Our faculty come from a wide range of training backgrounds, including developmental psychology, health psychology, social psychology, affective neuroscience, cognitive psychology and neuroscience, industrial/organizational psychology, and human factors psychology.
Core Faculty
Chris Fagundes, Ph.D.* (Health Psychology/Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience)
Professor
- Health interests: psychoneuroimmunology, autonomic psychophysiology, health behaviors, biobehavioral interventions, health neuroscience
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- Curriculum Vitae
Bryan Denny, Ph.D. (Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience/Health Psychology)
Associate Professor
- Health interests: emotion regulation, translational social cognitive and affective neuroscience, health neuroscience
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Erin Standen, Ph.D. (Health Psychology)
Assistant Professor
- Health interests: health psychology; social psychology; eating behavior; weight loss; weight stigma; mobile health; healthcare interactions
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Luz Garcini, Ph.D. (Health Psychology/Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience)
Assistant Professor
- Health interests: health disparities, health behaviors, psychoneuroimmunology, biobehavioral interventions, widowhood, caregiving, community-engaged research, trauma and loss, immigrant health
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* Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine Area Head/Primary Contact
Affiliate Faculty
Margaret Beier, Ph.D. (Industrial-Organizational Psychology)
Professor
Department Chair, Psychological Sciences
- Health interests: aging and occupational health
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Pat DeLucia, Ph.D. (Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction)
Professor
Associate Dean, School of Social Sciences
- Health interests: medical human factors
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Mikki Hebl, Ph.D. (Industrial-Organizational Psychology)
Professor
Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychology
- Health interests: social health psychology, health disparities, discrimination in the workplace
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Eden King, Ph.D. (Industrial-Organizational Psychology)
Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Psychology
- Health interests: occupational health psychology, discrimination in the workplace and its impact on health, health disparities
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Randi Martin, Ph.D. (Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience)
Elma Schneider Professor of Psychology
- Health interests: repercussions of stroke on language
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Allie (Alyssa) Sinclair, Ph.D. (Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience)
Assistant Professor
- Health interests: preventative health behaviors, health behavior change, risk perception, brain health
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Local Affiliates
Akane Sano, Ph.D. (Rice University; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Ashutosh Sabharwal, Ph.D. (Rice University; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Anthony Brandt, Ph.D. (Rice University; Shepherd School of Music)
Robert Dantzer, Ph.D. (MD Anderson; Department of Symptom Research)
Sean Savitz, MD (UT Health; Department of Neurology)
Chuck Green, Ph.D. (UT Health; Department of Pediatrics)
Christof Karmonik, Ph.D. (Houston Methodist Research Institute, Translational Imaging)
Mei Rui, DMA. (Houston Methodist Hospital, Center for Performing Arts Medicine)
Todd Frazier, M.A. (Houston Methodist Hospital, Center for Performing Arts Medicine)
Marcel de Dios, PhD (Houston Methodist Behavioral Health, Psychology)
Julian Thayer, PhD (University of California, Irvine; Psychological Science, School of Social Ecology)