Dr. Wayne F. Velicer
QTUG Organizer and QTUG 2008-2009 Round Table Leader
LINKS:
QTUG Directory 2004-2007
Check out exciting opportunities (link). I would love SMEP/QTUG participants to apply for (and receive!) these. Contact me for help applying for any of these or other opportunities. Lisa Harlowlharlow@uri.edu
Wayne F. Velicer, Ph.D.
Wayne Velicer is the Co-Director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center and Professor of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. He has published more than 200 papers on topics in Health Psychology and Behavioral Statistics.
In Health Psychology, his contributions include pioneering the application of computer-based interventions to health promotion. He is one of the principal developers of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change.
In Behavioral Statistics, his work has focused on factor analysis and component analysis, pioneered the application of time series analysis to the behavioral sciences, and refined methods for measurement development.
He was identified as one of the highest impact authors in Psychology (average citation per paper) by the major studies in 1992, 1996, and 2003.