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Curriculum Vitae
3/2000 CURRICULUM VITAE
e-mail:
laurenn.rowland@wayne.edu Born:
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 |