Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Dean Tripp, Ph.D.
Dr. Tripp completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Dalhousie University in 2000. He joined the Department of Psychology at Queen’s shortly afterward and has been cross-appointed with the Department of Anesthesiology and Urology. He teaches courses in Health Psychology, Interpersonal Therapy, Pain, and Introduction to Psychology and has established his Psychology Pain Research Unit. Dr Tripp has won the prestigious Frank Knox Teaching Excellence Award in 2009 at Queen’s University and has been nominated for several other teaching awards during his time at Queen’s. Dr. Tripp was also recently awarded the Canadian Pain Society Early Career Award (2008) and has been a Clinical Consultant as well as active researcher over the past decade. He has practiced in hospital settings and in the private sector, treating a variety of patient populations (depression, anxiety, diabetes, G.I., HIV, injured athletes, acute and chronic pain patients).
Graduate Students
Kat Fretz
PhD Student
Area of research: My research interests lie in the area of health psychology, which focuses on the intersection between mental and physical health. My doctoral dissertation aims to examine various aspects of well-being among individuals living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Specifically, we aim to understand how certain under-researched facets of well-being such as mental health, intimacy, and sexuality, impact the lives of individuals with IBD. This important work is generously funded by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award. I am currently completing my residency in Health Psychology at Nova Scotia Health in Halifax.
Valentina Mihajlovic
PhD Student
Area of research: As a health and clinical psychology researcher in the Pain Lab, I am interested in the psychosocial experience of chronic pain. My masters research looked at biopsychosocial predictors of suicide risk in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease, but my doctoral research takes a different turn. Combining my interests in clinical, health, and organizational psychology, my doctoral research examines how perceptions of work relationships affect the experience of occupational stress and work withdrawal behaviours in a chronic pain population. I am excited to see where this research takes me and how it can inform my clinical practice. Though I spend most of my time as a clinical psychology student, I can also be found reading books unrelated to psychology and exploring the southern Ontario music scene.
Krista Jones
MSc Student
Area of Research: Broadly, I am interested in health psychology and understanding how biopsychosocial factors are associated with physical and mental health outcomes. I also have a keen interest in the role of sleep in physical and mental health. For my master’s thesis, I am examining psychosocial predictors and mechanisms in the sleep-pain relationship among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease.
Meghan Ford
MSc Student
Area of Research: My research interests broadly lie at the intersection of health and psychology, with a specific interest in exploring protective factors and promoting resilience and well-being among children with chronic health conditions. I prioritize patient-oriented research methodologies and commonly implement a mixed methods framework to encapsulate pediatric patients' and their family's voices and lived experiences. For my master’s thesis, I am examining a peer mentorship program for adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).