The newest area in the Experimental and Clinical Training Programs is Health Psychology.
Health psychology focuses on the study of somatic health as it relates to psychological phenomena.
Health psychologists are concerned with such issues as the etiology of disease, prevention of disease, promotion of healthy life styles, therapeutic interventions to treat illness states, and psychosocial factors associated with rehabilitation and recovery from illness and disability. Faculty and students work in collaboration with one another and with researchers at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and major medical centers in Cleveland and Akron. The Health area seeks to prepare students for careers in both academic and applied settings. Both experimental and clinical students may choose Health Psychology as their major or minor area of concentrated study. Experimental students choosing one of the other three areas as major areas of study have the option of selecting health psychology as a minor area of study.