UAB Psychology Magazine - Celebrating 45 Years

DEPARTMENT

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PSYCHOLOGY

celebrating 45 years of history and excellence

At a G limpse Over the years, the skyline in Birmingham has certainly changed from the heart of the steel industry in the late 1800’s to the hospitals and academic institutions that now line the streets of Southside.

Today, UAB is a comprehensive urban university with a nationally recognized academic health center. UAB is the only public, four-year degree granting university in the state's largest metropolitan area. UAB is the largest research institution in the state of Alabama and the university is the largest employer in Alabama. The Department of Psychology is proud to be a part of Birmingham ‘s history and of UAB. The Department of Psychology is housed in 11 buildings across campus and continues to be one of the most popular majors on campus.

2014 marks the 45th birthday of the Department of Psychology at UAB. We are excited about what the future holds and remember those who set the initial standards, and created this history of excellence.

2013 was an exciting year for the department as enrollment increased, new faculty joined the team and our research continued to be showcased in news outlets and publications across the country.

This publication was written to showcase the growth and development of the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and to communicate our achievements to faculty, students, alumni and friends of the department over the years.

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letter from the

Chair KARLENE BALL, Ph.D.

I UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

It is the year 2014 and the UAB Department of Psychology has reached a 45 year milestone.

The Department of Psychology at UAB is among the youngest in the United States but with a solid history of accomplishment. The department is recognized for cutting edge research, teaching and training and has been consistently ranked within the top 100 departments nationally for federal research support.

We provide a contemporary approach to behavioral medicine and behavior change for better health and healing.

We are a part of the University of Alabama System.

We are a valuable contributor to the new UAB College of Arts and Sciences. We are about generating new knowledge to the surrounding local communities, state, nationally and internationally. Our past has served as the foundation for our future.

Such early accreditation was unprecedented in the entire history of the APA and the UAB program was ranked number one among the programs considered during the 1984-85 round of evaluations.

We are about people.

The department’s actual growth began in 1982. At this time, the department had a total of 14 primary appointment faculty and only two individuals had funded federal research grants. Today in 2014, we have a total of 28 primary appointment faculty and 15 individuals with funded research.

The Department of Psychology was formed in 1969 mainly as a teaching faculty for UAB’s undergraduate students. In 1972 the department instituted a Master’s Program in general experimental psychology. This program was highly successful in that a large percentage of the students graduating from this program went on to complete the Ph.D. at other more senior institutions.

Today we are poised to ‘grow’ forward with new faculty coming on board and exciting ideas ahead!

Our research and clinical collaborations with the School of Medicine continue to be far reaching.

We invite you to follow our successes in the coming year. This report is a first documentation of the history and past achievements of this department and it is our pleasure to share this with you.

The doctoral program was initiated in 1981 with two specialties: Medical Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience. The Medical Clinical Psychology Program received full accreditation from the American Psychological Association in 1985.

Statistics Sincerely,

Department History

During this milestone year, we felt it necessary to recognize those who have brought leadership and life to the initial mission of this department – to those who have and are, providing guidance, their time, talent and their resources to the faculty, staff and students during the past 45 years.

We thank their families for their support as their loved ones sought to bring change and growth to this department.

Timeline

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY In the early 1980’s, Caroline and the late Charles Ireland made a commitment to excellence by establishing the most prestigious academic awards at UAB, most notably the Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Endowment for Scholarly Distinction. Our faculty has brought prestige and great honor to the department over the past years as recipients of this award. We are proud to recognize Drs. Karlene Ball (2008), Dr. Edward Taub (1997), Dr. Joan Lorden (1991), and Dr. Craig Ramey (2000), who are former recipients of The Ireland Award for Scholarly Distinction. More recently, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean for Research in the Sciences, Dr. David Schwebel (April 2013) received this honor.

Campbell Hall “Architecturally, The building represents a 1960sish ‘brutal architectural’ style with angular walls and a minimum number of windows. It is ‘green’ in that most windows occur on the north and south facades, with little to none on the west, most intense, sun gain side. The building was built in two phases.”

Sheila Chaffin, BArch, MRP, AICP, Executive Director of UAB Campus Planning

1997 May 23, 1997 – Dr. Edward Taub was named as a William James Fellow in recognition of his distinguished achievements in psychological science by APA.

1997 June 27, 1997 – Dr. Craig C. Ramey was appointed University Professor

2000

September 14, 2000 – Dr. Edward Taub was appointed UAB University Professor of Psychology May 19, 2000 - Dr. Carl McFarland was presented the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

2004 The American Psychological Association presented Dr. Edward Taub the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications in 2004

2009

February 6, 2009 – Dr. Karlene Ball was appointed UAB University Professor in Developmental Psychology

2012

April 13, 2012 – Dr. Karlene Ball was appointed Endowed Chair in Developmental Psychology

2013 Alan Randich received the 2013 Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Mentorship Award

HONORING OUR LEADERSHIP

“I think I can safely say that the Department of Psychology has advanced to another level — that we are anything but a ‘traditional’ department of psychology” -Dr. Tennant McWilliams

Former Dean, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences December 19, 2002

Department Chairs David Sparks, Ph.D. 1969-1972 John W.P. Ost, Ph.D. 1972-1977* Robert Levitt, Ph.D. 1977-1982 Carl E. McFarland, Jr. Ph.D. 1982-2008 Karlene K. Ball, Ph.D. 2008-Present

Vice Chairs Mike Sloane, Ph.D. 1995-1997 Edwin Cook III, Ph.D. 1997-2006 David Schwebel, Ph.D. 2006-2011 *Deceased

In Memorium JOHN M. BEATON, PH.D. Dr. John Beaton passed away on April 21, 2011. Dr. Beaton taught in the UAB Department of Psychology for many years and was beloved by all students who took his PY 101 Introduction to Psychology and PY 109 Drugs and Human Behavior classes. Dr. Beaton also taught in Fall 2006 an interdisciplinary course, Minds and Realities, in the University Honors Program with Janice Kluge (Art and Art History), Linda Frost (English), Michelle Forman (History and Anthropology), Rusty Rushton (Literature), and Mike Sloane (Psychology).

In characteristic fashion, Dr. Beaton enjoyed keeping up with students long after the course was over, and some of them even met him routinely for lunch to mull over the major issues of our times, participate in great conversation, and simply enjoy his company. The 2009 graduating class of the University Honors Program selected Dr. Beaton as the recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award, the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member in the honors program.

A John M. Beaton Psychology Scholarship Fund has been established to honor his memory. The Department of Psychology hopes to raise sufficient funds to endow the scholarship and have it awarded annually in perpetuity.

The scholarship in Dr. Beaton's name will be awarded to a psychology major on the basis of merit and need. If you would like to contribute to the John M. Beaton Psychology Scholarship Fund, please send a check to: The John M. Beaton Psychology Scholarship Fund HOH, Spencer Honors House 1530 3rd Ave South Birmingham , AL 35294-4450

Doctoral Program Directorships Medical Clinical Thomas J. Boll, Ph.D. 1981 - 2000 Jesse B. Milby, Ph.D. 2000-2012 Edwin Cook III, Ph.D. 2012-Present

Behavioral Neuroscience Joan Lorden, Ph.D. 1980 -1994 Diane Tucker, Ph.D. 1994-2003 Alan Randich, Ph.D. 2003-2013 Frank Amthor, Ph.D., Interim 2013-Present

Lifespan Developmental Norman Bray, Ph.D. 1986-1995 Craig Ramey, Ph.D. and Sharon Ramey, Ph.D. 1995-2002 Karlene Ball, Ph.D. 2002-2009 Fred Biasini, Ph.D. 2009-Present

Cognitive Science Mike Sloane, Ph.D. 1999-2001

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ABOUT On May 3, 1984, the UAB Department of Psychology was asked to present to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees, the progress being made in the department relevant to the initiation of two doctoral programs. On May 10, John Hicks, then Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, noted in a letter to then Chair, Dr. Carl E. McFarland,

“You and your colleagues in the Department of Psychology at UAB are to be commended for your good work and congratulated on the national visibility you have achieved.�

The success of our faculty continues today with new strategic efforts underway. The department has been heavily involved for the past 3 years in new faculty recruitment. As a result, we have been fortunate to thus far attract not just new faculty members, but exceptional individuals who are already establishing themselves in their chosen fields of research and are achieving early success with extramural and federal funding. Among these are Drs. Burel Goodin, Robert Sorge, Bulent Turan, Christina Rodriguez, Despina Stavrinos, and Jarred Younger. These faculty were recruited (in order) from the University of Florida, McGill University, University of California San Francisco, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, UAB, and Stanford University.

We invite you to meet our faculty on the following pages.

Frank Amthor, Ph.D.

Karlene Ball , Ph.D.

Fred Biasini, Ph.D. Mary Boggiano, Ph.D.

Professor

University Professor

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

* INTERIM DIRECTOR, BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE DOCTORAL PROGRAM

* CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

* DIRECTOR, LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Education and Training

Education and Training

Ph.D., 1998, University of Texas at El Paso, Psychology

B.A., 1973, St. Vincent College

Postdoctoral Fellow 2000, University of Cincinnati Medical College, Psychiatry

Education and Training B.S., 1971, Cornell University, Bioelectronic Engineering Ph.D., 1979, Duke University, Biomedical Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow, 1979-1981, UAB, School of Optometry

Research Focus Neuronal computation and visual coding in retina and retinal targets

Education and Training B.A., 1974, Indiana University, Psychology M.S., 1977, Northwestern University, Psychology Ph.D., 1979, Northwestern University, Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, 1984, Northwestern University, Psychology

Research Focus Cognitive aging and driving

M.A., 1976, St. Vincent College Ph.D., 1984, University of Alabama, Applied Psychology

Research Focus

Research Focus Neurochemistry, endocrinology, and phenotypic assessment of binge-eating and obesity

Developmental disabilities, early childhood development, Autism Spectrum Disorders

WHO WE ARE The Psychology Department is a vibrant and well regarded department on campus.

The Department has a long history of obtaining extramural research funding and has competitive research facilities. In addition, as part of the University’s emphasis on multidisciplinary centers, the Psychology Department encourages/supports collaboration with various departments and centers within the university including the Civitan International Research Center, the Civitan/Sparks Clinics, The Children’s Health System, The Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Center for Neuroscience, The McKnight Brain Institute, The Center for Community Health, The Center for Translational Science, The Center for Aging, and the School of Medicine. Our department is rich in campus collaborations such as with Children’s Hospital where the Pediatric CI Therapy Research and Clinic are located. Various large scale initiatives in existence include The Taub Therapy Clinic in collaboration with the UAB Hospital and Spain Rehabilitation, and expanded programs in autism with the well-established Civitan International Research Center. The Roybal Center for Research on Applied Gerontology is providing direction in health and behavioral psychology at UAB. It represents 1 of 11 in the nation and is considered one of the inaugural centers established in 1993.

MISSION To discover knowledge about behavior and its underlying biology and teach and apply behavioral science for the benefit of all people.

VISION To be an internationally recognized research department and a first choice for education.

Olivio Clay, Ph.D.

Edwin Cook III, Ph.D.

Michael Crowe, Ph.D.

Eric Gampher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Education and Training

* DIRECTOR, MEDICAL CLINICAL DOCTORAL PROGRAM

* DIRECTOR, PSYCHOLOGY HONORS PROGRAM

B.S., 1998, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Psychology

Education and Training

Education and Training

B.S., 1977, The Pennsylvania State University

B.S., 1998, University of Illinois

B.S., 1991, Florida State University

Ph.D., 2007, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lifespan Development

M.S., 1981, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Ph.D., 2004, University of Southern California

Ph.D., 2008, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ph.D., 1983, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Research Focus

Research Focus

Research Focus

Research Focus

Racial/ethnic disparities, caregiving, social support, cognition and mobility in older adults

Biological factors related to emotion, personality, and mental disorders

Clinical geropsychology; cognitive decline and dementia risk factors

The visual processing of motion (specifically the interaction between types of motion: foreground, background, 1st order, 2nd order), conscious vs. unconscious processing, and philosophy of mind.

