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HealthForumOnline understands the importance of an interdisciplinary team approach to health. Psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, and other allied healthcare providers can play a pivotal role in promoting emotional and physical adjustment to disease. We also know that as busy professionals, it can be costly and time consuming to get the training you need to work within a specific disease model and/or to meet your professional continuing education (CE) requirements. Our goal is to provide nationally approved (APA-approved, NBCC-approved, ASWB-approved, CA BBS-approved, PSNA-approved), cost-effective, accessible, and high quality CE courses and credits to psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses and other healthcare professionals so they can meet the needs of medically ill individuals and their families.
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HealthForum Staff
Each clinical psychologist on HealthForum’s staff is trained in the assessment, design, and administration of psychological interventions aimed at enhancing adjustment to life-threatening and/or life-altering medical illnesses by promoting psychological, as well as physical, health. Together, they represent over three decades of research experience and clinical practice in the field of behavioral medicine. |
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Michelle Rodoletz, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist, is the co-founder and Director of HealthForum’s Continuing Education Program. Formerly, Dr. Rodoletz served as the Associate Director of the Psychosocial and Behavioral Medicine Program at Philadelphia’s Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC), one of the country’s leading cancer centers. Her clinical and research experiences include work with diverse cancer populations such as breast, ovarian, prostate, and colorectal cancer patients and their families. Her clinical interests and expertise span the cancer continuum and include high-risk populations; genetic testing; enhancing adherence to health-related behaviors; individual, couples, and group psychotherapy to reduce the burden of medical illness; and psychological assessment. She continues to serve as a Research Consultant and Clinical Interventionist at FCCC. |
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Laura Stanton, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and the co-founder and Associate Director of HealthForum’s Continuing Education Program. Her clinical and research experience have included positions such as Scientific Research Associate at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Staff Psychologist at The Renfrew Center, Philadelphia, a nationally recognized facility dedicated to the care of eating disorders. Her primary areas of clinical interest and therapeutic expertise include individual and group therapy among medically ill populations, the diagnosis and management of eating disorders, and psychological assessment. She continues to serve as a Clinical Interventionist at FCCC. |
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Program Planning Committee/Authors
HealthForum's Planning Committee and collaborative authors consist of experts from diverse backgrounds and professional disciplines, with research and clinical experience in a variety of disease models. Our Planning Committee is a primary mechanism whereby we can acknowledge and recognize mental healthcare provider's distinct needs with regard to CE content areas, as well as ensure the high quality of our CE program.
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Tinesha Banks, MPH – Deputy Executive Director of the Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc. (HPC); Adjunct Professor, Temple University. Interests: Health communication among minority populations, with a special emphasis on health literacy and patient-provider communication; cultural responsiveness as it relates to health professionals; social marketing; and human sexuality. |
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Bill E. Beckwith, PhD – Clinical Psychologist, Co-Founder of Memory Management, Faculty of Renaissance Academy at Florida Gulf Coast University. Member of the National Speakers Association and lecturer on diverse topics related to aging and memory. Former Professor of Psychology at the University of North Dakota. He has published extensively in the area of neuropharmacology of learning and memory. Interests: psychopharmacology, neuropeptides, aging, learning & memory, early detection of memory disorders, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and dementias. |
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Risa Beckwith, PsyD, MPH – Clinical/Community Psychologist, Beckwith Partners Psychological Consulting, Chicago, IL; Former Adjunct Faculty, Adler School of Professional Psychology; Dr. Beckwith has worked with national leaders on projects focusing on scientific literacy, health literacy and survey research and lectures on the socially responsible implementation of community programs. Interests: developmental disabilities; behavioral pediatrics; bioethics, health care economics and law, cultural competence in interviewing and assessment, and the integration of evidence based practice. |
