JOSEPH EVANS, PhD
Director of Psychology - Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5450
(402) 559-5758

Biography

Dr. Evans graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Psychology in 1974. He worked as a staff psychologist at Boys Town and as the Director of Evaluation for the Boys Town home campus program. From there he moved to the Florida Mental Health Institute, a major component of the University of South Florida, where he was the Director of the Family Teaching Project and later Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Law and Mental Health. Dr. Evans returned to Nebraska in 1986 as Director of Psychology of the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) and continues in this role as well as being the Associate Director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

As the Director of the Pediatric Psychology program at UNMC, Dr. Evans is actively involved in a number of activities including clinical service, intern training, research and grantsmanship. He supervises the ADHD clinic for MMI and is considered the adolescent psychology treatment specialist for the Department. He assisted Dr. Jane Conoley in establishing the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology and served on the Consortium Board of Supervisors for the first 5 years of its existence. He continues to supervise Psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows, and ten faculty members of the Department. Dr. Evans' programmatic interests are in training, rural behavioral health, program dissemination, and policy issues relating to provision of pediatric psychology services to under-served communities and populations. He is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and is responsible for generating grant funds and contracts to support the mission of MMI and the Psychology Department. He has generated over $6.3 million dollars of Federal and State grant/contract support over the past 18 years and is currently the PI on grants from HRSA, Americorps, and the Department of Justice. His research interests are in ADHD, the integration of behavioral health into primary pediatric practice, and rural behavioral health care provision.

 

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Valleley, R. J., Kosse, S., Schemm, A., Foster, N., Evans, J., & Polaha, J. (in press). Integrated care for children in rural communities:  An examination of patient attendance to behavioral health services.  Families, Systems, & Health.

Valleley, R. J., Polaha, J., Cooper, S. L., Evans, J. H., & Begeny, J. (2007). Behavioral health concerns raised by parents and physicians in rural primary care settings. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 31, 21-30.

Cooper, S. L., Valleley, R. J., Polaha, J., Begeny, J., & Evans, J. H. (2006). Running out of time: Physician management of behavioral health concerns in rural pediatric primary care. Pedia Pages, 118, e132-e138 .

Evans, J. H., Polaha, J., Valleley, R. J., Jones-Hazledine, C., & Foster, N. L. (2006). Behavioral health in rural pediatric primary care. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 31, 28-34.

Valleley, R., Polaha, J., & Evans, J. H. (Fall, 2004). Behavioral healthcare services impact on medical utilization for children with externalizing disorders. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, E7.

Valleley, R., Evans, J. H., & Allen, K. D. (2002). Parent implementation of an oral reading intervention. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 24, 39-50.

Allen, K. D., & Evans, J. H. (2001). Exposure-based treatment to control excessive blood glucose monitoring. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 497-500.

Book Chapters

Evans, J. H., Stork, W. S., & Phillips-Stork, E. (2001). The Sixties. In R. S. Schalock (Ed.), Out of the darkness and into the light: Nebraska's experience with mental retardation. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation.

Books

Evans, J. E., Stork, W., & Phillips-Stork, E. (2001). Out of the darkness and into the light: Nebraska's experience with mental retardation. Nebraska History Book American Association on Mental Retardation.

 

Research Projects

Integrating Systems Against Methamphetamine Abuse (ISMA): Continuing The Direction
Department of Justice C.O.P.S. Grant
Role: PI	2006-2008

 

Training and Retaining Pediatric Behavioral Health Professionals in Rural Nebraska
HRSA Graduate Psychology Education Grant
Role: PI	2004-2010

MMI AmeriCorps Planning for Partnerships and Resources Across Nebraska
Nebraska Volunteer Service Commission
Role: PI	2004-2010

National Service Inclusion Project
AmeriCorps
Role: PI	2003-2004

Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Training: Establishing Partnerships Between Mental Health and Primary Care
HRSA Allied Health Grant Program
Role: PI	2001-2006