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Martita Lopez, Clinic Director and Associate Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Associate Professor
SEA 3.132B
Ph: (512) 232-4626
Email: lopez@psy.utexas.edu

Martita A. Lopez received her Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1977 and completed her internship at the Yale University School of Medicine. She was an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech until 1980, when she moved to Rush Medical College, Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago. At Rush she served as Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training for the APA-accredited internship program. She also directed several hospital clinical programs, specializing in adults with chronic illnesses, rehabilitation psychology, and geropsychology. She has been a co-investigator for two NIH-funded grants recently, one on the effects of aerobic exercise on persons who have had a stroke, and the other on the effectiveness of a CBT insomnia treatment program for older adults who have comorbid medical illness. Recent publications have been in the areas of psychology training, effectiveness of insomnia treatments, and geropsychology research methods and practice.

Selected publications:

Lopez, M. (2008). Exercise and sleep quality. In W. Spirduso, L. Poon, & W. Chodzko-Zajko (Eds), Exercise and its Mediating Effects on Cognition Vol 2. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Rybarczyk, B., Stepanski, E., Fogg, L., Lopez, M., Barry, P., & Davis, A. (2005). A placebo-controlled test of cognitive-behavioral therapy for comorbid insomnia in older adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(6), 1164-1174.

Rybarczyk, B., Lopez, M., Schelble, K., & Stepanski, E. (2005). Home-based video CBT for comorbid geriatric insomnia: A pilot study using secondary data analyses. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 3(3), 158-175.

Stepanski, E., Rybarczyk, B., Lopez, M., & Stevens, S. (2003). Assessment and treatment of sleep disorders in older adults: An overview for rehabilitation psychologists. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48, 23-26.

Rybarczyk, B., Lopez, M., Benson, R., Alsten, C., & Stepanski, E. (2002). The efficacy of two behavioral treatment programs for comorbid geriatric insomnia. Psychology and Aging, 17, 288-298.

O'Brien, W., Lopez, M., & Collins, A (2001). Education and training in health psychology: As it is, as it should be, as it could be. The Health Psychologist, 23, 12-14.