Tamara Sher

Tamara Sher, PhD, is a prominent Associate Professor and Director of the Clinical Psychology Program in the Institute of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology, and a leading researcher in the fields of Behavioral Medicine (Health Psychology) and Couples Therapy (Marital Therapy). Her recent $2.4 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health combines both of these fields in a study measuring the benefits of couples' involvement in cardiac treatment.

Selected Publications
[http://www.amazon.ca/Psychology-Couples-Illness-Research-Practice/dp/1557986495/sr=1-7/qid=1164010489/ref=sr_1_7/702-4605954-2028859?ie=UTF8&s=books Schmaling, K.B., & Sher, T.G. (Eds.) (2000). The Psychology of Couples and Illness. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books.]

Couples and Illness with Tamara Goldman Sher, PhD