November 19, 2020

Driven to Doctorate - An Interview with Dr. Maria Rodriguez, PhD

42 minutes

Areas of Expertise:

Health behavior change

Designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to improve adherence

Qualitative methodology

Dissertation:

Is Behavior Change Sustainable for Diet, Exercise, and Medication Adherence?

Education:

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology with a Health Emphasis from Yeshiva University

M.A. Clinical Psychology, Yeshiva University

B.A. Psychology, Pace University

Selected Publications:

Rodriguez, M.A. DiGiovanni, A., Wang, B., Friedberg, J., Wylie-Rosset, Hyoung, S., & Natarajan, S. (2019). A Tailored Behavioral Intervention to Promote Adherence to DASH Diet. American Journal of Health Behavior, 43, 4, 659-670.

Rodriguez, M.A. & Garcia-Rodriguez, A. (2018). Suicidality and Survival in Puerto Rican Literature. In O. Cakairtas, A.C. Trinidad, & S. Kiziltas (Eds.), The Politics of Traumatic Literature: Narrating Human Psyche and Memory (pp.88-98). Newcastle, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Rodriguez, M.A. (2017). The Experience of Stress and Anxiety in Older Adults with Type II Diabetes. In K. Moore & P. Buchwald (Eds.), Stress and Anxiety: Coping and Resilience (pp. 187-197). Berlin, Germany: Logos Verlag.

Selected Professional Experience:

Associate Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

Health Science Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs

Member of the Executive Board and manuscript reviewer of the Revista de Psicologia (Journal of Psychology)Dr. Joel B. Goodin

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