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Graduate Students:
I accept new students interested in research careers in clinical health psychology. Contact me directly at jhughes1@kent.edu for more information. If I do not respond within a week, try again, as I get hundreds of emails every day. Prospective graduate students do not need to express interests that exactly match mine, but should be broadly interested in conducting research in clinical health psychology, including heart disease, pulmonary disease, or other chronic health conditions. I see no point in 鈥渃loning myself,鈥 and my former students developed their own expertise in areas such as quantitative methods, epidemiology, and so on.
My research has included a variety of projects. For example, I have conducted studies in cardiovascular psychophysiology, mHealth interventions for medication adherence, and laboratory studies of eating behavior. This breadth allows lab members to pursue their own interests and define and develop their own research programs.
Note: Although lab websites are usually the primary 鈥渟ales pitch鈥 for potential applicants, that is not true for me. I鈥檓 not going to devote my time to making a slick website. Over the years, I鈥檝e learned that a personal touch is much better than online promotional materials. Send me an email! I鈥檒l reply.
Undergraduate Students:
Credit: It is possible to work as an RA for credit in the lab (either supervised research or honors research). Usually, this translates into three credits for 8-10 hours each week.
For more information contact Dr. Hughes at jhughes1@kent.edu