Tracy Sbrocco

Ph.D.

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Medical and Clinical Psychology
Title
Professor & Chair
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
health equity, obesity management & prevention, health promotion
Email
tracy.sbrocco@usuhs.edu
Office Phone
(301) 295-9674
Department Website
Medical & Clinical Psychology

Education

B.S. in Natural Sciences, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, with Health Psychology emphasis, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Psychology Internship, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Stress & Anxiety Disorders (CSAD), SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY

Biography

Research. Much of Dr. Sbrocco’s research has been designed to examine methods to promote health focusing on long-term behavior change in the treatment and prevention of overweight and obesity. She has developed and examined the efficacy of community-based health programs for the military.

Teaching, Leadership, & Mentorship. In addition to her research strengths, Dr. Sbrocco has held several leadership roles in graduate education and in the university faculty senate, serving as Faculty Senate President in 2016-17 She has directed the USU Medical and Clinical Psychology Graduate Program. She was a founding member of the USU’s American Psychological Association accredited graduate program in Clinical Psychology and was instrumental in establishing the program’s initial curriculum and policies. Dr. Sbrocco is course director for several graduate courses (Psychopathology, Health Psychology, Group Psychotherapy) and within USU’s med student curriculum, she teaches in the GI, the Reproductive Endocrine, and the Multi-Systems Modules. In 2020, she received USU’s Outstanding Biomedical Graduate Educator Award.