M.S., 2003, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Psychology

WHAT WE DO Psychology is a highly interdisciplinary endeavor and this is reflected in the faculty's individual laboratories. Research in the department utilizes this diversity of endeavors to expand the growth of our research laboratories which are examples of a bold effort to cultivate and maintain an exciting environment of change that is challenging to our students and also to our faculty. Active research laboratories include the Youth Development Lab (Mrug), UAB Youth Safety Lab (Schwebel), UAB Translational Research for Injury Prevention (Stavrinos), Cognition, Brain, and Autism Lab (Kana), IMPACT Lab (Integrative Models of Pain and Addiction for Comprehensive Therapeutics – Sorge), Biobehavioral Pain Research Laboratory (Goodin), and Social Science Research Lab (Turan), Eating Disordes Lab (Boggiano), Vision Research Lab (Amthor), Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab (Knight) and NIH Roybal Center (Ball).

We are positioned at the forefront of institutions that can advance discoveries along the full continuum of translational science—from laboratories to clinics to public health and policy arenas.

* SENIOR UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR

Education and Training

VISIBILITY In 2013 faculty research garnered tremendous media attention with 51 stories appearing in over 900 media outlets reaching millions of potential readers.

In addition, 14 faculty and 17 graduate students received IRB and IACUC approval to initiate new human and animal research studies.

Burel Goodin , Ph.D.

Kristi Guest, Ph.D.

Maria Hopkins, Ph.D.

Rajesh Kana, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Education and Training

Education and Training

* DIRECTOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Education and Training

B.S., 2002, Illinois College

B.S., 1994, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Education and Training

Ph.D., 2003, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India Postdoctoral Training, 2003-2007, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

M.A., 2004,Boston University M.A., 2007,University of Maryland Ph.D., 2010, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010, University of Florida

Research Focus Pain, behavioral medicine, neuroendocrine and immune function, and sleep.

M.A., 1998, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ph.D., 1999, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lifespan Development

Research Focus Developmental Psychology, Developmental Disabilities, Social Development

M.A., 2006, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Developmental Psychology Ph.D., 2007, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Developmental Psychology

Research Focus

Research Focus Social & cognitive neuroscience; neuroimaging; Autism Spectrum Disorders

Developmental disabilities

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS The Department's undergraduate program is one of the largest majors at UAB. We have an excellent honors program for qualified students planning to further their education in graduate school, medicine, nursing and health related professions.

There are three graduate programs within the department: Medical/Clinical Psychology, Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience. The range of faculty expertise and their research interests enhance the scope of these programs. There are also joint program opportunities. During their first year graduate students are supported by a graduate school fellowship. After the first year, students have access to a variety of funding opportunities to which they can apply, including teaching, research, and clinical assistantships. Students also have numerous opportunities for training in a variety of research and clinical clerkships which would provide exposure to different populations.

In 2013, 64 faculty members from outside departments served as mentors to psychology graduate students.

INVOLVEMENT Our faculty are all highly visible in department and College of Arts and Sciences committees and centers including: admissions committees, editorial boards search committees, and directors/ associate directors of centers across campus. In addition, psychology faculty members are active in offsite activities including: paper reviews, grant reviews, scientific advisory boards and community service.

David Knight, Ph.D. Associate Professor Education and Training B.S., 1994, Truman State University M.S., 1999 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ph.D., 2002, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2007, National Institute of Mental Health

Research Focus

Neural substrates of human learning, memory, and emotion

Carl McFarland, Ph.D. * DIRECTOR, MEDICAL CLINICAL DOCTORAL PROGRAM * CO-DIRECTOR,

Professor

UNDERGRADUATE NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM

Education and Training

Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D. Associate Professor

* SENIOR UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR

Education and Training

Education and Training

M.A., 1998, Charles University, Clinical Psychology

B.A., 2000, The University of

M.S., 2001, Purdue University, Clinical Psychology

B.A., 1971 University of Kansas, Psychology (Honors)

M.S., 2004, Purdue University, Applied Statistics

M.A., 1973, University of Kansas, Experimental Psychology

Ph.D., 2005 Purdue University

Ph.D., 1975, University of Kansas, Experimental Psychology

Sarah O’Kelley, Ph.D.

Research Focus

Developmental psychopathology; childhood & adolescent ADHD, conduct problems, & substance use; peer relationships & violence exposure

Assistant Professor

Alabama, Psychology

M.A., 2003, The University of Alabama, Clinical Psychology Ph.D., 2006, The University of Alabama

Research Focus

Autism Spectrum Disorders, including cognitive and behavioral phenotypes

HOW TO GIVE TO PSYCHOLOGY There are numerous ways to support the Department of Psychology. For more information,, please contact Randall Ledkins, Senior Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences rledkins@uab.edu CASH This is the most frequently used form of giving. Cash gifts have the advantage of providing immediate benefits to the institution. The actual cost to the donor may be reduced by tax savings achieved through a charitable contribution deduction.

PLEDGES UAB is pleased to receive pledges payable over a period of up to five years. Pledges may be paid in equal or varying amounts, according to the donor's wishes or convenience.

APPRECIABLE MARKET SECURITIES Giving appreciated securities may have special tax advantages. Within limitations, the donor may avoid the capital gains tax and be eligible for a charitable deduction for the full market value of such securities at the time of the gift. Contributions in excess of the limitations may be eligible for carryover to future tax years.

Christina Rodriguez Ph.D.

David Schwebel, Ph.D.

Mike Sloane, Ph.D.

Rob Sorge, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Education and Training

* ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCN IN THE SCIENCES

* DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM

Education and Training

B.S., 1988 University of Miami

Education and Training

Education and Training

Ph.D., 1993, University of Florida, Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship, University of Tennessee, Memphis Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993-1994, University of Tennessee, Memphis

Research Focus Parenting and child abuse risk

B.A., 1994, Yale University

B.A., 1977, University College Dublin, Ireland

M.A., 1996, University of Iowa

K.D.S., 1977, Kleine Deutsche Sprachdiplom, Goethe Institut and Ludwig- Maximillians

Ph.D., 2000, University of Iowa

Research Focus

Child injury prevention, pediatric psychology, child clinical psychology

D. Stats., 1979, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland M.A. 1979, University College Dublin, Ireland Ph.D., 1983, Northwestern University

Research Focus

Visual psychophysics, aging (spatial vision, cognition, & mobility), and cognitive science

B. Sc. (Honours), 2000, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada M.A., 2001, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada Ph.D., 2006, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Research Focus

The interplay between addiction and pain and the role of the immune system in pain sensitivity.

REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY Gifts of real estate and other personal property generally have the advantages described for gifts or securities, provided the property is a long-term capital asset in the hands of the donor. The donor's qualified appraiser must determine fair market value for income tax purposes.

DEFERRED OR PLANNED GIFTS A donor may wish to consider making a deferred or planned gift to UAB through a number of plans, including the following: LIFE INSURANCE By assigning ownership of an existing life insurance policy to UAB, a donor may qualify for an initial deduction approximately equal to the current cash value of the policy and also may be able to deduct subsequent contributions to UAB that may be used for premium payments.

LIFE INCOME GIFTS Securities, money, or property may be irrevocably transferred to UAB with a provision that periodic income payments may be made for life to the donor or to someone named by the donor. After payments to the beneficiary or beneficiaries have ended, UAB uses the funds remaining in the trust for the purpose designated by the donor.

Despina Stavrinos, Ph.D. Laura Stoppelbein, Ph.D.

Edward Taub, Ph.D.

Diane Tucker, Ph.D.

* DIRECTOR,

University Professor

* SENIOR UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR

*DIRECTOR, C.I. THERAPY

*DIRECTOR, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HONORS PROGRAM

Assistant Professor Education and Training B.S., 2003, University of Alabama M.A., 2006, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Developmental Psychology Ph.D., 2009, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Developmental Psychology

Research Focus

Driving in at-risk populations (teens, older adults, drivers with ADHD/ Autism and other developmental disabilities) and human factors

Associate Professor MEDICAL CLINICAL

DOCTORAL PROGRAM * DIVISION DIRECTOR OF

OUTPATIENT SERVICES, GLENWOOD AUTISM AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER

Education and Training

Education and Training

B.A., 1953, Brooklyn College

B.A., 1997, University of Alabama, Psychology

M.A., 1960, Columbia University

M.A., 1999, University of Alabama, Clinical Child Psychology

Ph.D., 1970, New York

Ph.D., 2003, University of Alabama, Clinical Child Psychology

Rehabilitation; Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy; neuroimaging; stroke; cerebral palsy; multiple sclerosis; translational research

Research Focus Developmental psychopathology

Research Focus

BEQUESTS A benefactor may leave an outright testamentary bequest in cash to UAB or provide income for one or more individuals through a testamentary trust. The UAB College of Arts and Sciences also may be named as the beneficiary of a residuary or a conditional bequest.

(Expert legal advice is recommended.)

The UAB Department of Psychology will be happy to provide further information about these or other charitable arrangements to fit a donor's individual financial situation and charitable objectives. Because aspects of some giving methods are highly technical or subject to different tax consequences based upon the donor's individual circumstances, UAB encourages a potential donor to consult with an attorney, accountant, or other qualified advisor. UAB welcomes the opportunity to work with these professionals to accomplish a donor's objectives.

As both a benefactor and investor in the Campaign for UAB, a donor has a right to know how contributions are used by the university. We fully accept that principle and will continue to make periodic reports, at least annually, of the use of private funds.

Professor

Education and Training Ph.D., 1981, University of Iowa, Clinical and Developmental Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, 19821984, Washington University, Developmental Neurobiology

Research Program

Palliative care; End of life issues; Psycho-oncology; Re-entry of returning veterans

LOOKING AHEAD We will continue our search for new faculty in identified priority areas.

We will continue to increase our collaborations across and outside of campus.

We will continue to encourage and reward research and scholarly activity.

Introducing Bulent Turan Ph.D.

Gitendra Uswatte, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Professor

Education and Training

Education and Training

B.S., 1984,Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey,

A.B., 1991, Princeton University, Economics

M.A., 1995, Loyola College in Maryland

M.A., 1998, University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Ph.D., 2009, Stanford University, Social-Personality Psychology

Ph.D., 2001, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medical Psychology

Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011, University of California, San Francisco, Health Psychology

Research Focus

Social relationships, social support and attachment, and hormonal reactivity

Research Focus

Application of behavioral principles to the rehabilitation of movement after neurological injury; Study of human psychological strengths such as hope, kindness, and gratitude

Associate Professor JARRED YOUNGER, Ph.D. Dr. Younger received his Ph.D. in Experimental Health Psychology in 2003 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

He then completed postdoctoral fellowships at Arizona State University and the Stanford University School of Medicine before taking an Assistant Professor position at Stanford.

He is now joining the UAB faculty in Psychology, with secondary appointments in Anesthesiology and Rheumatology.

He is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense to study new techniques for diagnosing and treating neuroinflammation.

The Neuroinflammation, Pain and Fatigue Laboratory uses neuroimaging, pharmaceutical, and immunological techniques to understand and treat chronic diseases.

NEUROINFLAMMATION, PAIN AND FATIGUE LAB Pictured below are Dr. Younger and postdocs Joanne Lin, Ph.D. (left) and Luke Parkitny, Ph.D. (right).

“We believe that low-level inflammation of the brain drives pain, fatigue, depression , and cognitive decline in millions of people.

Low-level inflammation may also drive memory problems and fatigability as people age. We also investigate the impact that addictive drugs (such as opioid pain medications) have on the human brain .

