Celebrating our 30th Birthday

Optimum health is a product not only of our gene pool, but our choices, our belief systems, our backgrounds, our behaviors, and the sicknesses we face. Health Psychologists are dedicated to understanding and improving the linkages between our psychological and physical health. This knowledge is used to improve the quality and length of our lives. Read more about what we do....

Get Started With the New Website

Sign-Up & Add Your Program

APA Division 38 is proud to unveil our new website. It's not just a facelift!

Once you are signed-up you can add Health Psych programs to our database.

Achievement Awards Announced


Dr. Sheldon Cohen
Senior Award
 Dr. Julienne Bower
Junior Award Winner
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Preconvention workshop on organ transplantation

The APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology and Division 38 are cosponsoring a pre-APA convention workshop on "Organ Transplantation Psychology: From Research to Clinical Evaluation and Care." On August 5, 2009. Enrollment begins April 15, 2009. Click here for the flyer.

Check out our Spring 2009 newsletter

The newest edition of The Health Psychologist is available for download! Features include candidates for Division leadership, information from graduate student representatives, a debate about the "Suleman Eight," information about the 2009 APA Convention, and more!

 President, Karina Davidson

Welcome From
Our President
Karina Davidson

We are excited to announce the official launch of the NEW Health Psychology/Division 38 website, and we hope you will find many useful resources here. To be successful, our society needs the commitment of our members, leaders, trainees and students. We need your help to make Health Psychology a vibrant, useful society. More...

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