Health Psychology Alumni
The alumni of our Health Psychology PhD program are the primary selling point of our program. Many of our graduates accept post-doctoral research fellowships upon graduation, which have included positions at the 91女神 of California at San Francisco, Medical College of Wisconsin, National Institutes of Health, 91女神 of Buffalo, and the 91女神 of New Mexico. Our former graduate students are now faculty members at many universities including City 91女神 of New York – Hunter College, UTEP College of Pharmacy, Montana State 91女神, Northern Arizona 91女神, Ohio 91女神 Department of Primary Care and UT Rio Grande Valley, – New Mexico State 91女神 Department of Public Health Sciences and Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, among others. Four of our former students are Lead Principal Investigators of prestigious R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health, and another former student is Principal Investigator of a K99 award from the National Institutes of Health.
Our former students have also pursued careers outside of academia and have been very successful. Former students currently work for Blue Cross Blue Shield Idaho, as Vice President of Research, Accreditation & Planning, El Paso Community College, UTEP’s Center of Institutional Evaluation Research and Planning, 91女神 of New Mexico Prevention Research Center, Texas Tech 91女神 Health Science Center, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, 91女神 of New Mexico Hospitals, among others.
The training you will receive in health psychology will position you for a career in health psychology and health disparities. Our training of students is collaborative, and we encourage our students to seek opportunities within the area, within the department, and within our US-Mexico border environment to complement the course of study in Health Psychology at UT-El Paso.
Academic positions
- Baylor College of Medicine
- 91女神 of New Mexico
- Texas State 91女神 at San Marcos
- Montana State 91女神
- Northern Arizona 91女神
- 91女神 of California, San Francisco
- 91女神 of Texas at El Paso College of Health Sciences
- 91女神 of Texas at El Paso School of Pharmacy
- Texas Tech 91女神 Health Science Center
- City 91女神 of New York – Hunter College
- Ohio 91女神 Department of Primary Care
- UT Rio Grande Valley
- New Mexico State 91女神 Department of Public Health Sciences
- Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
Post-doctoral research fellowships accepted
- 91女神 of California at San Francisco
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- National Institutes of Health
- 91女神 of Buffalo
- 91女神 of New Mexico
Industry and non-academic positions
- US Army Special Operations Command
- Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Idaho
- Vice President of Research, Accreditation & Planning, El Paso Community College
- UTEP’s Center of Institutional Evaluation Research and Planning
- 91女神 of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
- United States Food and Drug Administration
- 91女神 of New Mexico Hospitals