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    Eric Houston, PhD

    Eric Houston, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    Office: Life Sciences Building, Room 248A
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    Phone: 312.567.5936
    Fax: 312.567.3493
    Email: ehousto1@iit.edu
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    Dr. Houston earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and his bachelor’s degree from Carleton College. He completed an APA-approved clinical psychology internship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center. After his internship, he was awarded a three-year NIH postdoctoral research fellowship at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Houston has designed health studies and collaborated with other investigators at major universities and research centers in implementing behavioral health interventions. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and he has presented his work at national conferences.

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    Research & Major Accomplishments

    Much of Dr. Houston’s work is concerned with examining the cognitive and emotional factors that influence the self-regulation of health behaviors, including seeking timely medical care, reducing substance use, practicing safer sex, and following a treatment regimen as prescribed. His primary line of research focuses on developing interventions and assessment procedures that effectively identify and address idiosyncratic and latent cognitions affecting individual motivation for health behavior change. A second line of research is aimed at strengthening our knowledge of the psychological factors underpinning the relationship between trauma exposure and negative health outcomes. Dr. Houston’s current research projects include: 1) examining the use of a person-centered approach to more fully assess patient treatment motivation, and 2) investigating the use of Internet and phone-based technology in providing clinical interventions and assessments.

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    Selected Publications

    Houston, E., Sandfort, T., Watson, K.T. & Caton, C.L.M. (in press). Psychological pathways from childhood sexual and physical abuse to HIV risk behavior among single homeless women: The role of PTSD and borderline personality disorder symptoms. Journal of Health Psychology.

    Houston, E., Sandfort, T., Dolezal, C., & Carballo-Diéguez, A. (2012). Depressive symptoms among MSM who engage in bareback sex: Does mood matter? AIDS and Behavior. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10461-012-0156-7.

    Houston, E., McKirnan, D., Cervone, D., Johnson, M.S., & Sandfort, T.G.M. (2011). Assessing treatment motivation among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy: A multidimensional approach. Psychology and Health. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/08870446.2011.618536.

    Artistico, D., Orom, H., Cervone, D., Krauss, S., & Houston, E. (2010). Everyday challenges in context: The influence of contextual factors on everyday problem solving among young, middle-aged, and older adults. Experimental Aging Research, 36, 230-247.

    Houston, E., & McKirnan, D. (2007). Intimate partner abuse among gay and bisexual men: Risk correlates and health outcomes. Journal of Urban Health 84(5), 681-690.

    McKirnan, D., Houston, E., & Tolou-Shams, M.  (2007). Is the web the culprit? Cognitive “escape” and Internet sexual risk among gay and bisexual men. AIDS and Behavior, 11, 151-160.

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