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Deidre B Pereira

Deidre B Pereira, Ph.D., ABPP

Associate Professor & Associate Chair for Postgraduate Programs

Department: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Business Email: dpereira@phhp.ufl.edu
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About Deidre B Pereira

Dr. Deidre Pereira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in the College of Public Health and Health Professions. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Miami in 1999 (Clinical Health Psychology). She completed her postdoctoral training on an NIMH-funded training grant on Biopsychosocial Research in Immunology and AIDS from the University of Miami in 2000.

Accomplishments

  1. Excellence in Teaching

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  2. Audrey Schumacher Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Psychology

    Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

  3. Excellence in Teaching

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  4. Doctoral Mentor of the Year Award

    College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida

  5. Preeminence Term Professor

    University of Florida

  6. Fellow

    American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology

  7. Research Mentor of the Year

    Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida

  8. Assistant Professor Excellence Award

    University of Florida

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

Board Certifications

  • Board Certified Specialist in Clinical Health Psychology
    American Board of Professional Psychology

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Psychology

Subspecialties

  • Clinical Health Psychology

Areas of Interest

  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Breast Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Depression
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Gynecological Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Major Depression
  • Prostate Cancer

Research Profile

The long-range goal of Dr. Pereira’s research program is to improve health outcomes and promote the wellbeing of individuals with chronic and/or life-limiting illnesses, with an emphasis on malignancies that occur commonly or exclusively among women. Grounded in the biobehavioral model of tumor growth and development outlined by Antoni and colleagues (2006), her research seeks to understand the psychoneuroimmunologic (PNI) influences on cancer initiation, recurrence, progression, and mortality, as well as on cancer-related quality of life.

Areas of Interest

  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Women’s Health

Publications

Academic Articles

Presentations

Grants

  1. CDK 4/6 inhibitors use among metastatic breast cancer patients: Early discontinuation and management of adverse events

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    PFIZER INC

  2. Diurnal Variations in Salivary Concentrations of Pro-Tumorigenic Cytokines and Possible Effects of Psycho-Physiological Stress in Gynecologic Cancer Patients and Matched Healthy Controls

    Role:
    Other
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NCI

  3. lmpact of a Minority Prostate Cancer {MiCaP} Research Digest in Translating Scientific Discovery into Public Health and Community Applications

    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding:
    US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION

  4. Davis Cancer Endowment – #F014842

    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding:
    UF FOUNDATION

  5. COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS ON SLEEP, PAIN, AND CYTOKINES IN GYNECOLOGIC CANCER

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NCI

Education

  1. Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biobehavioral Research in HIV/AIDS

    University of Miami

  2. American Psychological Association-Approved Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology

    University of Miami

  3. PhD, Clinical Health Psychology

    University of Miami

  4. MS, Clinical Psychology

    University of Miami

  5. BA, Psychology

    University of Pennsylvania

Contact Details

Emails:
Business:
dpereira@phhp.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100165
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1225 CENTER DR RM 3150
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610