We use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), pharmacologic MRI (phMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) neuroimaging techniques throughout our research.“

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Secondary Faculty Alfred Bartolucci, Ph.D.—Biostatistics

Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D.—Ophthalmology

Virginia Bradley, Ph.D.—Getiatrics/

Alan Percy, Ph.D.—Pediatrics

Palliative Care

Rita Cowell, Ph.D.—Psychiatry Karen Cropsey, Ph.D.—Psychiatry Laura Dreer, Ph.D.—Ophthalmology Paul Gamlin, Ph.D.—Ophthalmology John Hablitz, Ph.D.—Neurobiology Eugenie Hartmann, Ph.D.—Vision Sciences

Adrienne Lahti, M.D.—Psychiatry Michael Loop, Ph.D.—Vision Sciences Avi Madan-Swain, Ph.D.—Pediatrics Victor Mark, M.D.—Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Daniel Marson, J.D., Ph.D.—Neurology Miguel Melendez-Ferro, Ph.D.— Psychiatry

Emma Perez-Costas, Ph.D.—Psychiatry Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.—Neurobiology J. Scott Richards, Ph.D.—Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Meredith Robbins, Ph.D.— Anesthesiology

Joseph Schumacher, Ph.D.—School of Medicine

J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.—Neurobiology David Vance, Ph.D.—Nursing Kristina Visscher, Ph.D.—Neurobiology James Weisberg, Ph.D.—Anesthesiology Ursula Wesselmann, M.D.— Anesthesiology

J. Michael Wyss, Ph.D.—Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology

Timothy Ness, M.D.—Anesthesiology Wynne Norton, Ph.D.—Health Behavior

Adjunct Faculty Joseph D. Ackerson, Ph.D. James H. Banos, Ph.D. Leanna R. Cianfrini, Ph.D. James E. Cox, Ph.D. Jennifer Deberry, Ph.D. Bridgett Hill Kennedy, Ph.D. Walter L. Makous, Ph.D. Brian R. McFarland, Ph.D. Jesse B. Milby, Ph.D. Richard V. Rector, Ph.D. Lesley Ross, Ph.D, Nicole J. Siegfried, Ph.D. Rudolph E. Vuchinich, Ph.D. Page B. Walley, Ph.D. Martinique P. Waters Rosalyn E. Weller, Ph.D. Rex A. Wright, Ph.D.

Thomas Novack, Ph.D.—Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Plans for the coming year as they relate to community outreach and service:

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HERITAGE HALL

The Chair will work with the CAS Development office to pursue donors and to increase awareness of our department to key community members.

We will continue to involve our Alumni in departmental events.

Department of Psychology

STAFF + Pam Gore

I T support

Anna Helova,

Program Coordinator II Exec. Assistant to Department Chair

M.A., M.B.A., M.P.H.

Darrick Pierce

Terri Roberson ,

Financial Associate

Business Officer I

M.A. Program Manager I

Graduate Studies

Lauren Vardaman ,

B.A. Program Coordinator II

David Ball ,

M.Div, M.A. Information Systems Specialist II

Gloria Owens Office Services Specialist III

Mary Frances Thetford, M.Ed. Executive Program Director

David Benz,

M.S. Information Systems Specialist II

Tejas Thorat, M.S.E.E.

Research Assistant

Published Books or Monographs (2013) David Schwebel , Ph.D. Bartolomeos, K., Croft, P., Job, S., Khayesi, M., Kobusingye, O., Peden, M., Schwebel, D., Sleet, D., Tiwari, G., Turner, B., & van Waeg, G. (2013). Pedestrian safety: A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners. Geneva: World Health Organization.

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals or Equivalent Electronic Sites (2013) Franklin Amthor, Ph.D. Burge WK, Ross LA, Amthor FR, Mitchell WG, Zotov A and Visscher, KM (2013) Processing speed training increases the efficiency of attentional resource allocation in young adults. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 7:684. doi: 10.3389/ fnhum.2013.00684. PMCID: PMC3799007

Karlene Ball , Ph..D. Jones, R., Marsiske, M., Ball, K., Rebok, G., & Willis, S. (2013) The ACTIVE Cognitive Training Interventions and Trajectories of Performance among Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Health, 25(8 Suppl), 186S-208S. PMCID: PMC3866224 Fazeli, P. L., Ross, L. A., Vance, D. E., & Ball, K. (2013) The relationship between computer experience and computerized cognitive test performance among older adults. The Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 68(3), 337-346. PMCID: PMC3627654 Griffith, H. R., Okonkwo, O. C., Stewart, C. C., Stoeckel, L. E., Hollander, J. A., Elgin, J. M., Harrell, L. E., Brockington, J. C., Clark, D. G, Ball, K. K., Owsley, C., Marson, D. C., & Wadley, V. G. (2013) Lower hippocampal volume predicts decrements in land control among drivers with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Neurology, 26(4), 259-266. PMID:24212246 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Ball, K. K., Ross, L. A., Roth, D. L., & Edwards, J. D. (2013) Speed of processing training in the ACTIVE study: how much is needed and who benefits? Journal of Aging Health, 25(8 Suppl), 65S-84S. PMCID: PMC3947605 Ball, K., Ross, L. A., Eby, D. W., Molnar, L. J., & Meuser, T. M. (2013) Emerging issues in safe and sustainable mobility for older persons. Accident and Analysis Prevention, 61, 138-140. PMIC:24161149 [PubMed – in process] Ross, L. A., Schmidt, E. L., & Ball, K. (2013) Interventions to maintain mobility: What works? Accident and Analysis Prevention, 61, 167-169. PMCID: PMC3633644 Marsiske, M., Dzierzewski, J. M., Thomas, K. R., Kasten, L., Jones, R. N., Johnson, K. E., Willis, S. L., Whitfield, K. E., Ball, K. K., & Rebok, G. W. (2013) Race-related disparities in 5-year cognitive level and change in untrained ACTIVE participants. Journal of Aging Health, 25 (S8), 103S-127S. PMCID: PMC3882334] Stavrinos, D., Jones, J. L., Garner, A. A., Franklin, C. A., Ball, D., Welburn, S. C., Ball, K., Sisiopiku, V. P., & Fine, P. R. (2013) Impact of distracted driving on safety and traffic flow. Accident and Analysis Prevention, 61, 63-70. PMID:23465745 [PubMed – in process] Friedman, C., McGwin, G., Jr., Ball, K. K., & Owsley, C. (2013) Association between higher order visual processing abilities and a history of motor vehicle collision involvement by drivers ages 70 and over. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 54(1), 778-782. PMCID: PMC3562119 Lin, F., Chen, D. G., Vance, D. E., Ball, K. K., & Mapstone, M. (2013) Longitudinal relationships between subjective fatigue, cognitive function, and everyday functioning in old age. International Psychogeratrics, 25(2), 275-285. PMCID: PMC3552486 Belchior, P., Marsiske, M., Sisco, S. M., Yam, A., Bavelier, D., Ball, K., & Mann, W. C. (2013) Video game training to improve selective visual attention in older adults.Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4), 1318-1324. PMCID: PMC3758751

Fred Biasini, Ph .D. Carlo, W.A., Goudar S.S., Pasha, O., Chomba, E., Wallander, J.L. Biasini, F.J., McClure, E.M., Thorsten, V.,Chakraborty, H., Wallace, D., Shearer, D., Wright, L.L., and the BRAIN-HIT Committee and the NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Investigators. (2013). Randomized Trial of Early Developmental Intervention on Outcomes in Children after Birth Asphyxia in Developing Countries.The Journal of Pediatrics, 162 (4): 705-712. PMCID: PMC3582821

Mary Boggiano, Ph.D. Boggiano, M. M., Turan, B., Maldonado, C. R., Oswald, K. D., Shuman, E. J. (2013). Secretive food concocting in binge-eating: Test of a famine hypothesis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 46, 212–225. PMID: 23255044 Burgess, E.E.*, Bultent, T., Lokken, K.L., Morse, T., & Boggiano, M.M. (2013) Profiling motives behind hedonic eating: Preliminary validation of the Palatable Eating Motives Scale. Appetite, Epub ahead of print.

Olivio Clay, Ph.D. Crowe, M., Clay, O. J., Martin, R., Howard, V., Wadley, V., Sawyer, P., Allman, R. M. (2013). Indicators of childhood quality of education in relation to cognitive function in older adulthood. Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 68, 198-204. PMCID: PMC3598357 Grant. J. S., Clay, O. J., Keltner, N. L., Haley, W. E., Wadley, V. G., Perkins, M. M., & Roth, D. L. (2013). Does caregiver well-being predict stroke survivor depressive symptoms? A mediation analysis. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 20, 4451. PMCID: PMC3824614

Clay, O. J., Grant, J. S., Wadley, V. G., Perkins, M. M., Haley, W. E., & Roth, D. L. (2013). Correlates of health-related quality of life in African American and Caucasian stroke caregivers. Rehabilitation Psychology, 58, 28-35. PMCID: PMC3851300 Thorpe, Jr. R. J., Wilson-Frederick, S., Bowie, J. V., Coa, K., Clay O. J., LaVeist, T. A., & Whitfield, K. E. (2013). Health behaviors and all-cause mortality in African American men. American Journal of Men’s Health, 7(4Supp), 8S-18S. PMID: 23649171

Edwin Cook III, Ph.D.

Stoeckel, L. E., Murdaugh, D. L., Cox, J. E., Cook, E. W., III, & Weller, R. E. (2013). Greater impulsivity is associated with decreased brain activation in obese women during a delay discounting task. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 7(2):116-28. doi: 10.1007/s11682-012-9201-4. PMCID: PMC3561478

Michael Crowe, Ph.D. *Perkins, M., Howard, V.J., Wadley, V.G., Crowe, M., Safford, M.M., Haley, W.E., Howard, G., & Roth, D.L. (2013).

Caregiving strain and all-cause mortality: Evidence from the REGARDS study. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 68, 504-512. PMCID: PMC3674731

*Cook, S., Marsiske, M., Kelsey, T., Unverzagt, F., Wadley, V., Langbaum, J., & Crowe, M. (2013). Identification of Mild Cognitive Impairment in ACTIVE: Algorithmic classification and stability. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, 73-87. PMCID: PMC3573882 Crowe, M., Clay, O. J., Martin, R. C., Howard, V. J., Wadley, V. G., Sawyer, P., & Allman, R. M. (2013). Indicators of childhood quality of education in relation to cognitive function in older adulthood. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 68, 198-204. PMCID: PMC3598357 Howard, V. J., McClure, L. A., Glymour, M. M., Cunningham, S. A., Kleindorfer, D. O., Crowe, M., Wadley, V.G., Peace, F., Howard, G., & Lackland, D.T. (2013). The effect of duration and age at exposure to the stroke belt on incident stroke in adulthood. Neurology, 80, 1655-1661. PMCID: PMC3716470

Burel Goodin , Ph.D. *Herbert, M.S., Goodin, B.R., Pero, S.T., Schmidt, J., Sotolongo, A., Bulls, H.W., Glover, T.L., King, C.D., Sibille, K.T., Cruz-Almeida, Y., Staud, R., Fessler, B.J., Fillingim, R.B. & Bradley, L.A. (2013). Pain hypervigilance is associated with greater severity of clinical pain and enhanced pain sensitivity among older adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, (E -pub ahead of print). PMID: 24352850 Cruz-Almeida, Y., King, C.D., Goodin, B.R., Sibille, K., Glover, T.L., Bradley, L.A., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). Psychological profiles and pain characteristics of older adults with knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care & Research, 65(11), 1786-1794.

PMCID: PMC3922880 Goodin, B.R., *Pham, Q.T., Glover, T.L., Sotolongo, A., King, C.D., Sibille, K.T., Herbert, M.S., Cruz-Almeida, Y., Sanden, S.H., Staud, R., Redden, D.T., Bradley, L.A., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). Perceived racial discrimination, but not mistrust of medical researchers, predicts the heat pain tolerance of African Americans with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Health Psychology, 32 (11), 1117-1126. PMCID: PMC3943939 *Herbert, M.S., Varley, A.L., Andreae S.J., Goodin, B.R., Bradley, L.A., & Safford, M.M. (2013). The association of pain and HbA1c in a predominantly black sample of community-dwelling adults with diabetes: A cross-sectional analysis. Diabetic Medicine, 30 (12), 1466-1471. PMCID: PMC3935766 King, C.D., Sibille, K., Goodin, B.R., Cruz-Almeida, Y., Glover, T.L., Bradley, L.A., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). Experimental pain sensitivity differs as a function of clinical pain severity in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 21(9), 1243-1252. PMCID: PMC3831366 King, C.D., Goodin, B.R., Glover, T., Riley III, J.L., Hou, W., Staud, R., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). Is the pain reducing effects of opioid medication reliable? A psychophysical study of morphine and pentazocine analgesia. Pain, 154, 476-483.

