Jennalee Wooldridge, PhD

Jennalee Wooldridge
PhD Graduate • Alumni
Department of Psychology
Jennalee.Wooldridge@ucdenver.edu

About Jennalee

Jennalee received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Neuroscience and in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology, with an emphasis in Mental and Physical Health Research from San Diego State University. She is interested in understanding the interaction between physiological and psychological factors as they relate to health behaviors and outcomes in populations with chronic illnesses.

Jennalee graduated from the Clinical Health Psychology PhD program in 2018. Her dissertation was entitled, “A couples-based approach to physical activity intervention in patients with Type 2 diabetes”. She completed her clinical internship at VA Palo Alto Health Care System in the Behavioral Medicine track and post-doctoral fellowship at VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California San Diego (UCSD) in Clinical Research. She is currently Assistant Professor in the department of Psychiatry at UCSD and Clinical Psychologist at VA San Diego Healthcare system. Her program of research focuses on social factors that influence health behaviors and psychosocial aspects of chronic medication conditions. She can be reached at jewooldridge@health.ucsd.edu.

To learn more about Jennalee, refer to her curriculum vitae

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Price, J. M. & Wooldridge, J. S. (2012). Technology-based weight control interventions for reducing cancer risk in children. Practice of Behavior Medicine and Rehabilitation, 25, Supp. 9-22.
  • Franks, H. M., Cronan, T.A., Santoro, M. S., Roesch, S. C., Devos-Comby, L., Wooldridge, J. S., Rebecca N. Adams, R. N. (2012). Is coping goodness-of-fit related to depression and mood disturbance in women with Fibromyalgia? Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, 20(3), 183-193.
  • Wooldridge, J. S., Vasserman-Stokes, E. A., Cronan, T. A., & Sadler, M. S. (2013). Hiring a Pediatric Health Care Advocate for Advisory and Support Services. Family & community health, 36(2), 125-134.
  • Sarkin, A. J., Tally, S. R. Wooldridge, J. S., Choi, K., Shieh, M., & Kaplan, R. (2013). Gender differences in adapting driving behavior to accommodate visual health limitations. Journal of Community Health, 38(6), 1175-1181. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9730-9.
  • Wooldridge, J. S., Hooker, S., Ross, K. M., Masters, K. S., Ranby, K. W., & Hill, J. O. (2015). Distinguishing Early Terminators from Maintainers at a Health and Wellness Fitness Center. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2015 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Wooldridge, J. S., Lynch, S. B., Ranby, K. W., Robertson, C., & Lipkus, I. M.         (2015). Perceived Knowledge of PSA and Mental and Physical Health in Prostate Cancer Patients and Partners. Poster accepted for presentation at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 36th Annual Meeting and Scientific Settings, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Lynch, S., Wooldridge, J. S., & Ranby, K. Women’s Perception of Own and Partners’ Dietary Monitoring Behavior During Engagement and First Months of Marriage. Poster accepted for presentation at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 36th Annual Meeting and Scientific Settings, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Wooldridge, J.S, Ranby, K. W., & Lynch, S. B. Partner-influence on diabetes self-management among adults with type 2 diabetes. Paper presented at the 2016 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Masters, K.. S., Hooker, S. A., Koss, K. & Wooldridge, J. S. Developing and testing theory-based behavioral interventions: Example from the Colorado Meaning-Activity Project (Co-MAP). Symposium presented at the 2016 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Ranby, K. W., Wooldridge, J. S., & Lynch, S. Concordance of multiple health behaviors among engaged couples. Poster presented at the 2016 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Lynch, S., Ranby, K., & Wooldridge, J. S. Do pregnancy plans affect health behaviors among newly married women? Poster presented at the 2016 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.