Susan H. McDaniel is an American psychologist and the Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She was the 2016 president of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Biography
editMcDaniel was raised in the American South, where her father was a physician and her mother was a homemaker. She attended college at Duke University.[1] She earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1979.[2] McDaniel completed her internship at the University of Texas Medical Branch and completed postdoctoral training at the Texas Research Institute for Mental Sciences.[1]
At the University of Rochester, McDaniel is the Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families and Health for the Department of Psychiatry. She also directs the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Patient- and Family-Centered Care Coaching Program and is associate chair of the family medicine department at URMC. McDaniel has received awards related to teaching, including a 2011 Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award and the inaugural Cummings PSYCHE Prize from the American Psychological Foundation in 2007.[3][4]
During her campaign for APA president, McDaniel established two priorities for her term: preparing psychologists as leaders and integrating psychology into provision of other types of health care.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Susan H. McDaniel, PhD: 2014 candidate statement". Monitor on Psychology. 45 (5): 66. 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ Pratt, Dawn Marie (May 11, 2004). "Interview with Dr. Susan H. McDaniel". Journal of Feminist Family Therapy. 15 (2–3): 137–147. doi:10.1300/J086v15n02_10. ISSN 0895-2833. S2CID 151747664.
- ^ "Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust – Foundation Grants – Wells Fargo". www.wellsfargo.com. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ "The APF Cummings PSYCHE Prize | The Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation". www.cummingsfoundation.com. Retrieved December 14, 2016.