Participation in the McNair Post-Baccalaureate Program

2000: "PHYSICIAN/PATIENT COMMUNICATION IN A FAMILY PRACTICE SETTING

Roger Brooks

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Melissa Maldonado

 

Valerie Sanchez-Segura

Mentor: Dr. John Velasquez. Scholars received training at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) in the Roter International Analysis System (RIAS). The RIAS is a rating system to assess physician and patient communication in the examination room. Scholars systematically and reliably rated interactions for 110 examinations.

 

2001: "CREATION OF THE RATIONALE FOR CULTURAL ASSESSMENT OF A FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCYTRAINING PROGRAM"

Kristina Hunter

Mentor: Dr. John Velasquez. Scholar researched relevant health databases, including Census Bureau, Texas State Department of Health, and the Bexar County Metro Health Collaborative. She ascertained the pressing health needs in the zip code area served by family practice clinics, and made recommendations for a program evaluation of training standards/clinical practices.

 

2002: "EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MENTORING AND PARENTING TRAINING ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SOUTH PRESA (SAN ANTONIO) COMMUNITY"

Gina Hernandez

 

Cynthia Salinas

 

Mentor: Dr. Timothy Zeddies. Scholar investigated archival data on the incidences of African-American males in the juvenile criminal justice system.

 

2003: "BIOMEDICINE, YOGA PHILOSOPHY, AND YOGA PRACTICE: HEALING IN THE AGE OF ANXIETY"

Courtney Cataland

(CourtneyCataland speaking at the psychology research colloquium, October 31, 2003)

Mentor: Dr. Paul Lewis (Philosophy Dept.). Scholar constructed the various yoga typologies including philosophical foundations of each. She reported the medical and psychophysiological correlates between yoga practice and overall psychosocial functioning.

 

2003: "HYPNOTIZABILITY PROFILES OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN"

Jessica C. Garcia and Ann Marie Hernandez

Mentor: Dr. John Velasquez. Scholars investigated the baseline hypnotizability of chronic pain patients with back pain. Outcomes will allow investigators to develop hypnotic clinical approaches with patients who have chronic back pain.

 

(Ann Marie Hernandez & Jessica Garcia speaking at the psychology research colloquium, October 31, 2003

 

2003: "RECENT TRENDS IN THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS IN CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY DOCTORAL PROGRAMS"

Julian Gonzalez

(Julian Gonzalez speaking at the psychology research colloquium, October 31, 2003) Mentor: Dr. Michael Gaubatz. Scholar reviewed archival data regarding the theoretical orientations of practitioners and training programs in clinical and counseling discipline programs.

 

2004: "Health Disparities with Type I Diabetes in Relation to Economic and Environmental Conditions"Psychology Majors/McNair Scholars

Veronica Estrada and Elizabeth Garza

Mentor: Dr. John Velasquez. Scholars investigated social indicators for possible etiologies of Type I diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes) in infants. They offered both a timeline of health expectancies across the lifespan and data analyses of social/health indicators.

 

Veronica and Liz presenting at the Annual McNair Research Symposium,September 24, 2004.

 

 

2004: "Humility in Traditional ReligiousSources, Popular Psychological Literature, and Empirical and Theoretical Psychology"Psychology

Ben Tolleson

Mentor: Dr. Doug Gilmore. Scholar investigated the extent to which current psychological research serves to reinforce or to minimize traditional religious view of humility.

 

Grace Sherman

Grace Sherman presenting at the Annual McNair Research Symposium,September 24, 2004