Eileen O’Brien, Ph.D.

Research Interests

While at UMC, Dr. O’Brien taught undergraduate courses for the Department of Psychology. In addition to teaching, she provided research and programmatic consultation to early childhood initiatives, especially to child care, Early Head Start, Head Start, and women’s and children’s health programs. She advised psychology majors seeking the early childhood certificate through Education. She served as a grant reviewer for the Administration on Children and Families and provided grant writing assistance to community collaborations. Dr. O’Brien’s background is in nursing and psychology, and her areas of interest are women’s and children’s health and well-being, integrated services for families through community collaborations, and measuring outcomes of early childhood interventions.

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 100)
• Child Development (PSYC 200)
• Adolescent Psychology (PSYC 304)
• Lifespan Development (PSYC 306)
• Child Maltreatment (PSYC 308)
• Psychology of Sex and Gender (PSYC 356)
• Psychology of Women and Gender (PSYC 357)
• Family Psychology (PSYC 465)
• College Teaching Practicum (PSYC 504A)
• College Learning Seminar (PSYC 504B)
• Field Experience in Teaching Psychology (PSYC 796)