Dr. Lauren B. Shomaker is an Associate Professor in the Department
of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University in Fort
Collins, CO, USA. She is a child clinical psychologist whose research interests
center on understanding the role of psychological functioning in the etiology,
development, and prevention of cardiometabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes
and cardiovascular diseases. Her research seeks to elucidate to what extent
psychological factors, such as depression and stress, promote insulin
resistance, a key precursor of type 2 diabetes, as well as related
cardiometabolic health concerns. She has a particular interest in identifying
the behavioral and physiological mechanisms by which depression and stress
influence the
developmental trajectories of cardiometabolic health.
Dr. Kelley Quirk is an assistant professor in the
Department of Human Development and Family Studies. She earned her bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from Central Michigan University, received her Ph.D. in
counseling psychology from the University of Louisville, and completed a
post-doctoral fellowship at Northwestern University. Her research interests include Attachment,
Psychotherapy, Couples Therapy, Ethnicity, Group Therapy, Acculturation, Therapeutic
Alliance, Counseling and Leadership.
