Contact Information

Medical and Clinical Psychology


Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Tricia Crum
Email: tricia.crum@usuhs.edu
Phone: (301) 295-9669
FAX: (301) 295-3034

Student Accomplishments

Graduate Student Achievements

Our Medical and Clinical Psychology graduate students are a remarkable group who already are making meaningful contributions to the scientific community as reflected by their presentations at professional meetings, scholarly publications, and work on funded grant applications. Recent examples of these activities are listed below.

Selected Recent Publications

Elliott, C., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L. B., Columbo, K. M., Wolkoff, L. E., Ranzenhofer, L. M., & Yanovski, J. A. (2010). An Examination of the Interpersonal Model of Loss of Control Eating in Children and Adolescents. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 424-8.

Spieker, E.A., Astur, R.S., West, J., Griego, J.A., Rowland, L.M. (in press). Spatial Memory Deficits in a Virtual Reality Eight-Arm Radial Maze in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research.

Todd, B.L., Feuerstein, E.L., & Feuerstein, M. When breast cancer survivors report cognitive problems at work. (2012). International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. In press.

Vannucci, A., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L. B., Matheson, B. E., Cassidy, O. L., Zocca, J. M., Kozlosky, M., Yanovski, S., & Yanovski, J. (In press). A Validation of the Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents with Energy Intake in the Laboratory. International Journal of Obesity.

Recent or Upcoming Scientific Presentations

Bakalar, J.L, Hansen, R., & Cox, D.W. (2011, August). In F.N. Greene & M. Ghahramanlou- Holloway (Chairs), Dying to Belong: Interpersonal Predictors of Suicide. Symposium at the 2011 APA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.

Barry, D., Girard, D., Mirochnitchenko, D., Zeckler, G., Reinhardt, L., & Ettenhofer, M. (2011, December). Eye tracking assessment of mild traumatic brain injury: A pilot study of the Bethesda Eye and Attention Measure (BEAM). Poster session presented at 4th Annual Trauma Spectrum Conference, Bethesda, MD.

Elliott, C. A. Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Wolkoff, L., Columbo, K., Yanovski, S. Z., Shomaker, L. B., Brady, S. M., & Yanovski, J.A. (June, 2010). A preliminary investigation of Loss of Control Eating Disorder (LOC-ED) in children age 12y and younger. Annual International Conference on Eating Disorders.

Forde, J., Odensky, E., Martinez, S. Cinciripini, P., Wetter, D. W., Li,Y., & Waters, A. J. (2011, August). Effect of Impression Management and Self-Deceptive Enhancement on Self-Report and Implicit Assessments during Smoking Cessation. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

Miller, R., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L., Stern, B., B. Matheson, Cassidy, O., Brady, M., & Yanovski, J. (April, 2011). The Relationships among Binge Eating, Urine Free Cortisol, and Metabolic Characteristics in Children. Annual International Conference on Eating Disorders.

Ranzenhofer, L. M., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L. B., Wolkoff, L., Columbo, K., Elliott, C., Yanovski, S. Z., & Yanovski, J. A. (June, 2010). Pre-meal state negative affect predicts increased intake of snack and dessert-type foods in youth with loss of control eating. Annual International Conference on Eating Disorders.

Reinhardt, L.E., & Ettenhofer, M.L. (May 2011). Relationship between severity of most recent traumatic brain injury and postconcussive symptoms moderated by number of previous brain injuries. Poster presented at the 164th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Robinson, C. D., Waters, A. J., Heishman, S., Lerman, C., & Pickworth, W. (2011) Effects of race on acute tobacco withdrawal. Poster presentation at Society of Behavioral Medicine conference, Washington, D.C.

Ruscio, A.C., Waters, A.J., Reitzel, L.R., Cinciripini, P., Li, Y., Marcus, M., Vidrine, J.I., and Wetter, D.W. (2012, March). Mindfulness and tobacco dependence: A multiple mediator model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco, Houston, TX.

Spieker, E., Osborn, R., Sbrocco, T. Signal Detection Analysis to Detect Obesity Risk Factors in African American and Caucasian Women. (2011, April). Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.

Sterling, G., Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M., Cox, D., Martin, J., Greene, F., Kochanski, K., George, B., Lou, K., & Fritz, E. (2010, August). Gender role strain and vulnerability of men to suicide behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

Szeto, E. H., Wetter, D. W., Cinciripini, P., Waters, A. J. (2012, July) Affective and Cognitive Correlates of craving during the first week of smoking cessation. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Todd, B. L., Feuerstein, M., & Bruns, G. L. (June, 2010). Fatigue, Depressive Symptoms, and Cognitive Limitations in Occupationally Active Breast Cancer Survivors. Poster session presented at the 5th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Vannucci, A., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Bishop, M., Manwaring, J., Wilson, G.T., Agras, W.S., Wilfley, D.W. (April, 2011). An Examination of Motivation for Seeking Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder. Annual International Conference on Eating Disorders.

Zeckler, G., Melrose, R. J., Dellawalla, Z., Ghiam, J., Castellon, S., Okonek, A., & Ettenhofer, M. L. (2011, December). Clinical Correlates of Postconcussive Symptoms among OEF/OIF Veterans with a History of TBI. Poster session presented at the 4th Annual Trauma Spectrum Conference, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Funded Research

  • Bakalar, Jennifer (American Psychological Association, Division 19 Student Research Grant, 2010)
  • Ranzenhofer, Lisa (National Institute of Mental Health, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, June 2011)

Awards

  • Jess Bemis (American Association of Suicidology Student Research Competition Award, 2012)
  • Jeffery Martin (Cinda Helke Student Travel Award, 2010)
  • Cendrine Robinson (Cinda Helke Student Travel Award, 2010)
  • Aimee Ruscio (Cinda Helke Student Travel Award, 2010)