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Bret A. Boyer, PhD – Clinical Psychologist; Assistant Professor at the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology and Coordinator, Health Psychology Concentration at Widener University, Chester, PA.; Founder & Director, The Family Health Psychology Center, Philadelphia, PA; Consulting Psychologist, Integrated Diabetes Services, Wynnewood, PA. Editor of Comprehensive Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology. Interests: Psychological factors regarding management of Diabetes; treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) secondary to medical stress; ethical and legal issues surrounding medically based PTSD. Associated links: Widener University's Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology. |
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Ayana Bradshaw, MPH – Center Coordinator for the Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Adjunct Professor, Temple University. Interests: Low income and minority populations, human sexuality, addictions and recovery. |
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Stacy Carmichael , PhD, HSPP – Pediatric Psychologist, St. Mary's Center for Children, Evansville, Indiana. A graduate of University of Florida Department of Clinical & Health Psychology with a concentration in Clinical Child, Adolescent and Pediatric Psychology, Dr. Carmichael has years of professional experience working with children and their families. In addition, she is the mother of a child with autism. Interests: assessment of autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, learning difficulties, anxiety, teaching positive parenting techniques related to child tantrums, feeding/sleeping/elimination concerns, related issues in pediatric psychology, including inpatient pediatric consultation and liaison. |
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Julia Cochran, PhD – Licensed Professional Counselor; Therapist, Morningstar Treatment Services, Savannah, GA; On-site critical incident counselor in private practice. Interests: Hidden disabilities, autism, intercultural relations, spirituality and mental health, disaster counseling, adoption reunion. |
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Sandra Corbett Feite, MS – Counseling Therapist, Program Coordinator and Oncology Group Therapist, Gilda's Club Delaware Valley, PA. Psycho-Oncology Consultant, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, Board Member for National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Philadelphia Division. Interests: Psychological interventions for ovarian cancer; interventions for cancer "couples”.
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Darcy Cox, PsyD, ABPP-CN – Board-certified Neuropsychologist, University of California San Francisco Multiple Sclerosis Clinic; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology, UCSF. Interests: Clinical neuropsychological assessment, coping with injection anxiety, and the relationship between MS-related neuropathology and cognitive difficulties.
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Kimberley Cox, PhD – Social Psychologist; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Southern Oregon University; Consultant, Department of Health and Human Services, Jackson County, OR. Interests: Application of social psychological knowledge and techniques to the understanding of social problems (e.g., inequality); social context of health; community-based research. |
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LeAnna DeAngelo, PhD – Research Health Psychologist; Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Professions, Division of Holistic Health and Wellness, Arizona State University. Author of Germs on Our Mind: The Psychology of Contagion. Co-investigator on an NIH grant entitled Interpersonal Perception: Placebo and Nocebo Effects. Interests: psychological aspects of contagion. |
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Patt Denning, PhD – Cofounder & Director of Clinical Services & Training, Harm Reduction Therapy Center, San Fransisco. Dr. Denning is widely recognized as an expert in both drug treatment and dual diagnosis and is one of the main developers of harm reduction psychotherapy in the U.S. In addition to providing training and research in this emerging field, her clinical work includes the treatment of clients with a variety of emotional problems, as well as those who need specialized help with their problems with drugs and alcohol. She has served on the faculty of two schools of psychology and has specialized training in psychopharmocology. Partnership for Responsible Drug Information has named Dr. Denning a media expert on dual diagnosis. Author of Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: An Alternative Approach to Addictions, as well as other writings on multiply diagnosed clients, and co-author of Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol. Interests: harm reduction therapy, theory and application; dual diagnosis; psychopharmacology. Associated links: www.harmreductiontherapy.org; www.associationforharmreductiontherapy.net. |
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Colin A. Depp, PhD – Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; Research Fellow, Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging; Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, San Diego State University. Interests: Mental health and aging, behavioral interventions to enhance medication adherence, bipolar disorder, caregiving, successful aging. |
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Michael Diefenbach, PhD – Social/Health Psychologist; Assistant Professor of Urology in Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, NY. Interests: Prostate cancer patient decision-making; spousal role in health care; design, development and implementation of health communications using traditional and innovative delivery mode. |
