Associate Professor
Deerfield Hall, Room 4032, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
905-828-5460
Campus
- Mississauga (UTM)
Fields of Study
- Social and Personality
Biography
Professor Andersen is a health psychologist who specializes in the psychophysiology of stress and stress-related mental and physical health issues. She has more than a decade of experience working with populations exposed to severe and chronic stress, including combat soldiers and police.
Her ongoing research projects include the development of evidence-based, use of force training programs among police and special forces teams in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Further, she is working to customize evidence-based resilience programs for different sectors of first responders who are exposed to trauma.
Education
PhD, University of California, Irvine