Psychology Spotlight

The Enhanced Lifestyles for Metabolic Syndrome (ELM) study is a 2-year research study comparing two lifestyle programs with the goal to improve health and reverse the metabolic syndrome. Led by Psychology Professor Kevin Masters , the study is seeking people who are 18 years or older and who meet three...

Clinical Health Psychology student Alex Presciutti (along with colleagues) recently published, “Modifiable provider-patient relationship factors and illness perceptions are associated with quality of life in survivors of cardiac arrest with good neurologic recovery” ( Resuscitation Plus Volume 3 , September 2020). The researchers’ aim was to identify the implications of...

Fifty-three cancer researchers from eight different academic institutions around the country (and their federal agency partners) met in Chapel Hill on January 27 and 28 to launch the next five years of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN). Kristin Kilbourn, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, will...

Psychology Professor Elizabeth Allen (along with students and colleagues at the University of Denver Kayla Knopp, Galena Rhoades, Scott Stanley, and Howard Markman) has been awarded the Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award from the Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) at Purdue University. The MFRI granted the...

Amy Wachholtz, Clinical Health Psychology Director and Associate Professor of Psychology, recently received a NIH – HEAL Initiative Grant award. Wachholtz is co-PI on the project: Enhancing Exercise and Psychotherapy to Treat Comorbid Addiction and Pain for Improving Adherence to Medication Assisted Treatment in Opioid Use Disorders . This research...

The Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality’s Division 36 Annual Mid-Year Conference with a focus on Health and Spirituality, will take place on the Auraria campus, March 13-14, 2020. The purpose of this event is the sharing of knowledge related to interactions between health and spirituality (broadly defined)...

Three MARC U-STAR (Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research - an institutional training grant from the National Institute on General Medical Sciences) Scholars were awarded top honors for their neuroscience research at the 2018 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM conference in San Antonio, TX. Aleezah...

Lindsey Hamilton, the Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, is proud to announce the winners of the 2018-2019 Education through Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (EURēCA!) Student Travel Award. This competitive award provided up to $1500 for CU Denver undergraduates to attend a conference, meeting, or workshop to disseminate...

Psychology Professor Kevin Masters will be awarded the Society for Health Psychology’s 2018 Cynthia D. Belar Award for Excellence in Health Psychology Education and Training .

On April 6, Psychology Professor Mitch Handelsman was awarded the "1949 Award" (presented to distinguished alumni) from the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Kansas. The award is for "outstanding contributions to clinical psychology, and in recognition of their contribution to the legacy of Clinical Psychology at the University...