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Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Mental Health Services
Biography:
Laura Dreer is originally from Birmingham, Michigan. She received her B.S. degree from Central Michigan University (1995) majoring in psychology and triple minoring in gerontology, family studies, and child development. She continued her training by completing an M.A. degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hartford in Connecticut (1997) and then returned to Central Michigan University to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (1997-2002). She specialized in two complementary areas, rehabilitation and neuropsychology. As part of her doctoral requirements, she completed several practica at major academic medical centers (i.e. Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan) and a clinical medical psychology internship at Duke University Medical Center (concentrating in neuropsychology). After obtaining her Ph.D., Laura completed a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology at Duke University Medical Center (2002-2003) followed by an NIH Fellowship in Medical Rehabilitation Psychology (T32-HD07420) through the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2006).
Laura's areas of clinical-research concentration are two fold: examining the role of problem solving strategies and psychoeducational interventions in the adjustment process to serious chronic medical conditions and evaluating impairment and recovery of competency (i.e., medical decision making, finances) in chronic health conditions. Her previous clinical-research has included spinal cord injury, chronic pain, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, stroke, congestive hear failure, and Alzheimer's disease, and she is now extending her expertise in rehabilitation and neuropsychology to the field of low vision rehabilitation.
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Undergraduate Education
Central Michigan University
Psychology
Graduate Education
University of Hartford
MA, Clinical Psychology
Central Michigan University
PhD, Clinical Psychology
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Duke University Medical Center
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