Who We Are

Our HARP research team is dedicated to understanding and intervening on the emotional influences of cardiovascular health. As a team, we are interested in understanding the emotions and behaviors that improve health outcomes for individuals with or at-risk for heart disease. Our HARP lab team is comprised of graduate students and doctoral students enrolled in the clinical psychology program at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, supervised by Dr. White.

Our work is not possible without our colleagues and collaborators. Our colleagues are experts and also distinguished authorities in academic and clinical medicine, particularly in congenital heart disease.

our Research team

Kamila White, PhD, Director, HARP lab, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Clinical Psychology, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO

Trey Heffernan, MA (BS, Saint Louis University), 4th yr doctoral student, clinical psychology

Eleanor Steffens, MA, MPH (MPH, Boston University, and BA, Mount Holyoke College) | 3rd yr doctoral student, clinical psychology

Victoria Shaffer, BA (Pennsylvania State University) | 2nd yr graduate student

Arielle Guillod, BS (Cornell University) | 1st yr graduate student

Aman Chishti, Undergraduate research assistant (senior)

Colleagues and Collaborators

Philip A. Ludbrook, MD, MRCP (UK), FRACP, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Center for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, St. Louis, MO

Ari M. Cedars, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Philip Moons, PhD, RN, Professor of Healthcare and Nursing Science, KU–Leuven, University of Leuven, Belgium, UK