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Craig
Bryan, Psy.D., Class of 2001
Chief,
Primary Care Psychology Services,
Kelly
Family Medicine Clinic, Lackland AFB
Capt.
(Dr.) Bryan is currently the Chief, Primary Care Psychology
Services at Kelly Family Medicine Clinic, Lackland AFB,
Texas. He is also the Suicide Prevention Program Manager for
Lackland AFB, and is a faculty member in the Department of
Psychology at Wilford Hall Medical Center's APA-accredited
psychology residency program.
Capt
Bryan received his PsyD in clinical psychology in 2006 from
Baylor University, and completed his clinical psychology
residency at the Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB,
TX. He was retained as faculty in the Department of
Psychology at Wilford Hall Medical Center, which is
responsible for training 50% of active duty Air Force
psychologists. Capt Bryan researches suicidal behaviors and
suicide prevention strategies, and has published
professional articles in this area. He is active in a
collaborative working group of clinical researchers
developing new interventions for suicidal behaviors, and
regularly provides training to clinicians and medical
professionals about managing suicidal patients.
As Chief
of the Primary Care Psychology Services, Capt Bryan is
responsible for training psychology residents and civilian
contractors in the behavioral health consultant model of
integrated primary care, and conducts outcomes research
demonstrating the effectiveness of brief behavioral
interventions delivered in family medicine clinics. With
over 70% of medical issues in primary care having a
behavioral or psychosocial component, and only 10% of
patients with identified behavioral health issues following
up with specialty mental health providers, primary care
medical providers (e.g., family practitioners, general
practitioners, pediatricians) are the de facto source of
mental health treatment in our healthcare system.
Integrating behavioral health services into primary care is
a rapidly expanding model of health care that many project
to become the predominant model of mental health service
delivery in the future.
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Joshua Fessel, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1999
Resident and Beecher Scholar,
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Click
Joshua Fessel presented the Vanderbilt School of
Medicine's Founder's Medal for his
story.
Dr.
Fessel was
a Psychobiology (now Neuroscience) and Chemistry
Major at the University of Evansville, and he
graduated summa cum laude. He received
his Ph.D., then his M.D. from Vanderbilt School of
Medicine.
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Emily Durbin, Ph.D., Class of 1996
Assistant Professor of
Psychology and
Kovler Scholar,
Northwestern University
Dr. C. Emily Durbin received
a B.S. in psychology in 1996 from the University of
Evansville, then a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Stony
Brook University in Stony Brook, NY in 2002. Dr. Durbin
completed her clinical internship at the Boston Consortium
in Clinical Psychology/Boston VA. Following her Ph.D., Dr.
Durbin joined the faculty in the Department of Psychology at
Northwestern University as an assistant professor, where she
has been since 2002. Dr. Durbin is also the Kovler Scholar
of The Family Institute of Northwestern University. Her
research is in the area of developmental psychopathology,
focusing primarily on understanding early risk factors for
mood disorders. Her work addresses the normal development
of temperament traits in young children, the link between
these traits and the development of depression, and the
familial transmission of risk for mood and personality
disorders. Dr. Durbin's time at UE was formative with
respect to her future career. In particular, the
opportunity to be directly involved in scientific research
as an undergraduate in the Department of Psychology set the
pathway to graduate school, and exposure to the philosophy
of science through the Philosophy Department continues to
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John Hitchcock, Ph.D., Class
of 1994
Research
Psychologist,
American Institutes of Research
Dr. John Hitchcock was
graduated from the University of Evansville in 1994 with a
Bachelor's of Science degree in Psychology; he also minored
in Business Administration. While at UE, he
participated in Psi Chi, developed a number of long
term relationships with professors in the department and
took advantage of an internship program. This led to
his first professional position where he provided job
training and counseling services for displaced workers and
youth.
John developed an interest in
educational and school psychology, and began a doctoral
program at the University of at Albany, State University of
New York. During his graduate studies, John published
and article, Adolescent gang participation; Psychological
perspectives with the Journal of Police and Criminal
Psychology. He also obtained three graduate
degrees, the highest of which is a Ph.D. in Educational
Psychology & Methodology, as well as certification as a
school psychologist.
Since completing his
doctoral work in 2003, John joined the American Institutes
of Research (AIR), located in Washington, D.C. He currently works on the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a
federally funded program developed to provide the public
with reviews of scientific research of what works in
education. More specifically, he works in a management
position and helps direct reviews, and fine-tunes research
standards developed to identify those studies with the
strongest scientific evidence. John also works on two
federally funded technical assistance and dissemination
centers (National Center of Student Progress Monitoring; The
Center for Implementing Technology into Education), where he
oversees the dissemination of scientifically supported
information about teaching practices to the public.
John remains active in his own research and teaching. He
recently published an article in the
Journal of School Psychology,
and has a forthcoming article in the
Journal of Applied School
Psychology, both of which deal with how to
account for cultural differences when developing personality
assessments. He has also presented research at over 20
national conferences. John’s professional affiliations
include the National Association for School Psychologists,
American Education Research Association, and American
Psychological Association. He also teaches courses in
statistics and research design on an adjunct basis for
Walden
University
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