Paul J Hershberger

    Paul J. Hershberger is Associate Dean for Research Affairs, Professor, Director of Research, and Director of the Division of Behavioral Health, Department of Family Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology at The Ohio State University. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Hershberger's specialty is health psychology, an area that addresses behavioral, biological, environmental, and sociocultural factors that affect health, illness, and the healthcare system. Dr. Hershberger’s research interests include patient engagement, motivational interviewing, health behavior change, and medical education.

 

In addition to his teaching responsibilities with the medical school, Dr. Hershberger maintains an active research program. Specific research interests include health promotion, patient engagement, treatment adherence, SBIRT, medical education and mentoring, cognitive bias, health behavior change, motivational interviewing and the professional development of physicians. Dr. Hershberger's monthly electronic newsletter, e-quilibrium, addresses a variety of topics pertaining to behavior and health.