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Sheryl Bishop, Ph.D.

Associate Professor,  Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Preventive Medicine
and
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
 

 

 
Education

1982 University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
1989 University of Texas Austin, San Antonio, TX

Significant professional appointments and activities:
Member, American Psychological Association (APA); Aerospace Medical Association (ASMA): International Design for Extreme Environments Association (IDEEA); Advancement of Humans in Hostile Environments Society (AHES). International Co-Representative, UTMB Center for Aerospace Medicine and Physiology, International Space University/UTMB Affiliate Affairs; Space Medicine Fellowship: Executive Council, Curriculum Committee, Selection Committee; UTMB Preventive, Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Health and Safety Services, Human Resources Committee; Preventive Medicine Residency Task Force, Outcomes Development Committee (Chair).

Provide a brief statement regarding the faculty member's responsibilities to the program, area/s of interest, and percentage of time dedicated to the program:
Dr. Bishop serves as a core faculty for the Research Methodology and Design Course, and thesis study. She is a founding member and sits on all program committees. Dr. Bishop is actively engaged in research on psychosocial adaptation to extreme environments, with a specific focus on space and selection issues. Approximately 10% of her faculty practice is dedicated to resident teaching activities.

Publications:

Bishop, S.L. "The Use of IQ Assessment in Astronaut Candidate Screening and Evaluation," The Aerospace Medical Association 1993 Annual Scientific Meeting, May, 1993.

Santy, P. and Bishop, S. "A Comparison of MMPI Profiles from U.S. Astronaut Candidates (1958-1990); Japanese Payload Specialist Candidates; and Soviet Cosmonaut Candidates, "The Aerospace Medical Association 1994 Annual Scientific Meeting, May, 1994.

Hill, A., Bishop, S. and Malloy, M. Introduction of Solid Foods to African-American and Anglo-American Low Birthweight and Full-Term Infants. Accepted for publication by The Association of Black Nursing Faculty, The ABNF Journal, Sept. 1995.

Bishop, S. and Walling, D. The Emperor's Clothes: Assessing the Validity of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Accepted by Educational and Psychological Measurement, Nov. 1995.

Primeau, L. and Bishop, S. The Experience of Daily Life During a Polar Winter-Over, World Space Congress, October 10-19, 2002, Houston.

Bishop S., Grobler LC, and Schjoll O. Relationship of psychological and physiological parameters during an Artic ski expedition, Proceedings of the 13th IAA Humans in Space Symposium, May 17-25, 2000, Greece

Bishop, S. and Primeau, L. Through the Long Night: Stress and Group Dynamics in Antarctica, World Space Congress, October 10-19, 2002 Houston

 

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