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JoAnne Epping-Jordan, PhD – Clinical psychologist and independent health consultant. Previously, led the World Health Organization's global initiatives on improving health care for chronic conditions from 2002 to 2005, and on advocacy and communications for chronic diseases and health promotion from 2005 to 2007. Author of numerous scientific articles in high impact journals such as JAMA, BMJ and The Lancet, as well as writer/editor for several high profile World Health Organization publications. Interests: chronic disease prevention and management models, improving health care delivery systems, applying behavioral science know-how in novel ways to shape populations’ beliefs and behaviors around different health issues. |
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Randall W. Evans, PhD, ABPP – Clinical Neuropsychologist, Board Certified in Rehabilitation Psychology, Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. President of Randall Evans & Associates, PLLC. Formerly a Research Fellow with the National Institutes of Health where his research focused on neuro-pharmacology and neuro-psychological test development. He has published extensively in these areas with works appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Developmental Neurology, and a host of other peer review journals. Interests: Brain injury rehabilitation, neuropsychological test development. Associated links: The Mentor Network |
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Patricia A. Farrell, PhD – Clinical Psychologist; Dr. Farrell has presented and published in the areas of physical illness and psychological disorders in the elderly, stress, disability determinations, and geriatric mental health issues. Formerly, the national clinical monitor for several multi-site protocols for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NYC), she is the WebMD Moderator for Anxiety/Panic Disorders Board, a medical consultant to Social Security Div. of Disability Determinations and a published book author. She has over 25 years direct-service experience in all areas of adult mental health services including psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, CMHCs, EAPs and forensic settings. Interests: anxiety disorders, geropsychiatry, organic mental disorders, psychoneuroimmunology. Associated links: Dr. Patricia A. Farrell |
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Paula Finestone, PhD – Clinical Health Psychologist with over fifteen years experience in primary care, physical medicine/rehabilitation, healthcare consulting, and private practice settings. Staff Psychologist Friend's Hospital Philadelphia, PA. Interests: Coping skills in caregivers; burnout prevention for healthcare professionals; pain and symptom management in cancer patients; palliative and hospice care. |
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Florence Gelo, DMin – Assistant Professor, Department of Community, Family & Preventive Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. Clinical Interventionist at FCCC. Interests: The relationship between religion and spirituality and coping; coping with chronic and terminal illness. |
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Dana Gionta, PhD – Adjunct Professor, Fairfield University, CT; Psychologist and personal coach specializing in health and wellness. Dr. Gionta has a broad educational foundation in psychology, systems theory, and business (BA in business from NYU), which provides her with unique conceptual, interpersonal and organizational assessment, and intervention skills. She has worked as a clinician, educator, researcher, and consultant to individuals, families and organizations of diverse cultural backgrounds with varied stages of change and goals. Dr. Gionta also serves on the APA's "Business of Practice Network" committee to contribute to the further development of healthy psychological workplaces. Interests: Medical decision-making and doctor-patient-family communication; cultural issues in health; stress and immunology; and the integration of psychology, family systems and medicine. Associated links: Dana Gionta, Ph.D. |
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Janet Graves, BS, Nursing – Program Director Eating Disorders Service, Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; Assistant Program Director, Eating Disorders Treatment Center, Marlton, NJ. Interests: Inpatient and outpatient treatment of Eating Disorders using integrated behavioral medicine and multidisciplinary approaches. |
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Kelly Harris, MSS, LCSW – Program Director, Gilda's Club Delaware Valley, PA. Interests: Clinical program planning and development, emotional trauma resulting from illness, GLBT issues. |
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Stacey Hart, PhD – Clinical Health Psychologist, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Interests: Cancer survivorship, posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms in cancer patients, colorectal cancer, couples dynamics in the face of cancer, cognitive-behavioral therapy for medically-ill individuals, quality of life in chronic illness. |
