Focus
Structural Equation Modeling, Weighted Data, Data Analysis for Intervention Studies, Behavioral Health Research, Youth Risk Behavior
Biography
Dr. Michelle Hospital is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work. She is also an Associate Director of FIU’s Community-Based Research Institute (CBRI) and the FIU-RCMI Community Engagement Core Leader. Dr. Hospital is a Developmental Psychologist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida and she completed her post-doctoral training in advanced statistical analyses. Dr. Hospital has devoted the last 20 years of her career to community-based clinical and behavioral research efforts centered on the reduction of risk behaviors and the promotion of well-being among adolescent and young adult populations. She has been an investigator for over a dozen extramural grants from a variety of funders, including multiple centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and various private foundations. Her main areas of expertise include community-engaged research (CEnR) methods, and youth risk prevention. Dr. Hospital has served as principal investigator for multiple community-based research studies examining the impact of music education, mindfulness and yoga, and equine-assisted psychotherapy. Dr. Hospital has mentored, trained, and supervised numerous undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students, along with post-doctoral fellows from a wide range of disciplines including psychology, social work, public health, nursing, biology, dietetics and nutrition. She served as the Chair of the FIU Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) for over 4 years.
Education
- Florida International University, Ph.D., Applied Lifespan Developmental Psychology
- Florida International University, M.S., Counseling Psychology
- University of Miami, B.B.A., Accounting