Professor Andersen is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to develop develop and refine evidence-based health programs for public safety personnel exposed to trauma and those who are at risk for post-traumatic stress injuries.

Through international collaborations with academics and practitioners, she co-developed the novel biopsychosocial reality-based training (iPREP) shown to reduce police lethal force errors with the goal of saving lives. Funded work by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), her work demonstrates the complexity of factors that influence police use-of-force. Her multi-method approach investigates police training and visual models that emphasize de-escalation/non-escalation.

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EDUCATION

Post-Doctoral Associate: Cornell University

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Post-Doctoral Associate: U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Syracuse NY

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Ph.D., Psychology and Social Behavior, health psychology specialization, University of California, Irvine

 

M. A., Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine

 

M.A., Counseling and Art Therapy, Albertus Magnus College

• Counseling Internship: U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, CT

• Research Associate and Project Coordinator, Health, Emotion, and Behavior Laboratory, Yale University

 

B.Sci., Pacific Union College, summa cum laude

 

Mentors include: Peter Salovey, Yale University; Roxane Cohen Silver and JoAnn Prause, and Julian Thayer, University of California, Irvine; Lisa Feldman Barrett and Karen Quigley, Northeastern University