Because of our location, research at UTEP is committed to the study of border issues and the unique bicultural and bilingual population in this area. Doctoral students in Health Psychology have the opportunity to engage in collaborative arrangements with several centers and departments at the University of Texas at El Paso that are directly involved in health promotion for populations in El Paso, our neighbor city of Juarez, Mexico, and the border region in general. These include the School of Nursing , the Kinesiology Department , Center for Aging, the Lifelong Learning Center, the Center of Inter-American and Border Studies , the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , the Border Biomedical Research Center , the Biological Sciences Department , the UTEP Wellness Program, the Institute for Border Community Health Education . If you do apply for admission, please contact the core faculty member with whom you would like to work . We provide direct experience in promoting health in underserved communities.
Doctoral students publish important papers in the psychology of health and disease.