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Daniel Stokols, PhD
Chancellors Professor
Departments of Psychology and Social Behavior; and Planning, Policy, and Design
School of Social Ecology
Program in Public Health and Department of Epidemiology
College of Health Sciences
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| Current PI funding: Toward a science of transdisciplinarity and development of evaluative metrics for assessing transdisciplinarity research center initiatives. Research contract, Office of the Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute (2005-present)
Tracking the Scientific Impacts of the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Through its Seed Grants. Research contract, National Academies of Science (2009-present) |
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| Mentoring: As an educator at UCI, Dr. Stokols has worked to promote excellence and innovation in several arenas of mentorship and teaching. He has chaired 25 Ph.D. dissertations and served as faculty mentor for scores of undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral scholars. Several of his Ph.D. advisees have gone on to establish distinguished research and teaching careers, including Dr. David Marrero, the J.O. Richey Professor of Medicine at Indiana University and recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Diabetes Association in 2008 and the UCI Lauds and Laurels Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006. Dr. Stokols served as Associate Director for Graduate Studies for the Program in Social Ecology at UCI from 1977-1983. He also directed the UCI-National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Environmental Demands, Human Development, and Health from 1981-1986. Since 2004, Dr. Stokols has served as Co-Director (with Professor John Whiteley) of UCIs innovative Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program (ID-SURE, www.urop.uci.edu). The ID-SURE Program was established with a grant from the National Institute of Healths Roadmap Interdisciplinary Training Program and combines interdisciplinary coursework with an intensive summer research fellowship experience. It is one of the very few interdisciplinary training programs for undergraduates in the nation. Dr. Stokols commitment to excellence in teaching and mentorship has been recognized through a number of awards including the UCI Chancellors Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research in 2003; the Social Ecology Student Associations Professor of the Year Award in 2004 and 2007; the UCI Outstanding Professor Award for the School of Social Ecology, selected by UCIs 2009 Senior Class; and UCIs Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programs Faculty Mentor of the Month Award during fall 2009. |
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| Research: Dr. Stokols research in environmental and health psychology has examined the behavioral and health impacts of physical conditions such as urban density, traffic congestion, and airport noise. His current work focuses on the links between peoples increasing Internet use and a variety of outcomes including their exposure to information overload and stress, and their attachment to local places and social networks. Another focus of Dr. Stokols current research is the study of interdisciplinary research teams and training centers to identify circumstances that enhance or hinder scientific collaboration spanning multiple fields. Additionally, Dr. Stokols research has focused on the design and evaluation of community health promotion programs. He directed the Transdisciplinary Core Research Program of the UCI-NIH Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) from 1999-2004. He served as Director of UCIs Program in Social Ecology from 1988-1992 and as founding Dean of the School of Social Ecology from 1992-1998. Dr. Stokols currently serves as Scientific Consultant to the National Cancer Institute for the evaluation of NCIs transdisciplinary research and training centers. He received the Annual Career Award of the Environmental Design Research Association in 1991 and UCIs Lauds & Laurels Faculty Achievement Award in 2003. |
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