Bonnie Spring , PhD, ABPP Dr. Spring is a Professor in Preventive Medicine, Psychology, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. She is also Director of Behavioral Medicine, and Co-Program Leader for Cancer Prevention. Dr. Spring's group conducts both mechanistic and intervention studies on health risk behaviors (tobacco use, poor quality diet, inactivity, obesity.) The research aims towards early phase and later phase translation. Some ongoing research examines mechanisms that maintain unhealthy behaviors in order to derive knowledge that is then translated into the development of effective interventions. Other studies examine the use of information technologies to extend the reach of health promotion interventions. To learn more about Dr. Spring’s research programs and clinical trials, visit the Spring Lab. Read Dr. Spring's Presidential column for the Society of Behavioral Medicine
David C. Mohr, PhD Dr. Mohr is a full Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine. His research focuses on the development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions. This program has two foci. One area examines the use of tele-mental health interventions to extend care to populations with barriers to care, to reduce attrition, and to integrate care into the lives of patients. The second area focuses the relationship between psychosocial factors and interventions (stress/stress management, depression/CBT for depression, etc.) and medical or biological factors, including neuroimaging, neuroendocrine and immune outcomes. To learn more about Dr. Mohr’s research programs, visit the Mohr Lab.
Lynette L. Craft, PhD Dr. Craft is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine. A Kinesiologist by training, Dr. Craft’s research focuses on the relationships between physical activity, mental, and physical health. Specifically, she examines the use of exercise as an adjunct treatment for clinical depression, as well as the role of physical activity in chronic disease prevention. Visit the Craft Lab
Brian Hitsman, PhD Dr. Hitsman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine. His research focuses on: 1) evaluating combination psychological and pharmacological treatments for cigarette smoking; 2) characterizing smoker-related factors that influence smokers’ adherence to treatment and likelihood of quitting; and 3) developing an understanding though human laboratory research of the core psychological and neurobiological factors that convey risk for smoking persistence. The primary end-point of his research is to decrease risk of tobacco attributable disease through long-term smoking cessation. Visit the Hitsman Lab.
Juned Siddique, DrPH Dr. Siddique received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his Master’s degree in Statistics from George Washington University, and his Doctoral degree in Biostatistics from the University of California-Los Angeles. Before joining the department of Preventive Medicine, he was a Research Associate in the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago from 2005-2008. Dr. Siddique’s methodological research interests are in the area of incomplete and latent data. His recent work has focused on multiple imputation for missing data and latent variable modeling to correct for rater bias. His collaborative work is in the areas of health services research and behavioral medicine.
Joyce Ho, PhD Dr Ho obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Wellesley College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver in 2003. After completing her postdoctoral training with the NIMH Prevention Research Training Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr, Ho directed an NCI-funded research project examining family relationships and adolescent cigarette smoking at UIC. Dr. Ho joined the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University in 2007 and currently directs the NIMH RO1: Telephone Versus Face to Face Administration of CBT for Depression (PI: Mohr). Dr. Ho’s primary interests involve improving the accessibility to mental health services and prevention programs in ethnic minority populations. She is especially interested in exploring new ways to achieve these goals, including how communications technology may be used to promote health and prevent mental illness.
Jenna Duffecy, PhD Dr. Duffecy completed her BA in Psychology at North Central College in Naperville, IL. Her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL. She completed her predoctoral internship at Rush University Medical Center and continued her training in behavioral medicine with a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois Medical Center. Dr. Duffecy joined the Department of Preventive Medicine in 2007 and is the project coordinator for the Technology Assisted Behavioral Intervention. She is also a therapist on a number of clinical trials in the department.
Arlen C. Moller, PhD Dr. Moller is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine. His area of specialization concerns understanding human motivation, health, and well-being. Specifically, his research has focused on differentiating autonomous (e.g., intrinsic) and controlled (e.g., extrinsic) forms of motivation within a self-determination theory framework. Two major themes that he is especially interested in include: (1) exploring how the provision of choice can either facilitate or undermine effective self-regulation, and (2) exploring how financial incentives can either promote or undermine long term maintenance of healthy behavior change.
Megan Roehrig, PhD Dr. Roehrig joined the Department of Preventive Medicine in September 2009 as a Research Assistant Professor. She is a clinical health psychologist with a specialization in obesity and disordered eating. Dr. Roehrig received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of South Florida in 2007. She completed her clinical internship in the Eating and Weight Disorders program at the University of Chicago Hospitals and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University’s Program on Eating and Weight Research. Her research aims to (1) identify behavioral risk factors associated with obesity (i.e., poor diet, inactivity, binge eating), (2) develop and test novel treatment approaches to produce sustained weight loss and health behavior change, and (3) understand the links between behavior and health outcomes. She is currently coordinating the ENGAGED study, which is an ARRA funded obesity treatment trial led by Dr. Bonnie Spring.
Vicky Singh, PhD Dr. Singh completed her BA in Psychology at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois. Her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. Dr. Singh completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Counseling Center and her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Promotion Research Program. She had additional clinical training as a postgraduate research fellow at The Family Insitute at Northwestern. Dr. Singh joined the Department of Preventive Medicine in 2009.