Councils & Committees

Membership Council

Our mission is to recruit new members to the Division as well as to retain current members and facilitate their involvement in the Division. We believe that psychologists interested in issues of health benefit from involvement in the Division throughout their careers, and are therefore dedicated to serving our members across the spectrum: from student and early career professionals, to mid-career and senior health psychologists. We welcome involvement and feedback regarding how we can better serve members.

Some of our current initiatives are:

Representatives Program. (contact crystal.park@uconn.edu, chair of D38's Membership Council)

Bridges to Practicing Health Psychologists (contact daniel.bruns@healthpsych.com, chair of D38's Clinical Health Services Council)

Outreach to Early Career Professionals (contact z-butt@northwestern.edu, chair of D38's Early Career Professionals Council)

Chair: Crystal Park Ph.D. crystal.park@uconn.edu

Committee Members:

Tamara Schneider, tamera.schneider@wright.edu
Elliot Coups, coupsej@umdnj.edu
Carolyn Heckman, carolyn.heckman@fccc.edu
Christine Rini, christine.rini@mssm.edu
Alison Ward, wardalison@yahoo.com
Val Earnshaw (Student Council Representative), valerie.earnshaw@gmail.com
Zina Trost (Liaison with International Committee) zinaidat@gmail.com

Fellows Committee

The Fellows Committee, a constituent Committee of the Membership Council, reviews all candidates for fellowship status in the Division. In the case of Members being nominated for Fellowship in the Division of Health Psychology, evidence must be presented of unusual and outstanding contributions to the discipline of Health Psychology. All candidates for Fellow must be endorsed by at least one Fellow of the Division. Complete instructions for applying for Fellow status are available on this site.

Chair: Catherine M. Stoney, Ph.D., stoneyc@mail.nih.gov

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