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James R. Hall, Ph.D

Associate professor of health psychology and geriatrics in the Departments of Psychology and Internal Medicine at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC).

He received a BA degree in history from the University of Iowa where he attended graduate school in American Diplomatic History. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the UNR Psychological Services Center. He completed his post-doctoral training in chronic disease at Bernalillo County Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Hall is a fellow and diplomat of the American Board of Medical Psychotherapy, certified in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and a certified bereavement therapist.

At the Health Science Center Dr. Hall serves as Chair of the Department of Psychology, Director of the UNTHSC Memory Clinic and Director of the Geriatric Fellowship in Behavioral Health. His major area of clinical practice and research is the assessment of cognitive change in older adults. Dr. Hall has been a faculty member at UNTHSC at Fort Worth for 20 years.