Goodin, B.R., Glover, T.L., Sotolongo, A., King, C.D., Sibille, K.T., *Herbert, M.S., Cruz-Almeida, Y., Sanden, S.H., Staud, R., Redden, D.T., Bradley, L.A., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). The relation of dispositional optimism with endogenous pain facilitation is indirectly transmitted through pain catastrophizing. Journal of Pain, 14(2), 126-135. PMCID: PMC3592576 Goodin, B.R., Kronfli, T., King, C.D., Glover, T.L., Sibille, K., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). Testing the relation between dispositional optimism and conditioned pain modulation: Does ethnicity matter? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 36(2), 165-174. PMCID: PMC3605222 King, C.D., Goodin, B.R., Kindler, L.L., Caudle, R.M., Gravenstein, N., Riley III, J.L., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). Reduction of conditioned pain modulation in humans by naltrexone: An exploratory study of the effects of pain catastrophizing.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 36(3), 315-327.

Book Chapters Goodin, B.R., Sibille, K., & Fillingim, R.B. (2013). Gender and ethnic differences in responses to pain and its treatment. In: Incayawar, M. & Todd, K. (Eds.). Culture, Brain, and Analgesia. Oxford University Press New York, pp. 305-327.

Rajesh Kana, Ph.D. Kana, R.K., Liu, Y., Williams, D.L., Keller, T.A., Schipul, S.E., Minshew, N.J., & Just, M.A. (2013). The Local, Global, and Neural Aspects of Visuospatial Processing in Autism. Neuropsychologia, 51(14), 2995-3003. PMCID: PMC3900283 Deshpande, G., Libero, L.E., Sreenivasan, K.R., Deshpande H.D., and Kana R. K. (2013) Identification of neural connectivity signatures of autism using machine learning. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 7:670. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00670. PMCID: PMC3798048 Libero, L.E., & Kana, R.K. (2013). Advancing Our Understanding of the Brain in Autism: contribution of functional MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Imaging in Medicine, 5(5), 453-465.

Wolfe, K.R., Hunter, G.R., Madan-Swain, A., Reddy, A.T., Banos, J., & Kana, R.K. (2013). An fMRI Investigation of Working Memory and its Relationship with Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumor Survivors. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 60(4):669-75. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24331. PMCID: PMC3541446

Book Chapters Kana, R.K. & Doss, C. (2013) Cortical Language Areas. In: Volkmar, F.E. (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. NY: Springer, pp 811-817.

David Knight, Ph.D. Khazaie, H., Saidi, M. R., Sepehry, A. A., Knight, D. C., Tahmasian, M., Ahmadi, M., Najafi, F., Parvizi, A. A., & Samadzadeh, S. (2013). Abnormal ECG patterns in chronic post-war PTSD patients: A pilot study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 1-6. PMID: 21960258 [Indexed for Medline] Haritha, A. T., Wood, K. H., Ver Hoef, L. W. & Knight, D. C. (2013). Human Trace Fear Conditioning: Right Lateralized Cortical Activity Supports Trace Interval Processes. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 13 (2), 225237. PMID 23263840 [Indexed for Medline] Reagh, Z. M. & Knight, D. C. (2013). Negative, but not positive emotional images modulate the startle response independent of conscious awareness. Emotion, 13(4), 782-791. PMID 23627723 [Indexed for Medline] Tahmasian, M., Knight, D. C., Manoliu, A., Bäuml, J. Schwerthöffer, D., Meng, C., Shao, J., Khazaie, H., Drzezga, A., Wohlschläger, A. M., Riedl, V., Sorg, C. (2013). Decreased volume and aberrant intrinsic functional connectivity of the hippocampus and amygdala in recurrent major depressive disorder. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 639. PMCID: PMC3787329 Khazaie, H., Ghadami, M. R., Knight, D. C., Emamian, F., & Tahmasian, M. (2013). Insomnia treatment in the third trimester of pregnancy prevents postpartum depression: A randomized clinical trial. Psychiatry Research, 210 (3), 901-905.

PMID 23993464 [PubMed in process] Wood, K. H., Kuykendall, D., Ver Hoef, L. W., & Knight, D. C. (2013). Neural substrates underlying learning-related changes in the unconditioned fear response. The Open Neuroimaging Journal, 7, 41-52. PMCID: PMC3905352

Syl vie Mrug, Ph.D. Bolland, K.A., Bolland, J.M., Tomek, S., Deveraux, R., Mrug, S., & Wimberly, J. C. (2013) Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use by Gender and Early Initiation Status. & Wimberly, J. C. (2013) Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use by Gender and Early Initiation Status. Youth & Society. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X13475639 *Garner, A.A., Mrug, S., Hodgens, J.B., & Patterson, C. (2013). Do symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo in children with ADHD represent comorbid internalizing difficulties? Journal of Attention Disorders, 17, 510-518. PMID 22366238 [Indexed for Medline] *Goncy, E., & Mrug, S. (2013). Where and when adolescents use tobacco, alcohol and marijuana: Comparisons by age, gender and race. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74, 288-300. PMCID: PMC3568168.

Mrug, S., & *McCay, R. (2013). Parental and peer disapproval of alcohol use and its relationship to adolescent drinking: Age, gender, and racial differences. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 604-614. PMCID: PMC4004115 *Reynolds, N., Mrug, S., & *Guion, K. (2013). Spiritual coping and psychosocial adjustment of adolescents with chronic illness: The role of cognitive attributions, age, and disease group. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52, 559-565. PMCID: PMC3622779

Christina Rodriguez, Ph.D. Rodriguez, C. M. (2013). Analog of parental empathy: Association with physical child abuse risk and punishment intentions.

Child Abuse & Neglect, 37, 493-499. PMID 23294605 [PubMed in process]

Lesley Ross, Ph.D. *Fazeli, P. L., Ross, L. A., Vance, D. E., & Ball, K. (2013). The Relationship Between Computer Experience and Computerized Cognitive Test Performance Among Older Adults. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences,68(3), 337-346.

PMCID: PMC3627654 Ross, L. A., Schmidt, E., & Ball, K. K. (2013). Interventions to Maintain Mobility: What Works. Accident Analysis and Prevention,61, 167-196. PMCID: PMC3633644 Ball, K. K., Ross, L. A., Roth, D. L., & Edwards, J. D. (2013) Speed of processing training in the ACTIVE study: how much is needed and who benefits? Journal of Aging Health, 25(8 Suppl), 65S-84S. PMCID: PMC3947605

David Schwebel , Ph.D. Byington, K. W., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Effects of mobile internet use on college student pedestrian injury risk.

Accident Analysis and Prevention, 51, 78-83. doi: 10.1013/j.aap.2012.11.0 PMCID: PMC3556232 Davis, A. L., Avis, K. T., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). The effects of sleep restriction on adolescents’ pedestrian safety in a virtual environment. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53, 785-790. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.07.008 PMCID: PMC3838462 Gilliam, M. B., Madan-Swain, A., Whelan, K., Tucker, D. C., Demark-Wahnefried, W., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013).

Cognitive influences as mediators of family and peer support for pediatric cancer survivors’ physical activity.

Psycho-Oncology, 22, 1361-1368. doi: 10.1002/pon.3140 PMCID: PMC3511656 Gilliam, M. B., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Physical activity in child and adolescent cancer survivors: A review. Health Psychology Review, 7, 92-110. doi:10.1080/17437199.2011.603641 Li, S., Tang, Z., Zhang, X., Yan, L., Wang, S., Liu, G., Zhang, G., Zhu, M., Schwebel, D. C., & Sun, Y. (2013). Epidemiologic features of child unintentional injury in rural PuCheng China. Journal of Injury and Violence Research, 5, 89-94. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v5i2.303 PMCID: PMC3683419 Morrongiello, B. A., Sandomierski, M., Hagel, B., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Are parents just treading water? The impact of participation in swim lessons on parents’ judgments of children’s drowning risk, swimming ability, and supervision needs. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 50, 1169-1175. PMID 23046692 [Indexed for Medline] Morrongiello, B. A., Schwebel, D. C., Stewart, J., Bell, M., Davis, A. L., & Corbett, M. R. (2013). Examining parents’ behaviors and supervision of their children in the presence of an unfamiliar dog: Does The Blue Dog intervention improve parent practices? Accident Analysis and Prevention, 54, 108-113. PMID 23499982 [Indexed for Medline] Murray, C. J. L., Abraham, J., Ali, M. K., Alvarado, M., Atkinson, C., Baddour, L. M., Schwebel, D. C., & Lopez, A. D. (2013).

The state of US health: Burden of diseases, injuries and risk factors 1990 to 2010. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 310, 591-608. PMID 23842577 Shen, J., Li, S., Xiang, H., Pang, S., Xu, G., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). A multi-site study on the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practice of child-dog interactions in rural China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10, 950-962. doi:10.3390/ijerph10030950 PMCID: PMC3709296 Shen, J., Li, S., Xiang, H., Pang, S., Xu, G., Yu, G., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Dog safety in rural China: Children’s sources of safety information and effect on knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 59, 164169. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.05.014 PMID 23792615 [Indexed for Medline] Swartz, L., Glang, A., Schwebel, D. C., Geiger-Wolfe, E.G., Gau, J., & Schroeder, S. (2013). Keeping baby safe: A randomized trial of a parent training program for infant and toddler motor vehicle injury prevention. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 60, 35-41. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.07.026 PMID 24007755 [PubMed in process] Gilliam, M. B., Madan-Swain, A., Whelan, K., Tucker, D. C., Demark-Wahnefried, W., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Social, demographic, and medical influences on physical activity in child and adolescent cancer survivors. J Pediatr Psychol, 37(2), 198-208. PMCID: PMC3282282

Robert Sorge, Ph.D. Sorge, R. E., Melemedjian, O. K., Khoutorsky, A., Yan, J., Asiedu, M. N., Valdez, A., Ghosh, S., Dussor, G., Mogil, J. S., Sonenberg, N. & Price, T. J. (2013) mTORC1 inhibition induces sensory neuron hyperexcitability and allodynia via IRS1-dependent feedback activation of ERK. Pain, 154: 1080-91. PMID:23607966 Khoutorsky, A., Yanagiya, A., Gkogkas, C., Fabian, M. R., Prager-Khoutorsky, M., Gamache, K., Bouthiette, F., Parysan, A., Sorge, R. E., Mogil, J. S., Nader, K., Lacaille, J. C. & Sonenberg, N. (2013) Control of synaptic plasticity and memory via suppression of poly(A) binding protein. Neuron, 78: 298-311. PMID 23622065 [Indexed for Medline]

Despina Stavrinos, Ph.D. Stavrinos, D., *Jones, J.L., *Garner, A.A., Griffin, R., Franklin, C.A., Ball, D., *Welburn, S.C., Ball, K.K., Sisiopiku, V.P., & Fine, P.R. (2013). Impact of distracted driving on safety and traffic flow. Accident Analysis and Prevention (Special Issue: Emerging Research Methods and Their Application to Road Safety), 61, 63-70. PMID 23465745 [ubMed in process] Williamson, M. L., Elliott, T.R., Berry, J.W., Underhill, A.T., Stavrinos, D., Fine, P.R. (2013). Predictors of health-related quality of life following traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 27, 992-999. PMID 23781905 [Indexed for Medline].

Laura Stoppelbein , Ph.D. Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., & Wells, H. (2013). Parental stress and posttraumatic stress symptoms among pediatric cancer populations: A test of competing hypotheses. Psychooncology, 22, 2815-2822. PMID 23893502 [PubMed in process] Becker, S. P., Fite, P. J., Luebbe, A. M., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2013). Friendship intimacy exchange buffers the relation between ADHD symptoms and later social problems among children attending an after-school care program.

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 35, 142-152.

Becker, S. P., Fite, P. J., Garner, A. A., Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., & Luebbe, A. M. (2013). Reward and punishment sensitivity are differentially associated with ADHD and sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms in children. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 719-727.

Becker, S. P., Luebbe, A. M., Fite, P. J., Greening, L., & Stoppelbein, L. (2013). Oppositional defiant disorder symptoms in relation to aggressive subtypes and psychopathic traits among psychiatrically hospitalized children: ADHD symptoms as a potential moderator. Aggressive Behavior, 39, 201-211. PMID 23436456 [Indexed for Medline] . Becker, S., Luebbe, A. M., Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2013). Sluggish cognitive tempo in psychiatrically hospitalized children: Factor structure and relations to internalizing symptoms, social problems, and observed behavioral dysregulation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 42, 49-62.

