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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
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