2015 WINTER CHP QOL Bowling Tournament 15 bowlers fought threw rain, spring break, busy social calendars and toed it up for CHP’s latest installment of the bumper/no-tap bowling tournament. Three teams of 4, 5 and 6 players competed for the fabled CHP certificate. Each team took their top 4 scores.
Clinical and Health Psychology employees Douglas Martin and Lori Waxenberg have been named UF Superior Accomplishment award winners in the Health Science Center division. They will be honored at an awards banquet March 18. The award program recognizes employees who contribute outstanding service, efficiency and/or economy to the university, or…
Congratulations to Dr. Whitehead who has been selected as a UF CTS K Scholar. The CTS K Scholar Multidisciplinary Program is a highly competitive research training and funding opportunity for junior faculty at UF to foster a career in clinical/ translational research. Didactic coursework, mentored research and multidisciplinary teamwork…
We are pleased to announce that an article co-authored by Dr. David Janicke, Ph.D. has been awarded the 2014 Diane Willis Award. The article is titled Recommendations for training in pediatric psychology: Defining core competencies across training levels. The full citation is as follows: Palermo, T.M., Janicke, D.M., McQuaid, E.L., Mullins,…
The 2014 Annual Fall Graduate Student Research Symposium was held on November 7, 2014. During the symposium, the 2013 graduate cohort presented the results of their First Year Projects to a full audience of faculty, fellow students, and guests. These projects will become the students’ M.S. theses, to be formally…
Asthma can be particularly problematic for children who are overweight, leading to increased medication use, more emergency room visits and lower quality of life compared with their peers with asthma who are not overweight. University of Florida Health researchers are now studying whether weight loss can improve lung function…
UF Health Vitality Mind is a collaborative program between The Village in Gainesville, FL and the University of Florida is to explore strategies to help older adults maintain and improve their brain health and quality of life. Directed by Drs. Dawn Bowers and Michael Marsiske, of Clinical and Health Psychology,…
Congratulations to Dr. Rozensky, recipient of the 2014 Nathan Perry, Jr. Career Service to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division of Health Psychology. The award is for “significant contributions for the advancement of health psychology as a field, nationally or internationally” and will be presented at the…
Dr. Jared Tanner, a post doctoral research fellow in CHP, was selected to present his [...]
Amanda Balkhi, M.S., a third year doctoral student in CHP, and other researchers are evaluating the use of internet forums by parents of diabetic children.
