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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

 

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