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Kellie Hilker, PhD – Clinical Psychologist; Dr. Hilker has presented and published extensively in the area of pediatric psychology. Formerly on staff at the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland. She has served as an ad-hoc reviewer on the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Interests: Pediatric psychology; pediatric feeding disorders; adherence to medical regimens; pediatric cancer; and pediatric sickle cell disease. |
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Jeff Kendall, PsyD – Licensed psychologist; Director, Psychosocial Oncology at the Exempla St. Joseph Cancer Center in Denver, Colorado. Clinical and research areas include work with diverse cancer populations such as head and neck, breast, thoracic and prostate. Recently he has been focusing his clinical and research efforts on issues associated with cancer survivorship. In 2007, he was selected to Chair the Survivorship and Palliative Care Subcommittee of the NCI sponsored National Community Cancer Center Program. Interests: cancer survivorship, adjustment to chronic illness, individual and couples coping mechanisms, end of life issues. |
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John Kleinbaum, PhD – Clinical Psychologist, Program Director of The Wellness Community of Southwest Florida, National board member of The Wellness Community, Former faculty of the University of Minnesota. Interests: Group treatment for cancer patients, working with the male cancer patient, caregivers and bereavement support groups. Associated links: The Wellness Community |
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Andrew Kolbasovsky, PsyD – Clinical Psychologist, Director of Clinical Development and Behavioral Medicine for Health Insurance Plan (HIP), a large Managed Care Organization. Author of A Mental Health Provider's Guide to Working with Managed Care. Interests: The behavioral health needs of diabetics, integrating behavioral health and primary care medical services. Associated Links: Anger and Mental Health in Type 2 Diabetes |
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Heidemarie Kremer, MD, PhD – Visiting Scientist at the Department of Psychology, University of Miami, FL; Member of the German AIDS Society and the European AIDS Treatment Group. Formerly a physician in Inner Medicine in Germany, she holds a PhD in Bioscience and a PhD in Psychology. Interests: Psychobiological factors relating to living with HIV; sex and gender differences in HIV/AIDS; patient involvement in medical decision-making; coping with chronic disease; the impact of spirituality on coping with chronic disease; biographical transformations in the face of chronic disease. |
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Laurie A. LaMonde, PhD – Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Dr. LaMonde has published and presented on a wide-range of topics within behavioral medicine including women’s health issues (i.e., postpartum depression) and the psychological sequelae associated with medical illness (i.e., cancer, cardiac disease, dementia, immunological disorders). Interests: Improving screening for risk of postpartum depression, promoting health-related behaviors (e.g., adherence to cancer screening regimens, anger management among cardiac rehabilitation/myocardial infarction patients). Associated links: Mothers of Super Twins (MOST). |
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Erik Lande, PhD – Neuropsychologist, Pacific Neuroscience Medical Group and Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara, CA. Adjunct faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Interests: Brain injury and illness rehabilitation, dementia, assessment of effort in testing. Associated links: Comprehensive Neuropsychological and Psychological Services, Forensic Expertise. |
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Ellen G. Levine, PhD, MPH – Licensed Clinical (Medical) Psychologist and epidemiologist. Senior Scientist at the Biobehavioral Research Center, San Francisco State University. Interests: Psychosocial oncology, lupus, coping, health disparities. |
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Ronit Levy, PsyD – Trained at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine of NYU Medical Center, Dr. Levy specializes in the treatment of individuals, and their families, adjusting to medical trauma (e.g., acquired brain injury, neuro-trauma, stroke, pain syndromes, cancer). She also has extensive experience conducting psychological and neuropsychological evaluations and neuro-rehabilitation. Formerly on the faculty at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University. Interests: Trauma and post-traumatic growth, enhancing adjustment to disability, compassion fatigue in psychologists, and women’s mental health. |
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Lauren Lucas, PhD – Licensed Psychologist; Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of North Florida. Interests: Nonpharmacological treatment of pain syndromes; the clinical application of positive psychology principles. Associated links: Lauren Lucas, PhD. |
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Michelle Heffner Macera, PhD – Author of The Anorexia Workbook. Research Coordinator and Therapist at Center for Hope of the Sierras, a residential eating disorder treatment center in Reno, NV. Interests: Application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to treat eating disorders. |
