Associate Professor (tenured)
Co-Director, Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Virginia

Ph.D. (2006), University of Maryland at College Park

Doctoral Program Affiliation

Clinical Psychology

Other Affiliations

• VCU Department of African American Studies
• VCU Department of Pediatrics
• VCU Institute for Women's Health

Websites 

• Center for ADHD Research, Education and Service
• Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative
• VCU Department of Psychology

Research Interests

Dr. Heather Jones' research and clinical training interests lie broadly with child and parental mental health within marginalized communities. Specifically, much of Dr. Jones' work has focused in three areas, Black children and their families, maternal mental health, and training the next generation of health service psychologists. As the recipient of a large federal training grant, Dr. Jones co-directs the VCU Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative. This training collaborative is centered on providing graduate students training in the provision of behavioral health care in primary care settings (i.e., integrated care), with a focus on providing pro bono mental health services to the urban Richmond community as well as rural Virginians. As a scholar, Dr. Jones has been funded as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Her work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Women’s Health, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and Academic Pediatrics. Dr. Jones is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Virginia.