Bonnie Spring
PhD
Healthcare
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Australia
Biography
Dr. Spring earned her PhD in Psychology at Harvard University. Her research program on changing unhealthy lifestyle behaviors has been funded continuously since 1976 by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart and American Cancer Societies, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Spring is a Past President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and she holds the American Board of Professional Psychology’s Diplomate in Clinical Health Psychology. Dr. Spring founded and Chairs the NIH-sponsored multidisciplinary Council for Training in Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice, and she is founding editor of the journal, Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research and an advisory editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, and Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
Research Interest
Dr. Spring earned her PhD in Psychology at Harvard University. Her research program on changing unhealthy lifestyle behaviors has been funded continuously since 1976 by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart and American Cancer Societies, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Spring is a Past President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and she holds the American Board of Professional Psychology’s Diplomate in Clinical Health Psychology. Dr. Spring founded and Chairs the NIH-sponsored multidisciplinary Council for Training in Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice, and she is founding editor of the journal, Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research and an advisory editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, and Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
