Current WIHPT Spotlight

Dawn Jewell, PsyD Arizona School of Professional Psychology Phoenix, AZ

Dawn Jewell, PsyD attended the University of Colorado to obtain her Bachelor’s degree in psychology, and completed her Master’s Degree and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Arizona School of Professional Psychology, an APA accredited program, in 2010. She then accomplished predoctoral internship training in community mental heath, with a rotation in primary care.

Through doctoral training, practica, and internship year, Dr. Jewell developed a passion for the health psychology field. She was fellowship trained in health psychology through a postdoctoral program at Salud Family Health Centers, working in Integrated Primary Care. Dr. Jewell became a licensed psychologist in Colorado in October 2012.

Dr. Jewell then had the opportunity to join Daniel Bruns Psy D's thriving private practice in Northern Colorado, with a focus in health psychology. Dr. Bruns has influenced many aspects of health psychology in Colorado (such as in the development of state guidelines for behavioral health concerns in the worker’s compensation system) and at the national-level, conducting groundbreaking research on the biopsychosocial model of health care. He is also co-author of two standardized psychological tests used for assessing medical patients that are published internationally, the BHI 2 and BBHI 2.

Through this mentorship, Dr. Jewell has been a coauthor of multiple research studies presented to national medical conferences, and has published research on the topics of identifying patients who are at risk for the problematic use of opioids, and psychological factors associated with pain intolerance.

Dr. Jewell is active in the American Psychological Association's Division 38 of Health Psychology, where she serves on the Clinical Health Services Council. Her current clinical practice involves the assessment and treatment of individuals diagnosed with chronic pain and chronic illnesses, as well as other related behavioral health concerns. She is also active locally, as membership chair for the Colorado Psychological Association. Dr. Jewell has specific interests in treatment of underserved populations and health behavior change.

Aaron Turner, PhD, ABPP-RP VA Puget Sound Health Care System University of Washington Seattle, WA

Aaron Turner, PhD, ABPP-RP is Director of Rehabilitation Psychology in the Rehabilitation Care Service at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System: Seattle Division. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington in 2001, after completing his internship at the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is licensed in Washington and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington.

Dr. Turner serves as the Assistant Director of Research for the VA Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence, and is an investigator in the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE) and the VA Center of Excellence in Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering. He is the Rehabilitation track lead for the VA Puget Sound Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and serves as the attending psychologist of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Program.

Dr. Turner’s current research program includes an RCT of a group-based self-management program to improve physical and psychosocial health following limb loss (PI), an RCT of two group-based programs to improve fatigue for individuals with MS (Site PI), a longitudinal examination of functional outcome following amputation (co-I), a longitudinal cohort study to develop a model to predict mortality and revision following limb loss (co-I) and a National MS Society Postdoctoral Training Grant in Rehabilitation Research.

Dr. Turner is also an active member in the American Psychological Association's Division 22 of Rehabilitation Psychology, where he serves as Treasurer on the Executive Committee. Clinical and research interests include depression, exercise, medication adherence, alcohol use and smoking in rehabilitation populations.

Corwin Boake, PhD, ABPP-CN UT Health Science Center TIRR Memorial Hermann Houston, TX

Corwin Boake, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Louisville. He completed his internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He then went on to complete his postdoctoral training in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Houston and a second fellowship at New York University Medical Center. After completing additional pharmacology training, Dr. Boake was licensed as a medical psychologist-advanced practice by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

Further, Dr. Boake is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, licensed for psychological practice in Louisiana and Texas, and has served in the leadership of multiple professional psychology organizations. Currently, he sites on the Executive Committee of APA Division 40 (The Society for Clinical Neuropsychology) and on the APA Council of Representatives. He is a fellow of Divisions 22 and 40 within APA, and is a member of APA Division 44 (The American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy).

Dr. Boake's clinical interests are in applications of neuropsychology to rehabilitation. His research interests are in recovery and rehabilitation of persons with stroke and traumatic brain injury. He is director of the postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology, sponsored by TIRR Memorial Hermann and the PM&R Alliance.