Full Name
Susan McDaniel PhD
Job Title
Director
Company
Institute for the Family, Department of Psychiatry University of Rochester Medical Center
Speaker Short Bio
Susan H. McDaniel, PhD ABPP, is the Dr Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health at the University of Rochester Medical Center where she is Chief Psychologist and Director of the Institute for the Family in the Department of Psychiatry, Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, and Director of the UR Medicine Physician Communication Coaching and Leadership Development Program.
Dr McDaniel’s career is dedicated to integrating psychological and relational science and practice into healthcare. She has won many awards and is the author of over 100 journal articles and 18 books, including Medical Family Therapy, Family-oriented Primary Care, The Shared Experience of Illness, and her latest book, A Systemic Approach to Integrated Behavioral Healthcare: Context Matters, with Nancy Ruddy PhD. Dr McDaniel was Co-Editor with Tom Campbell MD of the interdisciplinary journal, Families, Systems & Health for 12 years, and Associate Editor of the American Psychologist for 10 years. She is a frequent speaker at national and international medical and mental health meetings.
Dr McDaniel has served in many leadership positions in mental health and primary care professional associations. Among them, she served as the President of the American Psychological Association in 2016, and is now President of the Practice Division (17) of the International Association of Applied Psychology. She also serves as the mental health representative on the policy-focused, interprofessional Board of the Primary Care Collaborative in Washington DC.
Dr McDaniel’s career is dedicated to integrating psychological and relational science and practice into healthcare. She has won many awards and is the author of over 100 journal articles and 18 books, including Medical Family Therapy, Family-oriented Primary Care, The Shared Experience of Illness, and her latest book, A Systemic Approach to Integrated Behavioral Healthcare: Context Matters, with Nancy Ruddy PhD. Dr McDaniel was Co-Editor with Tom Campbell MD of the interdisciplinary journal, Families, Systems & Health for 12 years, and Associate Editor of the American Psychologist for 10 years. She is a frequent speaker at national and international medical and mental health meetings.
Dr McDaniel has served in many leadership positions in mental health and primary care professional associations. Among them, she served as the President of the American Psychological Association in 2016, and is now President of the Practice Division (17) of the International Association of Applied Psychology. She also serves as the mental health representative on the policy-focused, interprofessional Board of the Primary Care Collaborative in Washington DC.
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