity
Dissertation: Relations of dispositional hostility and perceived stress with cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular reactivity in older men
Clinical Internship: Clinical Health Psychology, West Haven VA Medical Center
Current Position: Professor, Department of Psychology, Salisbury University
SERINA A. NEUMANN, PH.D., 2001, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
B.A., University of Pittsburgh
Master’s Thesis: Cardiovascular responses during emotional activation: the role of affective valence and arousal and gender
Dissertation: The relation of hostility, trait rumination, and distraction to cardiovascular reactivity and recovery responses to anger
Clinical Internship: Behavioral Medicine, Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System
Post-Doc: Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Current Position: Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School
ANNE SOLOMON, PH.D., 2000, Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
Ph.D. Yale University
M.A. UMBC
Dissertation: Cognitive performance in the multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (Co-Mentor: Rebecca Bascom, M.D.)
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, Baltimore VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Retired
JOSEPH SNOW, PH.D., ABPP-CN, 1999, Clinical Psychology
B.A., UMBC
M.A., UMBC
Dissertation: Neuropsychological functioning and total plasma cholesterol levels in older adults
Clinical Internship: Neuropsychology, East Orange VA Medical Center
Post-Doc: Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Adjunct Faculty, Medical Psychology Program, Uniformed Services University