Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Website: http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/graduate/life_span_development.php
PROGRAM: Our program focuses on advancing the understanding of lifespan developmental and aging-related processes of change. Faculty take an integrative approach for understanding individual functioning and change, with research interests in theories of mind, identity, risk-taking and problem behaviors, social relationships, developmental psychopathology, cognition and memory, clinical neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, and developmental research methods. Members of our faculty have expertise in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging. Graduates of our program have gone on to pursue careers in academic and research settings, health-related institutions, and program development and evaluation.
FUNDING: Funding is available from a number of sources, including research and teaching assistantships and University of Victoria fellowships. Graduate Fellowships are also available from Canadian government funding agencies (NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC), and provincially from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Funding for a limited number of graduate research assistants, including applicants from the U.S., is available for research on integrative analysis of longitudinal studies of aging, peer victimization, and transitions to young adulthood.
FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS
Scott M. Hofer, Professor, Mohr Chair in Adult Development and Aging: Lifespan development and aging-related change, integrative analysis of longitudinal studies on aging, developmental research methodology.
David F. Hultsch, Lansdowne Professor: Changes in memory functioning in adulthood and aging; memory self-efficacy in adulthood; cognitive assessment of mildly impaired adults.
Christopher E. Lalonde, Associate Professor: Social-cognitive development; aboriginal health; identity development.
Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Professor: Developmental psychopathology; early social emotional development; gender differences in adolescence.
Stuart MacDonald, Associate Professor: Individual differences in cognitive aging; cognitive neuroscience of aging.
Ulrich Mueller, Associate Professor: Development of problem solving; development of executive function; social development in infancy and early childhood.
Andrea M. Piccinin, Associate Professor: Developmental research methods; study designs and statistical analysis; longitudinal studies, cognition and aging from a psychometric perspective.
Holly Tuokko, Professor and Director, Centre on Aging: Clinical neuropsychology; clinical aging; experimental neuropsychology; life-span development and aging.
CONTACT INFORMATION: To learn more about admission to our doctoral program please visit our website at: http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/graduate/admissions.php. Applications should be submitted by December 15, 2010.
For additional information or if you have questions, contact us at:
Department of Psychology
University of Victoria
PO Box 3050 STN CSC Tel: (250) 721-7525
Victoria BC V8W 3P5 Fax: (250) 721-8929
Canada Email: ptaylor@uvic.ca
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Scott M. Hofer, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Psychology
Harald Mohr, M.D. and Wilhelma Mohr, M.D. Research Chair in Adult Development and Aging
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3050 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3P5
Canada
Office: (250) 853-3862
Fax: (250) 721-8929
Email: smhofer@uvic.ca
Web: http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/people/faculty/hofer.php
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