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Dr. Hart received a BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He completed an APA-accredited clinical internship at the Palo Alto Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, followed by a National Institute of Mental Health research postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. After four years as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Hart moved to Toronto in 2007 to join the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. He holds academic appointments at the Zane Cohen Center for Digestive Diseases at Mount Sinai Hospital and St. Michael’s Hospital, and has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hart’s research focuses on the psychological factors associated with the adjustment of chronically ill individuals and their spouses or partners. His work examines quality of life, psychological distress, and symptom burden in patients diagnosed with cancer, multiple sclerosis, and gastrointestinal disorders. He also investigates the psychological impact of Lynch syndrome and the factors involved in managing the risks associated with familial cancers. Dr. Hart teaches clinical health psychology and has supervised numerous trainees in research methodology and cognitive-behavioral therapy. At TMU, he has taught graduate-level courses in Psychopathology, Professional Ethics, and Treatment of Psychological Disorders, as well as undergraduate courses such as Death, Dying, Bereavement, and Introduction to Clinical Psychology.
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