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Patrick McNamara, PhD – Director of Evolutionary Neurobehavior Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and the VA New England Healthcare System. Trained in neurolinguistics and brain-cognitive correlation techniques, he developed an evolutionary approach to problems of brain and behavior. He has published extensively in this area, as well as pioneered the investigation of the role of the frontal lobes in mediation of religious experience. He serves as Series Editor for the Praeger series of books on the evolutionary and biological roots of religion, Where God and Science Meet: How Brain and Evolutionary Studies Alter Our Understanding of Religion. Interests: The evolution of the frontal lobes, the evolution of the two mammalian sleep states (REM and NREM) and the evolution of religion in human cultures. |
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Jeremy Mirsky, PhD – Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Comprehensive Pain & Headache Treatment Center, Meriden, CT; Rehabilitation Psychologist, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, Hartford, CT. Interests: Behavioral medicine; chronic pain management; presurgical psychological evaluations; psychological/behavioral factors in medical rehabilitation; depression in patients with cardiovascular disease. |
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Elizabeth L. Moore, PhD – Clinical Psychologist. Coordinator of Educational Programs, The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT. Interests: social anxiety disorder, anxiety sequelae of traumatic brain injury, impact of premorbid hypochondriasis on coping and prognosis in those diagnosed with a serious medical condition, the Stage of Change Model as it applies to smoking cessation. |
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Brad Mossbarger, PhD – Staff Psychologist, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Mossbarger has published articles on control and well-being in assisted living settings, proposed revisions to the GAF scale, and Internet addiction. He has served as contributing editor for collegiate text on abnormal psychology. Interests: Adaptations of older persons to retirement, changes of residence, and other late-life transitions; social cognition and control strategies in coping during old age; psychotherapy outcomes with older adults. |
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Amy J. Neil, MS, MAP – Psychotherapist; medical writer specializing in patient education. Author: The Adopter’s Handbook, published by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering. Interests: therapeutic application of experiential theory in illness; clinical research in psychoneuroimmunologic effects of experiential modalities; psychophysiologic effects of disrupted attachment and of trauma. |
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Carol J. Nemeroff, PhD – Clinical Psychologist; Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University; Director of the NIH/NCCAM-funded Mind-Body Health Lab at ASU. Co-founder and Vice President and Director of Curriculum Development for Portable Ethics, a clinical malpractice-prevention and research ethics consultation firm. Interests: Magical thinking about contagion, including how intuitive models blend with expert knowledge to influence health-relevant behaviors and decision-making. Applications include HIV prevention, eating disorders, and mind-body health. Other areas of expertise are women's health, and professional and research ethics. |
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Christopher N. Ochner, PhD – Post-Doctoral Fellow at the New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition. Former Adjunct Professor, The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Former staff member of the University of Pennsylvania Weight and Eating Disorder Center, Philadelphia, PA. Interests: prevention of weight gain, environmental change in obesity treatment, and weight loss maintenance. |
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M. Indira Paharia, PsyD, MBA, MS – Licensed clinical psychologist; Assistant Director of Behavioral Health & Wellness for Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield serving 4 states in the Pacific Northwest; National and international lecturer on topics of disease prevention and health promotion. Her co-edited textbook, The Comprehensive Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology, was recently released by John Wiley and Sons. Former Assistant Director, Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology and Assistant Professor of Health Psychology, Widener University. Assistant Professor and Director of the Behavioral Medicine Division, Temple University School of Dentistry. She has also conducted grant funded research and training programs in health psychology and served as Co-Director of the Coalition for the Advancement of Community Health Psychology at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Darby, PA. Interests: Disease management, tobacco cessation, obesity, cost-effectiveness analysis, managed behavioral healthcare, integrated primary care. |
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Michael Pertschuk, MD – Medical Director, Philadelphia Psychological Services and Friends Hospital Eating Disorders Program, Philadelphia, PA; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry in Surgery and Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Interests: Integrating individual, group and family psychological services with the medical management of eating disorders. |
