Laurenn L. Rowland
Curriculum
Vitae
3/2000
CURRICULUM VITAE
Laurenn
Leigh Rowland
Department
of Psychology 146 Farrand Park
Wayne
State University Highland Park, MI 48203
71 W.
Warren Avenue (313) 883-4827
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-0962
e-mail: laurenn.rowland@wayne.edu
Born: August 30, 1965 (Fort Meade, MD).
Primary
Interests
Clinical,
health, and community psychology; the impact of behavior on health status;
underserved populations; cognitive-behavioral preventive and therapeutic
interventions; program evaluation.
Education
1995
Ph.D.
in clinical psychology
Wayne State University - APA-accredited program
1992
M.A. in clinical psychology
Wayne State University -
APA-accredited program
1987
B.A. in psychology
B.A. in Spanish
Cornell University
Experience
9/93-present Project Director, Research Group on Homelessness
and Poverty, Department of
Psychology, Wayne State
University, Detroit,
Michigan. Overseeing
ongoing NIMH-funded, two-site
research on large
representative samples of
homeless adults; forming
and maintaining collaborative
relationships with
facilities serving the
homeless; training research
staff; gathering data through
extensive structured
interviews; updating
longitudinal data sets and
conducting data analyses;
leading weekly team
meetings; assisting in writing
grant proposals.
7/94-6/95 Research Assistant, Department of
Psychology,
Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan.
Gathering data through
structured interviews and
observation of treadmill stress
tests for research
funded by American Heart
Association on cardiac
symptoms and psychological status.
8/92-8/93
Predoctoral Intern, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit,
Michigan. Completing bed-side assessments and
providing short-term
psychotherapy to medical
patients, participating in
multi-disciplinary
teams for heart and liver
transplantation, and
attending didactic seminars
during an eight-month
rotation in
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry;
completing psychiatric evaluations, mental
status
exams, and psychological and
personality profiles
for psychiatric inpatients,
coordinating multi-
disciplinary treatment and
discharge plans, and
evaluating patients'
improvement during a four-
month rotation in Inpatient
Psychiatry; providing
short-term outpatient
psychotherapy for a limited
case load through Ambulatory
Psychiatry throughout
the internship year.
(APA-accredited internship).
9/91-8/92 Psychology Intern, Harper Hospital,
Detroit,
Michigan. Conducting psychological assessments,
participating in
multi-disciplinary treatment
teams, and providing
psychotherapy to recipients
of bone marrow transplantations
and chronic pain
patients during consecutive
six-month rotations
in Behavioral Medicine Services
and The Gertrude
Levin Pain Clinic (24 hours per
week).
9/90-8/91 Psychology Intern, Detroit Receiving
Hospital and
University Health Center,
Detroit, Michigan.
Completing psychological
assessments of ambulatory
psychiatry patients and
neuropsychological
evaluations of victims of
traumatic brain injury;
providing outpatient
psychotherapy; participating
in treatment team meetings and
didactic seminars.
(24 hours per week).
9/89-8/90 Research Assistant, Children's Hospital
of
Michigan, Detroit,
Michigan. Conducting
neuropsychological monitoring
component of nation-
wide, multi-center Growth and
Development Study
of hemophiliac boys with HIV
infection; completing
neuropsychological assessments
of inpatient and
outpatient victims of head
injury; participating
in multi-disciplinary treatment
team meetings. (20
hours per week).
6/89-8/89 Full-time Summer Intern, Children's
Hospital of
Michigan, Detroit,
Michigan. Performing
psychological evaluations of
children referred to
Attention Deficit Disorder
Clinic or to outpatient
Psychiatry/Psychology;
attending didactic
seminars.
6/88-5/89 Research Assistant, Center for Alcohol
Studies,
Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan.
Participating in data
collection and carrying out
statistical analyses for
longitudinal research
design focusing on the
expectancies adolescents
hold toward alcohol
consumption. (20 hours per
week).
5/88-8/88 Teaching Assistant, Wayne State
University,
Detroit, Michigan. Teaching laboratory section of
Theories of Learning, which
included instructing
students in hands-on operant
conditioning of
laboratory rats.
