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Dr. Terry DiLorenzo is an Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology at Yeshiva University. She holds a PhD in Health Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Psychiatry at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Her research focuses on health beliefs, chronic disease quality of life (e.g., multiple sclerosis and cancer), test anxiety in undergraduates, and educational methods for training behavioral scientists. She teaches courses including social psychology, public health, and research seminars.
Dr. DiLorenzo’s research explores how attitudes and health beliefs influence behaviors and quality-of-life outcomes in chronic illnesses. Her recent work includes studies on MS patients’ mental health perceptions and breast cancer patients’ experiences with radiotherapy-induced skin toxicity. She emphasizes methodologies to enhance responsible conduct of research among emerging scientists.
No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided text. Her teaching responsibilities span undergraduate and graduate levels, including honors projects and specialized topics courses. No lab affiliations or grant details are mentioned in the text.
