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Graduate Program of the Department of Psychology
Clinical Science Graduate Program
Overview of Clinical Science
Established in 1968 and continuously accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1975, the Clinical Science program offers integrated experiences in applied and basic research, practica in assessment and intervention, and coursework that emphasizes the interdependence of theory, research, and practice.
Focus
Our overall goal is to train clinical researchers who produce, apply, and disseminate scientific knowledge. We train clinical scientists who keep abreast of current theory and research and contribute to the knowledge base in clinical psychology. With a focus on both science and practice, our program’s overarching curricular theme is to integrate the two. The integrative theme is also reflected in collaborative, translational research in which faculty and students apply basic psychological theories and empirical findings to real-world clinical problems such as depression, anxiety, child maltreatment and trauma, aggression, couple distress in cancer patients, as well as mental health promotion. To learn more about the research interests of individual faculty, click on a name listed at the bottom of the page.
Faculty
Faculty members maintain vigorous research programs that are visible and well-funded. Much of this work is interdisciplinary, including collaborative projects with scholars in medical schools, universities, educational systems, and community agencies in the surrounding area. Members of the clinical faculty have been active in national, state, and local organizations concerned with advancing psychological knowledge; have played leadership roles in national organizations (e.g., the Academy for Clinical Psychological Sciences, the Council of University-Based Clinical Psychology Programs, the Committee on Accreditation); and serve on many journal editorial boards, grant review study sections at the National Institute of Mental Health, and national task forces. Dr. Izard is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the International Society on Emotions. Dr. Simons is on the Board of Directors (and head of review) of Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System and was President of the Society for Psychophysiology in 2007. Dr. Dozier was recently awarded an NIMH Innovator Award and was invited to give a keynote address at the NIMH Director’s Seminar on her research on maltreated infants; she also won the Bowlby-Ainsworth Award in 2007.
Collaboration
The Clinical Science program offers external research and clinical training opportunities through affiliations with community mental health centers and medical centers in the surrounding areas. All provide training in evidence-based practice. Our faculty members also have research collaborations with: the University of Pennsylvania Center for Anxiety Treatment and Research; the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center; Department of Children, Youth, and Families; Wilmington Head Start; A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children; a network of social service agencies in Philadelphia, and area schools. These sites provide unique opportunities to apply clinical science to diverse problems and populations in community settings.
For questions about the program not covered on the web site, please contact the Director:
Lawrence Cohen
(302) 831-8724
230 Wolf Hall
Clinical Science Faculty
