Education
B.A., Boston College, 1995
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, 2004-2006
Research Interests
Recognition and treatment of psychological distress in patients in oncology and primary care medical settings; adherence to medical therapies; racial and ethnic disparities in health care
Courses Taught
PSYC 101: Introductory Psychology (team taught)
PSYC 252: Psychological Disorders
PSYC 353: Behavioral Medicine
Selected Publications
- Greer, J. A., Pirl, W. F., Park, E. R., Lynch, T. J., & Temel, J. S. (in press). Behavioral and psychological predictors of chemotherapy adherence in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Pirl, W. F., Greer, J. A., Goode, M., & Smith, M. R. (2008). Prospective study of depression and fatigue in men with advanced prostate cancer receiving hormone therapy. Psychooncology, 17(2), 148-53
- Temel, J. S., McCannon, J. B., Greer, J. A., Jackson, V. A., Ostler, P. A., Pirl, W. F., Lynch, T. J., & Billings, J. A. (2008). Aggressiveness of care in a prospective cohort of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Cancer, 113(4), 826-33
- Greer, J. A., Park, E. R., Green, A. R., Betancourt, J. R., & Weissman, J. S. (2007). Primary care resident perceived preparedness to deliver cross-cultural care: An examination of training and specialty differences. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(8): 1107-13
- Greer, J. A., & Halgin, R. P. (2006). Predictors of physician-patient agreement on symptom etiology in primary care. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68(2), 277-82.
- Greer, J. A., Halgin, R. P., & Harvey, E. A. (2004). Global versus specific symptom attributions: Predicting the recognition and treatment of psychological distress in primary care. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57(6), 521-527.