Edward Taub, Ph.D. Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Bowman, M., Mark, V.W., Delgado, A., Bryson, C., Morris, D., Bishop McKay, S. (2013). Constraintinduced movement therapy combined with conventional neurorehabilitation techniques in chronic stroke patients with plegic hands: a case series. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 94(1), 86-94 PMCID: PMC3529797 Mark, V.W., Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Bashir, K., Cutter, G., Bryson, C., McKay, S., Bowman, H.(2013). Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for the Lower Extremities in Multiple Sclerosis: Case Series with 4-Year Follow-up Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 94, 753-760 PMID 23111280 [Indexed for Medline] Johnson, M.L., Taub, E., Harper, L.H., Wade, J.T., Bowman, M., Bishop-McKay, S., Haddad, M.M., Mark, V.W., Uswatte, G. 2013. An enhanced protocol for CI Aphasia therapy: CIAT II. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; 1-13 Sterling, C., Taub, E., Davis, D., Rickards, T., Gauthier, L., Uswatte, G., Griffin, A., Chandler, A.,Barghi, A., Mark, V.W. (2013).

Structural Neuroplastic Change Following ConstraintInduced Movement Therapy in a Pediatric Population with Cerebral Palsy. Pediatrics 131, e1664-e1669. PMID 23610209 [Indexed for Medline] Taub, E., and Uswatte, G. (2013). Constraint-Induced Movement therapy: a family of neurorehabilitation treatments that harnesses the plasticity of the central nervous system. Neurologie and Rehabilitation 19, 161-175.

Rickards, T., Sterling, C., Graham, M., Mark, V.W., Uswatte, G., Taub, E., Davis, D. (2013). A Diffusion Tensor Imaging study of response to CI therapy in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy and adults with chronic stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 95(3), 506-514. PMID 24055785 [Indexed for Medline] Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Mark, V., Morris, D., Barman, J., Bowman, M., Bryson, C., Delgado, A., and Bishop-McKay, S. (2013).

Method for enhancing real-world use of a more-affected arm in chronic stroke: the transfer package of CI therapy.

Stroke 44, 1383-1388 PMCID: PMC3703737 Iversen, I. (2013). Interview with Edward Taub: CI therapy as a behavioral analysis neurorehabilitation intervention.

European Journal of Behavior Analysis 14, 361-384 Taub, E. (2013). Promoting acceptance of efficacious behavior analysis interventions by clinical communities: the example of CI therapy. European Journal of Behavior Analysis 14, 127-139.

Uswatte, G. and Taub, E. (2013) Constraint-induced movement therapy: a method for harnessing neuroplasticity to treat motor disorders. Prog Brain Res, 207: 379-401. PMID 24309263 [PubMed – in process]

Book Chapter Uswatte, G., & Taub, E. (2013). Constraint-Induced Movement therapy: a method for harnessing neuroplasticity to treat motor disorders. In S. Waxman, D. G. Stein, D. Swaab, & H. Fields (Series Eds.) and M. Merzenich, M. Nahum, & T. Van Vleet (Vol. Eds.), Progress in brain research: Vol. 207. Changing brains – applying brain plasticity to advance and recover human ability (pp. 379-401). Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing.

Diane Tucker, Ph .D. Gilliam, M. B., Madan-Swain, A., Whelan, K., Tucker, D. C., Demark-Wahnefried, W., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Cognitive influences as mediators of family and peer support for pediatric cancer survivors’ physical activity. Psycho-Oncology, 22, 1361-1368. doi: 10.1002/pon.3140 PMCID: PMC3511656 Gilliam, M. B., Madan-Swain, A., Whelan, K., Tucker, D. C., Demark-Wahnefried, W., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Social, demographic, and medical influences on physical activity in child and adolescent cancer survivors. J Pediatr Psychol, 37 (2), 198-208. PMCID: PMC3282282

Book Chapter MM Mulla and DC Tucker. (2013) Global Health: Health Sciences and Team Based Care. In: Evert J, Drain P, Hall T (eds). Global Health Programming in Medical and Other Professional Schools: 2nd ed, pp 256-261.

Bulent Turan , Ph .D.

Kiriscioglu, T.*, Hassenzahl, D. M., Turan, B. (2013). Urban and Rural Perceptions ofEcological Risks to Water Environments in Southern and Eastern Nevada. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 33, 86-95.

Boggiano, M. M., Turan, B., Maldonado, C. R., Oswald, K. D., & Shuman, E. S. (2013). Secretive food concocting in binge eating: Test of a famine hypothesis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 46, 212-225.

Gitendra Uswatte, Ph.D. Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Bowman, M., Mark, V.W., Delgado, A., Bryson, C., Morris, D., Bishop McKay, S. (2013). Constraintinduced movement therapy combined with conventional neurorehabilitation techniques in chronic stroke patients with plegic hands: a case series. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 94(1), 86-94 PMCID: PMC3529797 Mark, V.W., Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Bashir, K., Cutter, G., Bryson, C., McKay, S., Bowman, H.(2013). Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for the Lower Extremities in Multiple Sclerosis: Case Series with 4-Year Follow-up Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 94, 753-760 PMID 23111280 [Indexed for Medline] Johnson, M.L., Taub, E., Harper, L.H., Wade, J.T., Bowman, M., Bishop-McKay, S., Haddad, M.M., Mark, V.W., Uswatte, G. 2013. An enhanced protocol for CI Aphasia therapy: CIAT II. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; 1-13 Sterling, C., Taub, E., Davis, D., Rickards, T., Gauthier, L., Uswatte, G., Griffin, A., Chandler, A.,Barghi, A., Mark, V.W. (2013).

Structural Neuroplastic Change Following ConstraintInduced Movement Therapy in a Pediatric Population with Cerebral Palsy. Pediatrics 131, e1664-e1669. PMID 23610209 [Indexed for Medline] Taub, E., and Uswatte, G. (2013). Constraint-Induced Movement therapy: a family of neurorehabilitation treatments that harnesses the plasticity of the central nervous system. Neurologie and Rehabilitation 19, 161-175.

Rickards, T., Sterling, C., Graham, M., Mark, V.W., Uswatte, G., Taub, E., Davis, D. (2013). A Diffusion Tensor Imaging study of response to CI therapy in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy and adults with chronic stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 95(3), 506-514. PMID 24055785 [Indexed for Medline] Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Mark, V., Morris, D., Barman, J., Bowman, M., Bryson, C., Delgado, A., and Bishop-McKay, S. (2013).

Method for enhancing real-world use of a more-affected arm in chronic stroke: the transfer package of CI therapy.

Stroke 44, 1383-1388 PMCID: PMC3703737 Uswatte, G. and Taub, E. (2013) Constraint-induced movement therapy: a method for harnessing neuroplasticity to treat motor disorders. Prog Brain Res, 207: 379-401. PMID 24309263 [PubMed – in process]

Book Chapter Uswatte, G., & Taub, E. (2013). Constraint-Induced Movement therapy: a method for harnessing neuroplasticity to treat motor disorders. In S. Waxman, D. G. Stein, D. Swaab, & H. Fields (Series Eds.) and M. Merzenich, M. Nahum, & T. Van Vleet (Vol. Eds.), Progress in brain research: Vol. 207. Changing brains – applying brain plasticity to advance and recover human ability (pp. 379-401). Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing.

Other Non-Peer Reviewed Publications (2013) Karlene Ball, Ph.D. Ball, K., Ross, L. A., Eby, D. W. Molnar, L. J., & Meuser, T. M. (2013). Emerging issues in safe and sustainable mobility for older persons. Accident Analysis and Prevention,61, 138-140.

Burel Goodin , Ph.D. Finan, P.H., Goodin, B.R., & Smith, M.T. (2013). The association of sleep and pain: an update and path forward. Journal of Pain, 14(12), 1539-1552. PMID 24290442 [PubMed in process] Goodin, B.R. & *Bulls, H.W. (2013). Optimism and the experience of pain: benefits of seeing the glass as half full. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 17(5), 329-339. PMCID: 3935764

Lesley Ross, Ph.D. Ball, K., Ross, L. A., Eby, D. W. Molnar, L. J., & Meuser, T. M. (2013). Emerging issues in safe and sustainable mobility for older persons. Accident Analysis and Prevention,61, 138-140.

David Schwebel , Ph.D. Rezaie, L., & Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Research priorities for suicide by self-immolation: Beyond quantitative approaches [Letter to the editor]. Burns, 39, 536. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.07.002 PMID: 22841941 Schwebel, D. C. (2013). Do our ears help us cross streets safely? [Letter to the editor]. Injury Prevention, 19, 75-76. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040682 PMID: 23171537

Gitendra Uswatte, Ph.D. Dunn, D. S., Uswatte, G., Elliott, T. R., Lastres, A., & Beard, B. (2013). A positive psychology of physical disability: principles and progress. In M. L. Wehmeyer (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of positive psychology and disability (pp. 427-441).

New York: Oxford University Press.

Active Grants

921,136

2

0

3

1

The Department of Psychology submitted 44 new grant applications last year totaling $18,669,304. The department had 30 grants funded with a department faculty as PI, receiving $5,785,302 total dollars. $1,328,167 of this was NIH, and $4,457,135 was other than NIH. Psychology received intramural funding of $298,790 which included: CCTS support ($90,000), a Health Disparities Research Award ($25,000), three faculty development grants ($26,790) and two Interdisciplinary Innovation Awards ($90,000). A total of 13 faculty submitted at least one grant as PI in 2013, which is 70% of our research active faculty. A total of 17 faculty received some salary support from a grant.

Psychology Metric

2011

2012

2013

Interdisciplinary Innovation Awardees

0

1

2

Number of Funded Investigators

10

14

13

Number of Grant and Contract Applications

38

46

44

Dollars Applied for in Grant and Contract Applications/Submissions

$58,685,117

$35,318,092

$18,669,334

Total Awards

$4,677,770

$5,011,877

$5,785,302

NIH Award Dollars

$1,843,060

$1,726,622

$1,328,167

Number of NIH Funded Investigators

5

6

6

Award Dollars Outside NIH

$2,834,710

$3,285,255

$4,457,135

Karlene Ball , Ph.D. SPONSOR: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS

Title: Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility Total Awarded: $596,909

$921,136

SPONSOR: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS

Title: Predicting Long -Term Mobility Outcomes for Older Adults Total Awarded: $304,227 SPONSOR: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS

Title: Emerging Issues in Safe and Sustainable Mobility for Older Persons Total Awarded: $20,000

Mike Sloane, Ph.D. SPONSOR: Beckman (Arnold and Mable) Foundation

Title: 2012 Beckman Scholars Program

$38,600

Total Awarded: $38,600

Fred Biasini, Ph.D. SPONSOR: Administration for Children and Families/DHHS

Title: UAB Early Head Start Total Awarded: $1,176,105 SPONSOR: Administration for Children and Families/DHHS

Title: UCEED– Alabama Center for Developmental Disabilities Education, Research,

SPARKS CLINICS

and Service

Total Awarded: $1,089,215 SPONSOR: Alabama Department of Human Resources

Title: UAB SEBD Pilot Project Total Awarded: $103,500 SPONSOR: Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services

Title: MCH Block Grant Total Awarded: $5,000 SPONSOR: University of South Carolina

Title: Maternal Methylmercury Exposure through Rice Ingestion and Offspring Development Total Awarded: $9,818 SPONSOR: Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS

Title: Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Total Awarded: $680,758

$3,064,396

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Rajesh Kana, Ph.D. SPONSOR: Lindamood-Bell

Title: The Impact of Language Remediation on Brain Functioning Autism

$285,000

Total Awarded: $25,000

Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D. and David Knight, Ph.D. SPONSOR: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS

Title: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Lower Internalizing Disorders in Black Americans Total Awarded: $531,480

$531,480

Christina Rodriguez, Ph.D. SPONSOR: National Institute of Health/University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Title: Predicting Later Parent Child Aggression in Expectant Parents the Triple F Study Total Awarded: $118,915

$118,915

David Schwebel , Ph.D. SPONSOR: University of Florida

Title: Teaching Schoolchildren Pedestrian Safety a Pragmatic Trial Using Virtual Reality

Total Awarded: $22,498 SPONSOR: CARR

Title: Understanding Young Children Preferences for Bottles Total Awarded: $95,896 SPONSOR: Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation

Title: Evaluation of Cognitive Readiness for Tractor Operation Using Advanced Simulation

Total Awarded: $17,674

$136,068

Burel Goodin , Ph.D.

