Education & Training
- Ph.D.: Saint Louis University, 1978
- M.Div.: Concordia University, 1972
- B.A.: Concordia University, 1969
Areas of Clinical Interest
Disasters and PTSD, medical psychology, clinical psychology, functional pain, organ donor behaviors, organ transplantation
Research Interests
My current research has focused on organ donation. I have studied live donors, organ procurement professionals, the circumstances of donation and follow-up studies of live donors and an NIH follow-up study on living lung donors together with five other universities. I am especially interested in altruistic organ donors. A HRSA project provides for travel and lodging for relatives or friends who wish to be living donors but can’t cover these costs. My work with Dr. Carol North involves studying somatization disorder in patients with interstitial cystitis, a NIH project with WU Urology and trauma/disaster.