9/86-5/87 Research Assistant, Eleanor J. Gibson
Lab of
Developmental Psychology,
Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York. Recruiting and running subjects
for two experimental conditions
investigating
infants' auditory perceptions
and toddlers' visual
processing while walking. (12
hours per week).
9/86-5/87 Fieldwork Student, Homes, Inc., Ithaca,
New York.
Participating in social
reintegration program for
clients who were consumers of
inpatient mental
health services by forming a
relationship with
one client and providing help
with daily living
skills. (10 hours per week).
6/84-8/84 Bunk Counselor, Ramapo Anchorage Camp,
Rhinebeck,
6/83-8/83 New York. Supervising emotionally disturbed
6/82-8/82 children through their daily
recreational and
therapeutic activities in the
setting of a sleep-
away summer camp.
Conference
Presentations
Rowland, L. L., & Toro, P. A.
(November, 1994). Predicting
longitudinal health outcomes in a probability sample of homeless adults. Annual Meeting, American Public Health
Association, Washington, D.C.
Lozowski, S., Rowland, L. L., & Toro,
P. A. (November, 1994). Self-reported
health among a probability sample of homeless adults. Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association, Washington,
D.C.
Conference Presentations,
continued
Rowland, L. L., & Toro, P. A. (August,
1996). Predicting health outcomes among
the homeless: an 18-month longitudinal study.
Annual Convention, American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Toro, P. A., Rowland, L. L.,
Goldstein, M., & Wolfe, S. M. (May, 1997).
Understanding the course of homelessness: A prospective analysis based on a probability sample of
adults. Biennial Conference on
Community Research & Action, Columbia, SC.
Lumley, M., Rowland, L., Torosian, T.,
Bank, A., Ketterer, M., & Pickard, S. (March, 1998). Silent myocardial ischemia is associated
with decreased health care utilization.
Presented at the meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society,
Clearwater Beach, FL. Abstract
published in Psychosomatic Medicine, 60, 107.
Rowland, L.L., Luo, Q., Urberg,
K.A., & Toro, P.A. (March, 2000).
Family problems, homelessness, and other stressful events
as predictors of adolescent depression.
In J. Ginzler( chair), Understanding the mental health issues that occur
in conjunction with youth homelessness.
Biennial Convention, Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Lombardo,
S., Rowland, L. L., Goldstein, M., & Haber, M. (March, 2000). Predictors of high-risk sexual behaviors
among adolescents. Biennial Convention,
Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Bekheet,
M., Toro, P.A., Rowland, L.L. (Novemer, 2000). A comparison of views between
homeless people and key informants on the homeless population's needs. Convention of the Minorities Access to
Research Careers (MARC) Program, Washington, D.C.
Publications
Lumley, M. A., Torosian, T.,
Rowland, L. L., Ketterer, M. W., & Pickard, S. D. (1997). Correlates of Unrecognized Acute Myocardial
Infarction Detected Via Perfusion Imaging.
American Journal of Cardiology, 79, 1170-1173.
Toro, P. A., Wolfe, S. M.,
Bellavia, C. W., Thomas, D. M., Rowland, L. L., Daeschler, C. V., &
McCaskill, P. A. (1999). Obtaining
Representative Samples of Homelessness:
A Two-City Study. Journal of
Community Psychology, 27, 189-198.
Toro, P. A., Goldstein, M. S.,
Rowland, L. L., Bellavia, C. W., Wolfe, S. M., Thomas, D. M., & Acosta, O.
(1999). Severe mental illness among
homeless adults and its association with longitudinal outcomes. Behavior Therapy, 30, 431-452.
Lumley, M. A., Rowland, L.,
Torosian, T., Bank, A., Ketterer, M. W., & Pickard, S. D. (2000).
Decreased health care use among patients with silent myocardial
ischemia: Support for a generalized rather than cardiac-specific silence. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 48,
479-484.
Professional
Affiliations
American Psychological Association
Member
American Public Health Association
Member
Additional
Skills
Fluency in reading, writing, and speaking
Spanish.
References
Provided upon request