Health Psychology

Division 38: Health Psychology seeks to advance contributions of psychology to the understanding of health and illness through basic and clinical research, education, and service activities and encourages the integration of biomedical information about health and illness with current psychological knowledge. The division has a nursing and health group and special interest groups in aging, women, and minority health issues. The division publishes the bimonthly journal Health Psychology and the quarterly newsletter The Health Psychologist. Division 38 offers a listing of training programs in health psychology and presents an annual student paper award.

Leadership

President

Elizabeth A. Klonoff, PhD, La Mesa, CA

Secretary-Treasurer

Mark A. Lumley, PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Publications

Journal

Health Psychology (bimonthly)
Editor: Anne E. Kazak, PhD, Philadelphia, PA

Newsletter

The Health Psychologist (published 3 times per year)
Editor: Lisa Frantsve, PhD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Read about Division 38 in the Monitor

Opening medical doors
This month, Division 38 launches a series of professional development workshops to keep health psychologists on the cutting-edge.

Division Meetings

APA Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, August 2-5, 2012

Contact Information

Keith Cooke
Division 38 Administrative Office
American Psychological Association
750 First St, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Telephone: (202) 216-7602
Fax: (202) 218-3599

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