Tiffanie Fennell, PhD, ABPP, CDCES

Personal Statement

As a board-certified clinical health psychologist, I have primarily focused my clinical work on preventive medicine with special expertise in diabetes, weight management, and tobacco use cessation. I train clinicians in motivational interviewing and health coaching, and am currently a co-investigator on a research study examining an intervention with peer health coaches in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). After nearly two decades of working in complex healthcare settings, like the VHA and serving in several leadership roles within and external to the VHA, I have grown a passion for supporting those who serve others and improving workplace well-being. I am currently working toward ICF certification to be come an Associate Certified Coach and am enrolled in a Masters program in Leadership and Organizational Development.

Education

Health Psychology Fellowship , Louis Stokes Cleveland DVAMC , 2008-2009
Psychology Internship , Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium , 2007-2008
Ph.D. , Counseling Psychology , Texas Tech University , 2008
B.A. , Psychology , The University of Texas at Austin , 2003

Recent Publications

"Veteran to Veteran, There's Automatically a Trust": A Qualitative Study of Veterans' Experiences in a Peer Health-Coaching Program for Hypertension.
(2024 Dec)
AJPM Focus 3(6): 100257
Kramer CB, Nelson KM, Sayre G, Williams JL, Spruill L, Fennell T, Gray KE, Weiner BJ, Fan V, Jones-Smith J, Rao M

Psychology Recognition Week: A Blueprint for Recognizing and Promoting the Contributions of Psychology at Academic Health Centers.
(2024 Jul 18)
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
Topor DR, Pollack S, Loftis C, Fennell T

Effect of a Peer Health Coaching Intervention on Clinical Outcomes Among US Veterans With Cardiovascular Risks: The Vet-COACH Randomized Clinical Trial.
(2023 Jun 1)
JAMA Netw Open 6(6): e2317046
Nelson KM, Taylor L, Williams JL, Rao M, Gray KE, Kramer CB, Epler E, Fennell T

Veteran peer Coaches Optimizing and Advancing Cardiac Health (Vet-COACH); design and rationale for a randomized controlled trial of peer support among Veterans with poorly controlled hypertension and other CVD risks.
(2018 Oct)
Contemp Clin Trials 73(): 61-67
Nelson K, Fennell T, Gray KE, Williams JL, Lutton MC, Silverman J, Jain K, Augustine MR, Kopf W, Taylor L, Sayre G, Vanderwarker C

Sexuality and the commission of physical violence to partners and non-partners by men and women.
(2007 Dec)
J Consult Clin Psychol 75(6): 960-7
Cogan R, Fennell T

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