Past Student Highlights

Laura Daniels, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Improving medication adherence in patients with multiple chronic conditions: Evaluation of a pilot intervention in a rural primary care clinic

Pre-Doctoral Internship: Cherokee Health Systems, 2015

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Michigan State University,  2015-2017

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist & Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Amaris Tippey, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Paving the Way: A Biopsychosocial Survey Study of Young Adults Diagnosed with Heart Failure and Identification of Key Intervention Priorities Pre-Doctoral Internship: University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, 2013-2014 Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, 2014-2015 Current Position: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis

Juliann M. Stalls, Ph.D. 

Dissertation: Building a Biopsychosocial-spiritual Model for Predicting Adherence among Cancer Survivors

Pre-Doctoral Internship: Duke University Medical Center, 2019-2020

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Duke University School of Medicine: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2020-Present

Shelly Thornton, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Normative Perceptions of Health Promotion Behaviors among College-Aged African American Women

Pre-Doctoral Internship: VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, MI, 2020-2021

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: McLaren Flint Behavioral Medicine, Flint, MI, 2021-Present

Juinell Williams, Ph.D. 

Dissertation: Examining Preventive Health Care Utilization in Black College Women through a Black Feminist-Womanist Lens

Pre-Doctoral Internship: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2022-2023

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2023-Present