SCHOLAR
A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD
A. Janet Tomiyama completed her PhD in social and health psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles in June, 2009. Her dissertation examined the potentially deleterious psychological and biological consequences of low calorie dieting, investigating whether dieting causes chronic psychological stress. Her broad research interests include obesity and its twin causes, overeating and sedentary behavior, as well as the relationship between stress and health. Janet received her BA in 2001 from Cornell University where she majored in Psychology and sang in The Chordials, a co-ed a cappella group. She continued singing as the sole graduate student member of The Scattertones, UCLA’s co-ed a cappella group. When Janet isn’t researching or singing, she can be found teaching group fitness classes and indulging her foodie habit.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2009, PhD, Social Psychology, minor: Health Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles,
2004, MA, Social Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
2001, BA, cum laude, Psychology, concentration: Social, Personality, and Abnormal Psychology, Cornell University; Ithaca, NY
AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
American Psychosomatic Society
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society for Behavioral Medicine
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Center for Health and Community
University of California at San Francisco
3333 California, Suite 465
Campus Box 0844
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: 415-713-7811
Fax: 415.502.1010
E-mail: tomiyamaj@chc.ucsf.edu
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