Cali Salafia
Human Development and Family Sciences
Entered the Program: 2020
Current program:
- Ph.D.
- Areas of Specialization: Health, Wellbeing, and Prevention
Previous Education:
- M.A., Health Psychology, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) -2020
- B.A., Psychology, Philosophy Minor, University at Albany (SUNY Albany) – 2017
Research Interests:
- Psychosocial factors in cancer and chronic illness, adjustment to chronic illness for patient and family
- Medical-decision making and communication surrounding treatment
- Social media and health behaviors
Major Advisor: Keith Bellizzi
Assistantship Experience:
- Instructor of Record (2200 HDFS) at UConn, Fall 2022, Spring 2023
- Research Assistant for the UConn-Yale Resilience Cancer Survivorship Study, Fall 2020-Spring 2023
- Research Methods 2004W Teaching Assistant at UConn, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2023
- Research Assistant in the Media Psychology Lab at CCSU, 2019-2020
- Graduate Assistant for the Department of Psychological Science at CCSU, 2019-2020
- Research Intern at the Center for Behavioral Health at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, 2019-2020
Recent awards/scholarships/fellowships:
- T32 Predoctoral Research Fellowship in Psycho-Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2023-2024
- Graduate School Academic Achievement Award, CCSU, 2020
- Outstanding Research Award for a master’s thesis for the Department of Psychological Science at CCSU, 2020
- Conference Scholarship for Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention from CCSU, 2019
