Dr. Businelle earned his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Louisiana State University in August 2007 after completing his internship at the G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center & University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Michael has experience in the design and implementation of research projects using diverse populations and he has extensive experience in the treatment of nicotine and alcohol use disorders. His postdoctoral training at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) was focused primarily on smoking cessation, health disparities, and advanced statistical methods. His current research is focused on using traditional and momentary assessments to identify psychosocial mediators through which race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status influence smoking cessation and relapse. Michael has 29 published manuscripts that are primarily focused on the use, abuse, and cessation of tobacco and other substances. Recent honors and awards include selection for the NIH Loan Repayment Program (2008-2012), and receipt of the 2009 MDACC Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee in Cancer Prevention Award. Michael is licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in the state of Texas. He is presently a faculty member in the School of Public Health at the University of Texas in Dallas, TX. He can be reached at Michael.businelle@utsouthwestern.edu.
Dr. Kendzor earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Louisiana State University in August 2007, after completing an internship in Clinical Psychology at the G. V. (Sonny)
Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Mississippi Medical Center. In 2009, she completed a two-year NCI-funded postdoctoral fellowship in Cancer Prevention Research at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Darla is presently an Assistant Professor (tenure-track)at the University of Texas Health Science Center in the School of Public Health ( Dallas Regional Campus). She is also a
member of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (Population Science and Cancer Control Program). Darla’s research is primarily focused 1) on understanding the psychosocial and environmental mechanisms through which socioeconomic disadvantage influences health behavior and health and 2) the development of interventions to promote healthful behaviors within socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. She was recently awarded a 5-yearAmerican Cancer Society Mentored Research Scholar Grant entitled, Pathways between Socioeconomic Status and Behavioral Cancer Risk Factors. Other recent awards and honors include selection for the NIH Loan Repayment Program (2008-2012), the Jeffery Lee Cousins Fellowship in Lung Cancer Research ($4,000), and the A. Lavoy Moore Endowment Fund ($1,500).
