Dr. Whitehead received her Ph.D. from Kent State University in 2001 (Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology Track). She completed an APA approved internship at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Her internship focused on the psychosocial aspects of treatment for Cancer, Renal and Trauma patients and their families. Dr. Whitehead completed a research fellowship at the University of Miami on an NIMH-funded training grant, “Biopsychosocial Processes in Immunology and HIV/AIDS Research.” Dr. Whitehead’s fellowship work focused on the intersection of Cancer and HIV, through the examination of HPV, an oncogenic virus, stress and cervical cancer progression in HIV+ women.