SPONSOR: American Pain Society Title: The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Pain Sensitivity Endogenous Pain Processing and Mood Randomized Placebo Controlled Crossover Study Total Awarded: $20,000

$20,000

“The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.�

-PAUL

A.M.

DIRAC

Graduate Studies lifespan developmental

behavioral neuroscience

medical clinical

ABOUT As a premier behavioral science, the Psychology graduate programs make a major contribution to the College of Arts and Sciences mission of examining human behavior in context. Faculty and graduate students in the graduate programs conduct research, teach, provide professional service, seek and receive extramural grant funding, publish in highly respected journals, participate in national and international professional conferences, and actively participate in the professional activities of national psychological organizations. The graduate programs are integral to the Department's mission of furthering its status as a premier psychology department.

The Graduate Programs admitted 18 students in 2013.

Our graduate students completed over 100 clinical practica during 2013, providing clinical psychology services to adults and children in a wide range of settings including the Civitan/Sparks clinics, the Birmingham VA Medical Center, Spain Rehabilitation Center, the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (inpatient and outpatient services), Children’s of Alabama, several settings providing substance abuse and mental health treatment for the homeless, Glenwood/Mitchell’s Place autism treatment facilities, and several communitybased independent practices.

We estimate that over the course of the year our students spent 7,000 hours providing direct services to clients and patients while gaining clinical skills that translate and consolidate knowledge gained from their research and classroom instruction. The Psychology Graduate Student Programs all have good track records of retention and graduation. Psychology graduates approximately 40% of all CAS Ph.D.’s awarded.

Medical Clinical

DOCTORAL PROGRAM

ABOUT Our program is jointly sponsored by UAB’s School of Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences, and is accredited as a clinical psychology doctoral training program by the American Psychological Association.

We have particular strengths in medically-relevant areas like health psychology and behavioral medicine, neuropsychology, gerontology, and pediatric psychology. The scope of our program is enhanced by the range of faculty expertise, multiple UAB Schools and Centers, and affiliated and community-based health care facilities that provide students access to a variety of didactic learning, research, and clinical training opportunities.

FACULTY MENTORING Program faculty members are distributed widely across research and clinical settings within UAB, the UAB Health System, and affiliated health care facilities such as the VA Medical Center and Children’s Hospital. Faculty from all major training facilities and academic departments that contribute to the program work together to mentor and advise students in both research and clinical domains.

Each student has a research mentor who directs the student’s primary research activities, chairs his or her thesis and dissertation committees, and commits to helping the student advance toward readiness for post-doctoral training or entry-level employment as a researcher in the area of clinical / medical psychology.

However, the highlycollaborative clinical research “culture” of UAB offers unique advantages to students that go beyond the usual benefits of a committed research mentor.

Edwin Cook III, Ph.D. Associate Professor * DIRECTOR, MEDICAL CLINICAL DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Research and Graduate Education :

49 students were enrolled in the Medical/Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program during all or part of 2013.

By the end of the year, 9 students had graduated and accepted post-doctoral fellowships or academic clinical-research positions. 7 students had gone on internship and are on track to graduate in 2014. 31 students remained in residence.

Research productivity: 26 peer-reviewed journal articles: Involving 15 students; 1-6 publications per student. On 12 papers students were first authors. 74 total presentations at a scientific or professional conference: Involving 28 students; 1-7 presentations per student. On 50 of these presentations, student were first authors. Multi-year tracking indicates that the average student publishes about one peer-reviewed article and presents about two conference papers or posters per year.

Training

Our students are trained to develop, implement, and evaluate empirically-validated procedures to assess, understand and promote mental and medical health and to prevent and ameliorate disease. The program is designed to be completed in 5-7 years of full-time study, including a one-year clinical internship. The Program offers a variety of areas of emphasis that reflect faculty interests and expertise including: neuropsychology/rehabilitation, health psychology/behavioral medicine, clinical child psychology, gerontology, pediatric psychology (including prevention of accidental injuries and abuse), eating disorders, and addiction.

Other Accomplishments

Students in residence provided approximately 7,000 hours of services to the Birmingham community through UAB, affiliated, and community-based facilities as trainees in our hybrid clinical/research psychology doctoral program.

Behavioral Neuroscience DOCTORAL PROGRAM

ABOUT

Frank Amthor, Ph.D. Professor * INTERIM DIRECTOR, BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Student Quality:

The BN program continues to select from the applicant pool high quality students as indicated by high GRE scores, grades and motivation. We have had outstanding success in having virtually every admitted student finish with a Ph.D, virtually all of which were mentor or training grant supported throughout their UAB tenure.

Publications:

Virtually all BN students publish an abstract every other year. Most, in addition to the 2-3 publications for their dissertation, are co-authors on several other publications during their tenure at UAB.

Graduate Careers

The Behavioral Neuroscience Program started in 1981.

The vast majority of BN graduate students advance to postdoctoral or research associate positions in high quality labs pursuant to careers as principle investigator scientists.

Graduates have taken post-doctoral and faculty positions at universities, colleges, and public and private agencies, including the following: Arizona State University, American Chemical Society, Caterpillar Corporation, Harvard University, Merial Corporation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Pittsburgh, University of Tennessee, and University of Virginia.

Student Advising:

We maintain a strong program of advising for all students. By the end of the Spring term of the first year, each student has a faculty research mentor with whom he or she works closely on an ongoing basis.

This individual’s expertise is supplemented by that of the thesis and/or dissertation committees, which are appointed by the program director at appropriate times as the student’s research training progresses.

The mission of the Behavioral Neuroscience Ph.D. program is to produce outstanding young scientists capable of pursuing successful teaching and research careers. This goal is achieved by having each student obtain firm academic and research training in both psychology- and neuroscience-based domains. A major strength of the program is that it is an interdisciplinary program that includes programmatic research and training under the supervision of any faculty member within any department at UAB who has research interests that lie in the area of behavioral neuroscience. Current training and mentorship are provided by faculty in the departments of Anesthesiology, Biostatistics, Neurobiology, Physiology and Biophysics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Biology, Psychology, and Vision Sciences.

TRAINING Students perform 2-3 research rotations in their first year with potential Ph.D. mentors. These laboratory rotations teach valuable research skills and allow students to make an informed decision about their future research direction and mentorship. We consistently receive feedback that one of the primary reasons for selecting our psychology program over others was the ability to perform first-year laboratory rotations. A student chooses a research track and Ph.D. mentor at the start of the second year of training and takes a minimum of an additional four courses to complete their didactic training. These courses are chosen by both the student and mentor in order to achieve greater flexibility in the student’s training. Most students also continue to take additional courses and attend both seminars and journal clubs within the department of their mentor. Each student must fulfill a pre-dissertation research requirement and pass a qualifying examination. On satisfying these requirements, a student is advanced to candidacy for dissertation research.

The Ph.D. is awarded upon successful defense of the dissertation. We also encourage our students to teach undergraduate courses in the Department of Psychology.

The program is designed to be completed in 5 years of full-time studies. We only admit students who can commit to full-time studies through the duration of the program.

Lifespan Developmental MAJOR REQUIREMENTS Students enter the program with either a Bachelor's or Master's degree. Under the direction of faculty mentors, students not already holding a Master's degree complete a Master's thesis research project (to be submitted for publication) during the first one or two years of the program.

The student then completes the qualifying exam/admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. The final requirement is of course the completion of a doctoral dissertation, which is to be an independent, substantial scientific contribution to knowledge in a specific area of inquiry. While there are (for most students) two required research projects (Thesis and Dissertation), students are expected to be continuously involved in research in collaboration with the mentor and complete projects that can be published.

COURSE CURRICULUM In addition to these major requirements, students complete a course curriculum. Through a core curriculum of developmental psychology, statistics, research design, and general psychology, students develop a solid foundation in the history, methods, theory, and current research in developmental psychology. Since the advancement of developmental psychology as a science and as a long-term solution of applied developmental problems requires contributions from a variety of disciplines, training occurs in an interdisciplinary context and students often complete coursework in other departments (e.g., education, public health).

DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Fred Biasini, Ph.D. Associate Professor * DIRECTOR, LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Training Program The Lifespan Developmental Psychology Program is a research-training program. All components of the program are geared towards advancing the student's ability to conduct research. Training in our program exposes students to issues of development in its natural social contexts (e.g., in the school, home, workplace) as well as in laboratories.

Graduate students study developmental aspects of behavioral systems, family systems, and individual capabilities and competencies throughout development.

Faculty Mentor A critical feature in our training program is that each student has a faculty mentor, who is responsible for guiding the student through the program and teaching the student how to function as a developmental scientist.

Publications and Presentations: Students in the Lifespan Developmental Program published 8 papers in peer reviewed journals in 2013. They were first authors on 6 of these publications. In addition, they presented 43 posters or oral presentations at regional or national conferences.

Grants submitted: LDPP students submitted 8 grants to federal agencies or foundations for funding.

PH.D.’S

AWARDED

IN

2013

Medical Clinical Shiquina LaFaye Andrews, Ph.D. (August) “The Effects of Spiritually Integrated Therapy on Psychological Distress in Infertile Women.”

Dr. Michelle Y. Martin, Chair (Department: Preventive Medicine)

Patricia Baretto, Ph.D. (May) “The Interactional Effects of Incentive Value and Task Difficulty: A Partial Explanation for Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Response to a Performance Challenge” Dr. Virginia Wadley Bradley, Co-chair (Department: Gerontology/Geriatrics/Palliative Care) Dr. Rex A. Wright, Co-chair (Department: Psychology)

Jacquelynn Nicosia Copeland, Ph.D. (August) “Cortical Thickness in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Its Relationships with Neuropsychological Functioning and Financial Capacity” Dr. Kristen Triebel, Chair (Department: Neurology Chair Office) Aaron Leah Davis, Ph.D. (August)

‘The Effects of Sleep Restriction on Adolescents’’ Pedestrian Safety” Dr. David C. Schwebel, Chair (Department: Psychology)

Natalie Goodwin, Ph.D. (August) “Suicide and Eating Disorders: The Role of Religiosity, Spirituality and Religious Coping Style” Dr. A. Hal Thurstin, Co-Chair (Department: Psychiatry - Geriatrics) Dr. Nicole Siegfried, Co-Chair (Department: Psychology)

Elizabeth Sheridan Mitchell, Ph.D. (August) “The Effectiveness of a Behavioral Summer Treatment Program for Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder” Dr. Sylvie Mrug, Chair (Department: Psychology)

Adam Clay Perkins, Ph.D. (August) “Impulsivity as a Predictor of Smoking Cessation Outcomes in Bupropion Treatment of Community Corrections Smokers” Dr. Karen Cropsey, Chair (Psychiatry - Behavioral Neurobiology)

Andrea C. Sartori, Ph.D.. (August) “The Relationship Between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Cognitive Function in Older Adults” Dr. Michael Crowe, Chair (Department: Psychology)

Kelly Ross Wolfe, Ph.D. (August) “Executive Functions and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Survivors of Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumor” Dr. Rajesh Kana, Chair (Department: Psychology)

Behavioral Neuroscience Laura Quadri, Ph.D. (August) “Epigenetic Regulation of Hippocampus-Dependent Learning” Dr. David Sweatt, Chair (Department: Neurobiology)

Kimberly Wood, Ph.D. (July) “Neural mechanisms supporting the learning-related emotional response to a threat” Dr. David C. Knight, Chair (Department: Psychology)

Lifespan Developmental Michael Gower, Ph.D. (August) “Eye Gaze Patterns During Live Social Interactions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” Dr. Fred J. Biasini, Chair (Department: Psychology) Anjana Madan, Ph.D. (August)

“From Family Violence to Dating Violence: Testing the Dual Pathway Model” Dr. Sylvie Mrug, Chair (Department: Psychology)

Lindsey Sutton, Ph.D. (August) “The Effect of Incentive Strategy on Health Behaviors and Outcomes in the Workplace” Dr. Michael Crowe, Chair (Department: Psychology)

BARTOW ARENA

GRADUATE

STUDENT

FUNDED

GRANTS

Behavioral Neuroscience Burge, Wesley (Co-Investigator with Schmidt, Erica) Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funding:

National Institute on Aging / NIH / DHHS Cognitive and Physical Exercise Study (CAPES , Roybal Pilot grant) September 2011 - August 2013 $52,740.00

$52,740

Medical Clinical Andrews, Shiquina L.

