Lisa Campbell, PhD
Dr. Lisa C. Campbell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at East Carolina University. She has a longstanding interest in making psychosocial interventions accessible to marginalized populations by overcoming barriers related to low literacy, limited financial resources, and past and current negative experiences with health care providers. Toward this end she has conducted federally funded research (DOD, NIH, CDC) focusing on the design and delivery of individual, group, and couples-based psychosocial interventions with underserved patients coping with chronic conditions (cancer, diabetes, pain).
Much of Dr. Campbell’s’ work has focused on populations that face the individual and combined challenges of rurality, poverty, and ethnic minority group status and are under-represented in clinical research on psychosocial pain management. Therefore her research has required the development of novel approaches for enhancing informed consent by increasing research literacy. She has also addressed issues of access and feasibility by using telehealth approaches and rural community-based Federally Qualified Health Clinic settings in carrying out this work.
Michelle Ruiz, MA
Michelle is 5th-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology program at ECU. She received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of South Florida, and her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from East Carolina University. She is currently completing her clinical internship with a focus in health psychology at the University of Florida. Her research interests are in health disparities and associated outcomes. More specifically, she is interested in examining various health behaviors, including substance use and help seeking behavior, particularly in Latinx populations.
Emma Muscari, MA
Emma is a 5th-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology doctoral program at ECU. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Elon University, with minors in Italian and Human Service Studies. At ECU, Emma worked in the Stress and Coping Lab before joining the Health Disparities Interventions Lab. Her research interests include sexual assault prevention/intervention, intimate partners, formal sex education programming, and LGBTQ health.
Angela J. Johnson, MA
Angela is a 4th-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology program at ECU. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Mary Baldwin University, with a minor in Public Health. Her research interests include racial minority health disparities and outcomes. Specifically, she is interested in examining the relationship between health literacy and cancer outcomes in African American populations.
Brianna Bush, BS
Brianna is a 2nd-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology program at ECU. She received her B.S. in Psychology, with a minor in Biology from UNC Charlotte. Her research interest includes examining the relationship between chronic pain and African American women’s health outcomes.
Laura Palmo, MS
Laura is a 2nd-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology program at ECU. She earned her B.S. in Biomedical Sciences with a minor in Psychology, from the University of South Florida. She also received her M.S. in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling from UNC Chapel Hill. Her research interests center on health disparities in marginalized communities, particularly within Latine/Latinx populations, with a specific focus on how health literacy influences health-seeking behaviors.
Araceli Flores, MA
Araceli Flores is a first year in the Clinical Health Psychology program at ECU. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Daemen College in Buffalo, NY. She also received her M.A. in Health Psychology from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Her research interests are in pre-determinants and risk factors of chronic pain, pain coping strategies within diverse populations, and effective methods of delivering pain education to patients and their families.