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Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida. Director, National Training Collaborative for Social Marketing, a cooperative venture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Association of Medical Colleges and Co-director, Survey Methods Core, H.Lee Moffit Cancer Center and Research Institute. Interests: Assessing the behavioral determinants of consumer decisions and choices about health; understanding and overcoming provider-based barriers to discussing fertility preservation with cancer patients; promoting the use of folic acid among Hispanic women; preventing smoking relapse among pregnant and postpartum women; understanding the barriers to patient accrual to cancer clinical trials; and promoting knowledge and awareness of clinical trials among newly diagnosed patients. |
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Manjula Ramareddy, PhD – Clinical Neuropsychologist. Consultant for NGO’s (Non Governmental Organizations) in developing countries, particularly India. Former Assistant Director of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Program of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Former Clinical Researcher of the University of Maryland at Baltimore and Research Fellow of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Interests: Neuropsychology of young and old adults; cognitive and emotional well-being in school aged children in developing countries; trends in cognitive disorders in developing countries; Indian psychology and philosophical variations in Eastern and Western psychological thought. |
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Mark Rose, MA – Licensed psychologist and researcher. He has published on addictive disorders, as well as other medical disorders, and was recently involved in the development and testing of a novel pharmacotherapy for alcoholism. Member of the Board of Directors of the Minneapolis-based International Institute of Anti-Aging Medicine. Interests: addictive disorders, psychosocial adjustment to disease. |
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Pagona Roussi, PhD – Clinical Psychologist; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Interests: Psychological adjustment to health stressors; psychological correlates of illness; clinical management of health-related anxiety and depression. |
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Frederick Rotgers, PsyD, ABPP – Associate Professor of Psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Board Certified in both Clinical Psychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. An internationally recognized expert in the study and treatment of substance use disorders, he serves on the editorial boards of several addictions journals, including the Journal of Drug Issues and has co-authored/edited several books, including “Treating Alcohol Problems” a presentation of an evidence-based, motivational harm reduction approach to alcohol problems for general clinicians. Interests: Motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral treatments and harm reduction methods and ethics. |
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Jae Sevelius, PhD – Clinical Psychologist, Post-Doctoral Scholar at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. Interests: transgender issues, HIV prevention and intervention development, quality of life, substance use, intersex issues, human sexuality. |
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Ja’nét M. Seward, PsyD – Clinical Psychologist; Adjunct Faculty at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, IL. Dr. Seward's clinical work covers an array of treatment settings, including inpatient and outpatient clinics, community mental health centers, behavioral camps, and school systems. Having participated in numerous consultations and school interventions, she is experienced in the provision of individual, family, and group therapy, as well as psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and their families, with a subspecialty in working with culturally diverse populations. Interests: Effective treatment interventions for African American youth, trauma, depression, psychological assessments, school interventions. |
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Kerry Sherman, PhD – Health Psychologist, Professor of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Interests: Cancer survivorship and re-entry issues; Breast-cancer related Lymphedema; Health-related decision-making; infertility. |
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Lee Stadtlander, PhD – Health Psychologist/Cognitive Psychologist. Faculty member at Walden University and Fielding University, President of the Montana Gerontology Society, Executive Director of Befrienders, a nonprofit organization working with the elderly. Former Assistant Professor Montana State University. Former Co-Director of Montana Center on Rural Aging. Recent recipient of a grant from Walden University to conduct qualitative research on people over the age of 85. Consultant on a USDA-funded grant aimed at expanding geriatric education for paramedics in Montana. Interests: Aging and issues related to older adults, anticipatory mourning in the family of Alzheimer’s patients, pain management in multiple sclerosis. |
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Marilyn Stringer, PhD, CRNP –Associate Professor, Clinician Educator in Women’s Health Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center; Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program Director, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA. Interests: Women experiencing medically high risk pregnancies; evidence-based decision making and nursing care. |