Funding Source: Teva Pharmaceuticals: Mental Health Dissertation Research Grant to Increase Diversity (R36), National Institute of Mental Health Title: Psychological Effects of Spiritually Integrated Therapy for Infertile Women Budget Period: March 2012- October 2013 Total Funding: $19,820.00

Barnes, Margaux Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funding:

Walmart State Giving Program: Alabama Grow it! Eat it! Live it! Gardening for a Healthy Future November 2013 $25,000

Block, Cady

Funding Source: Teva Pharmaceuticals Title: Examining neuropsychological sequelae of chronic pain and the modulatory effect of immediate-release opioid analgesics Budget Period: 01/2012-06/2013 Total Funding: $6,150

$19,820

$25,000

$6,150

Davis, Aaron L.

Funding Source: National Science Foundation (NSF), Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program Title: The Effects of Sleep Restriction on Adolescents’ Pedestrian Safety Budget Period: March 2011 - February 2013 Total Funding: $12,000.00

Haddad, Michelle

Funding Source: American Heart Association Title: Neuroplasticity Induced by Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy II in Adults with Chronic Post-Stroke Aphasia Budget Period: July 2012- June 2014 Total Funding: $50,360.00

Hensler, Molly Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funding:

NCI Training Grant (R25) Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program 2011- present N/A

$12,000

$50,360

N/A

Rickards, Tyler

Funding Source: American Heart Association Title: Neuroplasticity Induced by Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Children with Cerebral Palsy of a Vascular Origin Budget Period: July 2011- June 2013 Total Funding: $44,360.00

$44,360

Sokal, Brad

Funding Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/ NIH/DHHS Title: Home-Based Automated Therapy of Arm Function After Stroke Via Tele-Rehabilitation – Diversity Research Supplement: Training in Rehabilitation Research Budget Period: June 2011- March 2013 Total Funding: $70,787

Schmidt, Erica Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funding:

$70,787

(Co-Investigator with Burge, Wesley)

National Institute on Aging / NIH / DHHS Cognitive and Physical Exercise Study (CAPES , Roybal Pilot grant) September 2011 - August 2013 $52,740.00

$52,740

Lifespan Developmental Shen, Jiabin Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funding:

$5,000

American Psychological Foundation Understanding Pediatric Dog-Bite Injuries in Rural China May 2012 - April 2013 $5,000.00

Graduate Student Pending/Submitted Grants Madan, Anjana Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Requested

National Institute on Justice Family and Peer Predictors of Adolescent Dating Violence September 2012 – August 2013 $22,000.00

Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Requested

National Institute on Justice Risk Factors for Dating Violence: Multilevel Developmental Model January 2013 – December 2014 $210,566.00

Shen, Jiabin Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funds:

Center for Child Injury and Prevention Studies Understanding Pediatric Dog-Bite Injuries in Rural China March 2012 – February 2013 $2,000.00

Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funds:

Society of Pediatric Psychology Understanding Pediatric Dog Bite Injury in Rural China May 2012 – April 2014 $1,000.00

Funding Source: Title: Budget Period: Total Funds:

American Psychological Foundation Understanding Pediatric Dog Bite Injury in Rural China May 2012 – April 2014 $5,000.00

STUDENT

PLACEMENT

$232,566

$5,000

OUTCOMES

Mark Pennick Denver Mental Health Center Kelly Wolfe Neuropsychology Fellow, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Laura Quadri Postdoctoral Fellow, Durham VA Medical Center Marci Smith Postdoctoral Fellow, Vision Sciences-UAB Kimberly Wood Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology-UAB Michael Gower Medical School at Mercer University Anjana Madan

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Miami

Lindsay Sutton Assistant Strategic Planner, Intermark Group Shiquina Andrews

Postdoctoral Fellow, HIV/HCV Primary Care Mental Health, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Patricia Baretto Medical/Palliative Care Psychologist, Orlando VAMC Jacquelynn Copeland Neuropsychology Fellow, Barrow Neurological Institute Aaron Davis Intern, Baylor College of Medicine Natalie Goodwin Elizabeth Mitchell

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Menninger Clinic

Child Psychology Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine Adam Perkins Psychologist, U.S. Army

Andrea Sartori Neuropsychology Fellow, Brown Alpert School of Medicine

LOOKING

AHEAD

Behavioral Neuroscience What are your plans for the coming year as they relate to: GRADUATE CURRICULUM Update BN core courses: Neuroscience research technologies have changed vastly in the last decade to include modern molecular, optogenetic and brain imaging technologies.

All core courses are being updated to reflect modern technology in neuroscience, and integrate this technology with traditional areas of behavioral neuroscience such as learning and animal behavior.

Add new courses: Because the number of BN faculty decreased significantly in the last decade, the program was unable to offer courses in many essential areas of behavioral neuroscience. Students had to take courses in other departments or the medical school for these content areas.

However, many of these courses were not oriented toward the needs or backgrounds of BN students. As the department is recruiting new faculty to replace those lost by attrition, we are developing new courses in modern areas on BN. These benefit not only the graduate students and their mentors research programs, but also impact undergraduate instruction as well.

STUDENT

2013

AT

A

GLANCE

The graduate programs enrollment has remained steady with just over 70 students from 2011 to 2013. While the number of students hasn’t experienced a large amount of change, credit hour production has increased 10% to 2,088 hours from 1,871 in 2012 and 2011.

The degrees awarded have increased at both the masters and doctoral levels. In 2013, 7 masters degrees were awarded, a 30% increase since 2011. 16 doctoral degrees were awarded in 2013, a 38% increase since 2011.

RECRUITMENT

We will continue to develop and update our website to communicate with and attract interested and highly-qualified students to our program. At national meetings we will continue to engage in outreach efforts to regional and national universities.

We will strengthen the quality of research mentors in our program, and maintain contact with students throughout their tenure at UAB through annual meetings with the director and required weekly seminars for all students.

We admit highly-qualified students who do not at the time of application have to commit to a single faculty mentor.

This has been an extraordinarily attractive aspect of our program in recruiting. We will continue our successful efforts to recruit students from diverse backgrounds by advertising, through links on our website, available funding through the Office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity, and by recruitment of students through our relationships with Historically Black Colleges and University in Alabama and neighboring states.

The graduate programs have experienced the largest amount of growth in course sections taught by adjunct faculty. In 2013 80 course sections were taught by adjunct faculty, a 35% increase from 2012 and a 55% increase from 2011.

Full time faculty affiliated with the graduate programs has grown from 25 full time faculty members in 2011 to 30 full time faculty members in 2013.

Medical Clinical What are your plans for the coming year as they relate to: GRADUATE CURRICULUM We will work toward addition of more 1-credit seminars and modules. In particular: We will work closely with the Behavioral Neuroscience Doctoral Program to develop a more modular approach to what has been a 4-credit Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience course. Ideally, students will be required to take a basic neural signaling module and then be able to select among additional modules that are most relevant to their research interests and developing clinical specializations (e.g., psychopharmacology).

We will identify needs for didactic 1-credit courses in clinical interventions along with appropriate faculty to teach them.

We expect this to result in 1-2 courses per year on a 2-3 year rotation that will be developed and modified over time.

Compared to conventional 3-semester-hour courses, we anticipate this plan to result in courses that more students are able to take, and more faculty are able to teach, in parallel with other training activities and professional responsibilities, respectively. Two-hour intervention courses will also be considered, with the general goal of developing a more flexible approach to curriculum that meets pedagogical needs, is compatible with other training activities, and is consistent with financial realities. We will closely review our current curriculum and any proposed changes for compliance with national accreditation and licensing standards.

STUDENT RECRUITMENT We will continue to develop and update our website to communicate with and attract interested and highly-qualified students to our program. In doing so we will emphasize major program strengths and available research mentors in the substantive areas of: Neuropsychology, Aging, Pediatrics, Child Behavioral & Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pain, and Injury Prevention.

We will Clarify the important role of research mentors in our program. At the same time we will retain the flexibility to admit highly-qualified students with compatible substantive interests who are not ready at the time of application to commit to a single faculty mentor, which has been an attractive aspect of our program (per applicant feedback) in the past.

GRADUATE AWARDS

STUDENT

We will provide at least one didactic overview of NRSA and individual grant funding mechanisms for all students, advertise existing Graduate School incentives for pursuing such funding, and seek additional ways to encourage more students to seek this funding.

We will continue to encourage and support student travel to scientific and professional conferences to present posters and podium talks that make them eligible for student-level awards.

Undergraduate Studies study away

neuroscience program

service learning

ABOUT Psychology has one of the highest graduation numbers of all departments in CAS (190 graduates in 2013 and 191 in 2012).

Approximately two-thirds of our graduates apply to graduate programs either in Psychology or other fields. We continue to have a record number of student presenters at the John W.P. Ost Research Competition. In 2013, 21 students presented their independent research projects.

Many of our students are demonstrating outstanding performance in the classroom. We inducted 73 new members into Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, in 2013. Students must hold a 3.0 GPA to be eligible to join Psi Chi. Forty-two percent of our 2013 graduating seniors reported that they planned to apply for entry to a psychology graduate program. In addition, 25% reported that they planned to enter a graduate program outside the area of psychology such as Nurse Practitioner, Master of Business Administration and Education. Our enrollment continues to grow. In 2013, we had 842 majors, which is a 14% increase since the previous year.

A minor in Psychology is becoming increasingly popular. In 2013, 207 students were completing a minor in Psychology, which is a 43% increase since 2012. Our graduates, both from honors programs and the “regular” major, continue to gain admission to prestigious graduate (M.A. and Ph.D.) programs, medical school, law school, and to begin jobs in a range of careers and industries.

We organized “Explore Psychology Day,” a departmental student recruitment event on March 29, 2013 for high school students and their parents. We had over 50 in attendance. Students and their parents were able to tour psychology research laboratories, classrooms and campus buildings. They also enjoyed lunch at the Commons on the Green with faculty and current students. We organized information sessions throughout the day to inform them about the psychology major.

Curriculum The Undergraduate Studies Committee of Psychology reviewed the curriculum and made a few changes to better prepare students for our advanced course-work. The statistics course and laboratory (PY 214 and PY 217) were combined into one course (PY 216) to allow for greater uniformity between lecture and laboratory activities and to require students to take these simultaneously. It was also decided to add one more course to the curriculum, Research Literacy in Psychology (PY 215) to better prepare students to read and write scientifically prior to their 300 and 400 level courses.

Online Instruction Our online courses are increasingly popular. In 2013, 3,742 students were enrolled in psychology courses online. The department has expanded its online course offerings this past year, which has provided more flexibility to our undergraduate students and alleviated classroom scheduling issues for our students and instructors.

We have included additional upper-level courses such as Social Development and Psychology of Marriage to our online course offerings. We are currently offering all of the required psychology courses online.

The Department continues to support instructors teaching online through IT support and the Online Learning Advisory Committee. All course shells are reviewed by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, and feedback is provided, prior to the beginning of each term.

The Instructional Technology Center (4th floor of Campbell Hall) allows instructors to teach courses using virtual classroom features, and the space is scheduled to capacity each semester.

Research More than 25 percent of our undergraduate students participated in independent mentored research in 2013 (211 students). We are placing undergraduate students across campus to gain these valuable research experiences. Our research practicum course, PY398, is increasingly popular. 85 students enrolled in 2013 which is an increase of 5 percent since last year. In addition, all psychology majors gain research experience in teams through course activities in PY 315 Research Methods and PY 490 Psychology Capstone. Mentored research also offers a valuable level of skills training as students work on multidisclipinary research teams with funded scientists.

