Dorothy Glover
Dorothy (Dorie) A. Glover is a psychologist on faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. Following early clinical work in childhood autism, Dr. Glover received her master of arts degree in experimental psychology from California State University, Long Beach in 1990. Dr. Glover earned a doctorate from UCLA???s psychology department in 1996 with a special emphasis on learning and behavior. A postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatrics at the ULCA Medical Center was followed by an appointment in the Child Division of the Semel Institute, where she remains active. Dr. Glover directs the biological core for the Center for Culture, Trauma and Mental Health Disparities, where the emphasis on sociocultural factors in trauma experiences is examined across multiple studies of childhood and adult trauma exposure (e.g., sexual and physical abuse, community violence). The burden of medical illness as a traumatic, and often chronic stressor has been a focus of Dr. Glover???s research as reflected in her work among mothers of children with cancer or other life-threatening diseases and among mothers living with HIV+. Dr. Glover served as a grant reviewer for the American Cancer Society from 2003-2007 and is a frequent reviewer for science journals (e.g., Psychosomatic Medicine, Journal of Traumatic Stress). As a faculty tutor for the Problem-Based Learning medical education curriculum, Dr. Glover helps to shape critical thinking skills among UCLA???s first and second-year medical students.
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Mailing Address:
760 Westwood Plaza
UNITED STATES
| Email: | dglover@mednet.ucla.edu |
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Research Interests
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Dr. Glover directs the biological core for the Center for Culture, Trauma and Mental Health Disparities (CCTMHD) here at UCLA in addition to conducting her own research on the psychobiology of acute and chronic psychosocial stress. The burden of medical illness as a sometimes traumatic, and often chronic stressor has been a focus of Dr. Glover?s research, as reflected in her work among mothers of children with cancer or other life-threatening diseases and among mothers living with HIV+ infection. Dr. Glover conducted her first independent research on posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression and generalized psychological anxiety in mothers of children with childhood cancer during her postdoctoral fellowships. A Young Investigator Award from the National Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) in 2001 funded a longitudinal study of the development of cortisol circadian rhythm among infants of depressed mothers. Dr. Glover also investigated neuroendocrine, immune and psychophysiological biomarkers in medical-illness related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in her research with mothers of child cancer survivors. She received a K01 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health in 2002 to extend her knowledge and research on traumatic stress to neuroscience and brain imaging. Subsequent research yielded the first data on biomarkers of allostatic load in relation to hippocampal volume and PTSD symptoms among mothers of seriously ill children. Dr. Glover served as a grant reviewer for the American Cancer Society from 2003-2007 and is a frequent reviewer for science journals, including Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychoneuroendocrinology and the Journal of Traumatic Stress. As a faculty tutor for the Problem-Based Learning medical education curriculum, she helps UCLA?s first and second-year medical students develop critical thinking skills. Dr. Glover?s overarching aim is to identify and examine the mechanisms of risk and protective factors for trauma-related psychobiological dysregulation so that prevention and treatment interventions can target those most vulnerable to health-threatening consequences of acute and chronic stress. |