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Carolyn S. Stroebe, PhD – Licensed Psychologist; Private Practice, Berkeley & Walnut Creek, CA. Interests: Hypnosis; imagery for breast cancer survivors and other health-related contexts; psychotherapy; EMDR; anxiety disorders; grief counseling, death & dying; GLBT and other cultural issues; issues of older adults. Associated links: www.twentyfirstcenturypsychology.com |
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Beth Ann Swan, PhD, FAAN, CRNP – Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson College of Health Professions, Department of Nursing; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing and Associated Faculty, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Interests: Measuring and improving health care quality; clinical application of empirical data; evidence-based decision making and nursing care. |
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Susan T. Vadaparampil, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine and Member-In-Residence in the Health Outcomes and Behavior Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. Adjunct Faculty, USF College of Public Health and Adjunct Scientist, Clinical Genetics Branch, NCI. Collaborator/co-investigator on several nationally-funded studies in the areas of physician knowledge and use of genetic testing for inherited cancer susceptibility, establishing the prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations in the African American population, psychosocial aspects of familial testicular cancer, health care provider discussion of fertility preservation among pediatric and young adult cancer patients and their families, and the psychosocial impact of HPV on men. Interests: Awareness, knowledge, and use of genetic testing for inherited cancer susceptibility in the general population, minority groups, physicians, and at-risk populations. |
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Melissa VanHorn Becker, PhD - Clinical Psychologist; former Co-director, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Coping Clinic and Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School; former adjunct faculty Boston University, Simmons College, Newbury College; former Director, Boston Ballet School Wellness Program. Interests: optimizing resilience in young people facing unusual life stressors; adaptation to illness. |
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Mara Wai, MEd - Program Manager/Creator: Mindful Movement Curriculum: PENN Program for Stress Management, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA; Yoga/Movement group/individual instruction, Philadelphia, PA. Interests: Yoga, meditation, stress management; complementary alternative medicine. |
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David Weinberg, MD, MSc – Chairman, Department of Medicine, Director, Gastroenterology Section, and Member Divisions of Population and Medical Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.; Associate Professor of Medicine, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA. Interests: Colon cancer detection, prevention, and treatment. |
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Julia Weinberg, JD, PhD – Licensed Clinical and Consulting Psychologist. Former Program Director of the inpatient and day treatment Eating Disorders Units at Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, Philadephia, PA and Clinical Director of an NHS Human Services resident facility for young adults with severe mental illness. Now in private practice, she provides workshops about InSight℠ Learning Strategies, a system she developed for intervening more effectively with children who have language delays or attentional difficulties. Interests: treatment of anxiety disorders, family intervention for parents of children with special needs, cultural considerations in assessment and therapy, differential diagnosis and biopsychosocial evaluation over the lifespan from early childhood through old age. |
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Laura Wilhelm, PhD – Clinical Psychologist; Assistant Professor, West Virginia University Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Charleston Division; Co-author The Anxiety Answer Book. Interests: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression and anxiety disorders, group psychotherapy, adjustment to chronic health conditions. |
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Risa Yavorsky, BA – Medical Student, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. Formerly Clinical Researcher, Department of Urology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY. Ms. Yavorsky has published on The Effects of Erectile Dysfunction on Illness Representations and Interpersonal Relationships. Former President of the Sexual Health and Awareness Group (SHAG) at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Interests: Risk perceptions and stigmas surrounding sexually transmitted infections; sexual health and contraception; sexual Dysfunction; fertility. |
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Barbara Zimmerman-Slovak, PhD – Counseling/School Psychologist, with over 20 years of training in child and family treatment with a specialization in neuropsychiatry. Interests: treatment of children with neuropsychiatric disorders (i.e., tic disorders, Tourette's, ADHD, OCD, Asperger's, PDD) or medical illness and their families. |
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