Department Of Clinical And Health Psychology

The Healthy Kids Program is designed to help parents and children ages 3 to 7 who are at the higher end of the growth chart improve diet and increase physical activity.

Graduate student Amanda Balkhi and colleagues examined how parents use web forums to gain knowledge of their child’s disease and to find social support.

On March 7, three leaders in clinical neuropsychology will participate in a UF symposium designed to offer insights into new developments in our understanding of brain-behavior relationships.

Dr. William Latimer, chair of the department of clinical and health psychology, has been appointed inaugural dean of the School of Health Sciences, Human Services and Nursing at Lehman College.

Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist, will present “Explaining Health Disparities: Place is more important than race, but race matters, too” on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. at the McKnight Brain Institute, DeWeese Auditorium.

Three students conducted research at UF as part of the Summer Research with NIDA for Underrepresented Students program.

Dr. Catherine Price is a 2013 recipient of the Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, presented by UF’s Provost’s Office.

Dr. Michael Marsiske is one of five faculty members to receive the UF Graduate School's 2013 Doctoral Mentoring Award for excellence, innovation and effectiveness in mentoring.

PHHP awardees include Jason Gravano, Tanisha Hill-Jarrett and Dr. Catherine Striley.

Concussions ended Aliyah Snyder’s dream of competing in the Olympics. Now this Ph.D. student is working to develop sports concussion assessment tools and raise community awareness.