INCREASE IN PY 398 ENROLLMENT

STUDENT PARTICIPATION INCREASE IN INDEPENDENT MENTORED RESEARCH

Service Learning All psychology students participate in at least one service learning experience. Our community practicum course, PY 397, continues to add new sites and have substantial student interest. PY 490, our Capstone course, ensures all psychology majors complete some service learning during their time as a UAB psychology major. Students typically are required to complete at least 15 hours of service learning during the semester in which they are enrolled in PY 490. We have successfully placed students at sites such as the Amelia Center, Glenwood, the Crisis Center, and Youth Villages. We have also incorporated service learning in the online version of PY 490 and have been able to place all our online students at service learning sites in their communities.

Study Away We have continued our success with Study Away programming. Eleven students participated in our trip to Stockholm, Sweden to explore cross-cultural perspectives of child development. Dr. Maria Hopkins led the trip. We awarded 11 scholarships of $1,000 each for this trip. We are currently planning our next trip to Deli, India with Dr. Rajesh Kana in 2015.

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We continue to have psychology students active in most honors programs across campus as well as in our in-house Psychology Honors Program. 76 psychology majors were members of at least one university honors program in 2013, and 18 students were enrolled in the Psychology Honors Program, led by Dr. Michael Crowe.

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STUDENTS TRAVELED TO STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN WITH OUR STUDY AWAY PROGRAM

PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS ARE MEMBERS OF AT LEAST ONE HONORS PRGPRAM

18 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN THE PSYCHOLOGY HONORS PROGRAM

Undergraduate Neuroscience Program The successful Neuroscience Program is continuing to grow. In 2013 we had 115 majors, whose average GPA is 3.82, and their incoming ACT scores average 32. The Program is a joint effort of School of Medicine (Neurobiology) and CAS (Psychology) and it requires 3 years of mentored research. The average High School GPA is 4.20 of incoming students.

Minimum admission requirements: ACT 30, GPA 3.75

“What is especially unique about our program is that it is the first undergraduate program in Alabama jointly sponsored by a school of medicine and academic affairs.

This groundbreaking program provides students with an opportunity to benefit from one on-one research training with some of the nation’s premier neuroscientists from the Psychology Department and various departments in the School of Medicine including Neurobiology, Psychiatry, Neurology, Physiology and Biophysics, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Cell Biology, Pathology, Biochemistry, Vision Sciences, and Anesthesiology.”

-Dr. Carl McFarland, Co-Director Undergraduate Neuroscience Program

Genesis of the UNP “If I were a college student today, I don’t think I could resist going into neuroscience.” So says novelist Tom Wolfe.

Based on the assumption that some college students might have similar thoughts, the Department of Psychology has partnered with the Department of Neurobiology of the UAB School of Medicine to establish an undergraduate Neuroscience major. According to Dr. Carl McFarland, Professor of Psychology and current Co-Director of the Neuroscience major, “What is especially unique about our program is that it is the first undergraduate program in Alabama jointly sponsored by a school of medicine and academic affairs. This groundbreaking program provides students with an opportunity to benefit from one-on-one research training with some of the nation’s premier neuroscientists from the Psychology Department and various departments in the School of Medicine including Neurobiology, Psychiatry, Neurology, Physiology and Biophysics, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Cell Biology, Pathology, Biochemistry, Vision Sciences, and Anesthesiology.”

The genesis of the program was formed in 2006 when UAB hired Dr. J. David Sweatt, one of the nation’s top neuroscientists to chair the Department of Neurobiology and direct the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Research Institute. In an early conversation, Dr. McFarland talked with Dr. Sweatt about his long journey from high school in Montgomery, Alabama, to a bachelor’s degree at the University of South Alabama, a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and post-doctoral work with Nobel Laureate, Eric Kandel, to his current stature in the field conducting seminal research on the biochemical mechanisms underlying human learning and memory. After listening to a great story, Dr. McFarland asked Dr. Sweatt if he had any interest in making this process a bit more accessible for talented Alabama high school students. Fortunately, this is an endeavor about which Dr. Sweatt is passionate.

“I know from personal experience that there are many smart young people in Alabama who may need to stay instate because of circumstances or economic reasons. We wanted to put together a first-rate educational opportunity for undergraduates that is available only at the nation’s best universities, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Stanford and a few others.”

At present, 58 UAB scientists and physicians have agreed to serve as research mentors for neuroscience majors. These students are fully engaged in original research activity in various laboratories working closely with faculty, graduate students, and post doctoral researchers. One of these mentors, David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D., has described the program as “Greater than any one department., this is reaching out and changing the university by opening the door to an undergraduate major that we hope will produce students who will enter our graduate programs or medical school. We hope it will become a magnet to draw the best and brightest to UAB.”

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Undergraduate Studies What are your plans for the coming year as they relate to: CURRICULUM: We have combined PY214 (statistics lecture) and PY217 (statistics laboratory) into PY216. This combined course will be taught for all students beginning in fall 2014. We will also teach Research Literacy in Psychology (PY215) for the first time this coming fall. We believe that these changes will better prepare students for our upper-level courses.

We are continuing discussions of development of new joint majors/ minors, especially for pre-med students given the recent changes to the MCAT. We plan to participate in the new QEP “Learning in a team environment” in Year 1 by modifying our existing Research Methods course. We also plan to train all instructors how to effectively incorporate the QEP in their existing and new courses.

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In 2013, 1,027 students designated Psychology as their major a 26% increase from 2012 (814 majors) and a 33% increase from 2011 (689 majors).

HONORS

We will continue to help fund undergraduate students for travel to present research at national/international conferences. We are currently supporting 8 students each year with a $200 travel award.

ENGAGEMENT We plan to enhance students’ global perspective through continuation of our successful study away program. We will continue our successful recruitment events to increase the number and quality of psychology majors and minors. We will consider expanding the “Explore Psychology Event” and will work with student admissions to expand outreach, bringing more students to campus through invitations to OST and other student oriented events.

We hope to be able to identify a dedicated space to conduct undergraduate research. This is especially needed for our research courses and our honors students. We will continue to develop mutually beneficial relationships with our community through partnerships and practicum placements.

We plan to increase the number of members in our Psychology Club, a student-run organization open for all psychology majors. The Club allows students to network, gain valuable leadership experience, and community -service experience. We are considering developing a tutoring program using our senior Psychology Club students.

Another astounding area of undergraduate growth can be found in students participating in mentored research. In 2013, 211 students participated in mentored research, a 16% increase from 2012 (173 students ) and a 60% increase from 2011 (84 students).

The department has also seen growth in the number of service learning courses and study away courses offered to students. Since 2012, the department has offered 3 study away courses and has doubled its service learning courses to 12 in 2013 from 6 in 2011.

HONORS/RESEARCH PROGRAMS We hope to increase the number of students in the Psychology Honors Program and UAB Psi Chi. We are reviewing the Honors curriculum and admission process to attract more high quality students earlier in their college career. We are also working to increase undergraduate research opportunities through placements throughout campus and potential team research activities.

We are also enthusiastic about teaching several honors courses on a regular basis. We are considering additional honors courses such as an Honors statistics course for these students.

Since 2012, the department has maintained a 21% increase in degrees awarded from 150 in 2011 to 190 degrees awarded in 2012 and 2013.

2013 SCORECARD Below are the year-end statistics from the 2013 Annual Report submitted to the UAB College of Arts and Sciences.

GRANT SUBMISSIONS

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13 faculty 17 faculty members members served submitted grants as a primary investigator. as a primary investigator on their grant.

GRANT FUNDING

$18,669,304 $18,669,304 totaled the amount of funds requested by faculty members in 2013 for grant funding.

$ $5,785,302 $5,785,302 totaled the amount of funds received by faculty members in 2013 for grant funding.

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44 total grant applications were submitted in 2013 with department faculty as the primary investigator.

PUBLICATIONS In 2013, faculty from the department of psychology published 1 book, had 82 publications in peer reviewed journals or equivalient electronic sites and 6 other non-peer reviewed publications, Faculty members had a combined 131 conference presentations or published abstracts record while 10 faculty members served on editorial boards or grant review panels.

81% of faculty members published in 2013.

In 2013, faculty and students from the department of psychology spent countless hours fostering partnerships within the community to apply their research to improve the lives of the members of our community. The UAB Department of Psychology is invested in the community of Birmingham. We will continue to strive for excellence in our research to improve the quality of life for children, adults, veterans, and seniors across the state and across the country.

COMMUNITY

Awards Distinguished Alumni Awards

Ost Research Competition

History of Awards

ABOUT The purpose of the UAB Department of Psychology Distinguished Scholar Alumni Award is to recognize alumni of the department for groundbreaking scientific research and scholarly accomplishments. These exceptional individuals bring pride and distinction to UAB and to the Department of Psychology and in doing so serve as outstanding role models for current and future students.

The purpose of the UAB Department of Psychology Distinguished Service Alumni Award is to recognize an alumnus of the department for exemplary leadership, outstanding human qualities, and contributions to the university and society. These exceptional individuals bring pride and distinction to UAB and to the Department of Psychology and in doing so serve as outstanding role models for current and future students.

The Ost Undergraduate Research Competition honors John W.P. Ost, Ph.D., former faculty member and valued friend of the UAB Department of Psychology. Since 1989, the generosity of Dr. Ost’s family has allowed students to demonstrate their advanced learning and research skills in a competitive format. Increasingly, the Ost competition reflects the terrific breadth of our discipline. Selecting the winners for this competition is always difficult, and the increasing diversity of posters makes this task even more challenging.

“While some universities view the support of undergraduate research as ‘visionary,’ this event has been recognizing its value for almost a quarter of a century.”

—Robert E. Palazzo, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Keynote Speaker, 2012.

Past Award Recipients Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award 2004

Kristofer J. Hagglund, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

2005

Dwayne W. Godwin, Ph.D.

2006

Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D.

2007

Deborah J. Wiebe, Ph.D.

2008

Clancy B. Blair, Ph.D.

2009

Eddie Harmon-Jones, Ph.D.

2010

Robert R. Edwards, Ph.D.

2011

Mallory O. Johnson, Ph.D.

2012

Katherine E. Stewart, Ph.D., M.P.H.

2013

William J. Tyler, Ph.D.

Distinguished Alumni Service Award 2010

Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D.

2011

Sherri Van Pelt, MPA, OTR/L

2012

Lisa F. Huffman, Ph.D.

2013

Scott Moran

DR. JAMIE TYLER, 2013 Distinguished Scholar Alumni Award winner delivers talk entitled: “Mechanically Interfacing with Brain Function.”

Dr. Tyler earned his Bachelor’s degree from UAB in 1998 and continued on at UAB to complete his doctoral degree in 2003 in Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in 2006 from Harvard University and is now an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. He is also Co-founder, Chief Science Officer, and Board Member of Neurotek, Inc., headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA. SCOTT MORAN received the 2013 Distinguished Service Alumni Award from 2011 award winner Mrs. Sherri Van Pelt.

Scott Moran received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UAB in 1995 with minors in Chemistry and Biology. Scott has served as a Program Director in the Facilities Department at UAB since 2007 where he started and leads programs including the UAB Recycling Center and the UAB Building Administrator’s Training Program. In 2010 Scott worked to help create the Psychology Chapter within the UAB National Alumni Society.

Moran served on the UAB National Alumni Society Board of Directors as a school appointed Director from the College of Arts and Sciences from 2009 – 2012. He is currently serving another three year term on the Board of Directors.

(from L to R:) DR. MARIA HOPKINS, DR. KARLENE BALL, SCOTT MORAN, CHRISTY MORAN, DR. JAMIE TYLER, & DEAN, ROBERT PALAZZO. The 2013 Department of Psychology Distinguished Alumni Awards were held at the Spencer Honors House.

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History The Department of Psychology Alumni Chapter was founded in 2010 by 12 UAB psychology graduates. The purpose of the Psychology Alumni Chapter is to extend UAB physically, intellectually and socially beyond the boundaries of the campus.

Scott Moran currently serves as the chapter representative to the UAB National Alumni Society.

How to join The UAB National Alumni Society is growing and our voice is becoming stronger. With 10,000 members, the NAS is doing great things for the alumni and students of our University. To join, visit www.uab.edu/alumni and click “Join Now!”

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