Associate Dean of Research and Professor, College of Health Sciences
Michael Christopher, PhD is the associate dean of research in the College of Health Sciences at Boise State University. He received a B.A. in psychology from Loyola University Maryland, a PhD in clinical psychology from The University of South Dakota and completed a doctoral internship in clinical psychology at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Hospital.
Prior to his current position, he was a faculty member in the School of Graduate Psychology at Pacific University for 19 years and was the founding director of the PhD program in clinical psychology in 2012. He directed the Mindful Health & Resilience Lab where he and his students and collaborators studied the impact of mindfulness and related contemplative practices in enhancing stress resilience and improving health outcomes in high-risk and diverse groups.
He has been a principal investigator, co-investigator, and consultant on a number of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants, a sponsor for PhD student NIH diversity awards, and he is a regular grant reviewer for various NIH institutes and centers. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Mindfulness and serves on the editorial board for three other academic journals.
Contact Information
Office: NNHS 414A
Phone: (208) 426-3389
Email: MichaelChristoph@boisestate.edu
Curriculum Vitae (Google Doc)