Publications

Curriculum Vitae
credding@uri.edu

Colleen A. Redding, Ph.D. has worked as an Associate Research Professor at the Cancer Prevention Research Center and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island since 1994. She specializes in clinical health psychology and has been a principal or co-investigator on at least 25 federally funded research projects studying multiple health behavior changes in diverse populations and settings. She has at least 55 peer-reviewed publications and extensive experience developing and evaluating Transtheoretical Model-based interventions across a wide range of problem behaviors. She received recognition for excellence in research from the University in 2005. Her interests are broad, including mechanisms of primary and secondary prevention of physical and mental health problems. Her work has explored TTM constructs as well as interpersonal influences on health behaviors and predictors of change over time. She is especially interested in ways to improve sexual health, family health, coping with illness, and adolescent health.