The CPP Program at OHSU recognizes that excellence requires both (a) representation of diverse voices, including people traditionally under-represented because of race or ethnicity, and (b) anti-racism education and active engagement in anti-racism efforts to affect positive change in research, clinical activity, and education. We are dedicated to providing excellent training to the next generation of clinical psychologists, and welcome applications from students from diverse backgrounds, especially Black or African-American, Latinx or Hispanic, Indigenous or Native, and other Persons of Color, and first-generation students who have historically been excluded from our field.
Please see the full version of the American Psychological Association's Apology to People of Color for APA's Role in Promoting, Perpetuating and Failing to Challenge Racism, Racial Discrimination and Human Hierarchy in the U.S.
https://www.apa.org/about/policy/racism-apology
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the original inhabitants and traditional village sites of the land Oregon Health & Science University is occupying and built upon: the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Watlala bands of the Chinook, the Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, Wasco and many Indigenous nations of the Willamette Valley and Columbia River Plateau. We take this opportunity to thank the original caretakers of this land - past, present, and future.
Health Equity and Anti-racism Talks (HEART)
The HEART series is a new institutional race, equity and inclusion speaker series at OHSU funded by a grant through the Racial Equity and Inclusion Funding Opportunity sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion and Educational Improvement and Innovation. The planning committee is a collaboration of volunteers from OHSU Health Services, Clinical Psychology, Dermatology, Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, and Research & Innovation.
Meet the program director
Shanna Cooper, Ph.D. ABPP-CN is the Program Director/Director of Clinical Training (DCT) for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program (CPP) at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). She is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in clinical, forensic, and aviation assessments of adults and older adults. Dr. Cooper earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Minnesota, a master’s degree in psychological research from San Francisco State University, and a master’s degree in clinical psychology as well as her doctoral degree in clinical psychology and neuroscience from Temple University. She completed her neuropsychology internship and fellowship at VA San Diego/UC San Diego, and a forensic neuropsychology apprenticeship with Dr. Dean C. Delis. Prior to coming to OHSU, she was on faculty at VA/UC San Diego for several years, whilst running a small private practice in the San Diego area.
Dr. Cooper has a longstanding interest in the complex interplay of cognition and emotion, and has conducted research investigating these factors across a range of mental disorders. She has also devoted much of her career to service, including regularly serving in board positions with the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN), APA/Division 40’s Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), and the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN). Dr. Cooper is passionate about teaching and quality training; she regularly teaches classes in the CPP, provides clinical mentorship to trainees in the OHSU Adult Neuropsychology Clinic, serves as faculty supervisor for a student neuropsychology interest group (i.e., ANST), and participates in other CPP-related student/faculty committees.
Beyond the busy work and service schedule, Dr. Cooper regularly enjoys exploring the outdoor beauty of the PNW, can often be found at any number of music venues in town, and will rarely turn down a cup of locally roasted black coffee.
What makes our program unique?
The Clinical Psychology PhD program provides students with an in-depth focus on the following key areas:
- Health psychology is the study and use of psychological methods to improve physical health and address physical disease in children and adults. This area closely overlaps with what is also referred to as behavioral health.
- The neuroscience of mental health disorders, entails the study of brain structure, function, and connectivity that is associated with mental health conditions.
- Implementation science emphasizes training in the development, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral and psychological interventions for mental disorders and behavioral health problems.
Thus, our graduates will have a complement of skills that bridge and unite health psychology, neuroscience, and implementation science.
CPP News
The Clinical Psychology PhD program wishes to recognize several of the senior students, listed below with their research topics, who have completed their oral defense for their dissertations this summer/fall.
- David Cameron, "Understanding mental health care utilization along the posttraumatic stress disorder clinical care pathway in the
Veterans Health Administration." - Amanda Del Giacco, "Examining biopsychosocial risk factors for adulthood depression: Investigating the role of childhood trauma, adolescent reward-related neurocircuitry, and reward learning."
- Eleanor Battison, "Post-Surgical Pain-Related Outcomes Among Ethnically Diverse Emerging Adults."
- Olivia Doyle, "The role of emotion regulation during the perinatal period on
stress and parenting." - Kat Selah, "New phenotypes for ADHD heterogeneity: Traits and
change in adolescence."
Clinical Psychology Match Day a first for OHSU! Seven of our CPP PhD candidates join the mental health workforce at a critical time marking a significant moment for the program. Congratulations Kat, David, Madeleine, Eleanor, Olivia, Amanda, and Kate! Read the post in OHSU Now here.
Current Graduate Students
