IMAGE OF Ivy Ho. Ivy Ho is an Associate Professor of Psychology at UMass Lowell.

Ivy K. Ho

Associate Professor

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
Phone
978-934-3963
Office
Coburn - 850 Broadway Street
Email
ivy_ho@uml.edu
Links

Expertise

Health psychology, psychophysiology, victimization & women's health

Research Interests

Health psychology, women's health, and Asian American Studies.

Ivy Ho's research focuses on health disparities among marginalized women, the relationship between interpersonal stress (both traumatic and non-traumatic) and health, and cultural competence in healthcare delivery.

Education

  • Other: Pediatric Pain Psychology (80% clinical, 20% research), (2006), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati, OH
  • Ph D: Health Psychology, (2004), University of Louisville - Louisville, KY
    Supporting Area: *clinical internship: Medical Psychology specialty track, University of Florida (Health Science Center)
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: Emotional and Cognitive Processing of Interpersonal Stress among Women with Victimization Histories
  • MA: Clinical Psychology, (1999), University of Colorado at Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs, CO
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: Injury Prevention Practice among Parents of preschool-Aged Children
  • BA: Psychology, (1996), University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY

Biosketch

Ivy Ho completed her clinical psychology internship at University of Florida Health Sciences Center (2003-04), and previously held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center from 2004-06.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Teaching Award, Department of Psychology, Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Division on Women Award (2011) - Asian American Psychological Association Annual Convention
  • Young Investigator's Travel Award (2004) - American Pain Society
  • Graduate Fellowship Award (1999) - University of Louisville
  • Psi Chi, International Honors Society in Psychology (1994) - Psi Chi

Selected Publications

  • Ho, I.K., Lawrence, J.S. (). The Role of Social Cognition in Medical Decision Making with Asian American Patients. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T., Bellefontaine, S.M., Irving, A.L. (2018). Cultural Adaptation and Sexual Harassment in the Lives of Asian American Women. Women & Therapy, 41(3/4) 281 - 297.
  • Dinh, K.T., Ho, I.K., Yuying, T. (2018). Introduction to Special Issue: Trauma and Well-Being among Asian American Women. Women & Therapy, 41(3/4) 189 - 202.
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T., Bellefontaine, S., Irving, A. (). The relationship of cultural orientation to sexual harassment, sexual harassment attitudes, and sexual objectification among a sample of Asian women. Women & Therapy.
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T., Yuying, T. (2018). Trauma and Well-Being among Asian American Women. [Special Issue]. Women & Therapy, 41(3/4) 183 - 379.
  • Ejaife, O., Ho, I.K. (2017). Healthcare experiences of a Black lesbian in the United States. Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Smith, S., (). Primary care providers’ perceptions of young Cambodian American female patients. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
  • Kaskan, E.R., Ho, I.K. (2016). Microaggressions and Female Athletes. Sex Roles, 74(7-8) 275 - 287.
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T., Smith, S.A. (2015). Intimate Partner Violence and Physical Health Outcomes among Southeast Asian American Women. Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Dinh, K.T., HOLMBERG, M.D., Ho, I.K., Haynes, M.C. (2014). The Relationship of Prejudicial Attitudes to Psychological, Social, and Physical Well-being within a Sample of College Students in the United States. Journal of cultural diversity, 21(2) 56-66.
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T., Bellefontaine, S.A., Irving, A.L. (2012). Sexual Harassment and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Asian and White Women. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 21((1)) 95-113.
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T. (2011). Cervical Cancer Screening among Southeast Asian American Women. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13((1)) 49-60.
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T. (2011). Erratum: Cervical Cancer Screening among Southeast Asian American Women . Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13((2)) 413.
  • Ho, I.K. (2010). Self-understanding among Chinese International Women Students. (34:3 pp. 427 - 428). Psychology of Women Quarterly
  • Ho, I.K., Dinh, K.T., Zhan, L. (2009). Mentoring Asian Students toward the Health Professions. Asian American Voices: Engaging, Empowering, Enabling (pp. 77-90).
  • Dinh, K.T., Weinstein, T.L., Kim, S., Ho, I.K. (2008). Acculturative and psychological predictors of academic-related outcomes among Cambodian American high school students. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, 3 1-23.
  • Dinh, K.T., Weinstein, T.L., Kim, S.Y., Ho, I.K. (2008). Acculturative and Psychosocial Predictors of Academic-related Outcomes among Cambodian American High School Students. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement, 3 1-23.
  • Ho, I.K., Goldschneider, K., Kashikar-Zuck, S., Katogal, U., Jones, B. (2008). Healthcare Utilization and Indirect Burden Among Families of Pediatric Patients with Chronic Pain. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, 16 155-164.
  • Newton, T.L., Ho, I.K. (2008). Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Emotional Experience in Women: Emotion Occurrence, Intensity, and Variability in the Natural Environment. Journal of Psychological Trauma, 7 276-297.
  • Newton, T.L., Parker, B.C., Ho, I.K. (2005). Ambulatory Cardiovascular Functioning in Healthy Postmenopausal Women with Victimization Histories. Biological psychology, 70 121-130.
  • Sephton, S., Studts, J.L., Weissbecker, I., Lynch, G., Hoover, K., Ho, I.K., McGuffin, S., Salmon, P. (2003). Biological and Psychological Factors Contributing to Memory Impairment in Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Health Psychology, 22 592-597.
  • Berry, D.T., Cimino, C.R., Chong, N.K., Lavelle, S.N., Ho, I.K., Morse, T.L. (2001). MMPI-2 Fake-bad Scales: An Attempted Cross-validation of Proposed Cutting Scores for Outpatients. Journal of personality assessment, 76 296-314.

Selected Presentations

  • The States of Southeast Asian Communities in New England. - The 2014 States of Southeast Asian American Studies, October 2014 - Minneapolis, MN

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Dietary Quality and Acculturation among 1.5 and 2nd Generation Cambodian Immigrants living in the Greater Lowell Area (2017), Grant -
    Noel, S.E., Bigornia, S.J., Ho, I.K.
  • Conference Planning Grant: First Inaugural Convention of AAPI Feminist Psychologists (2018), Grant - Society for the Psychology of Women
    Dinh, K.T. (Co-Principal), Ho, I.K. (Co-Principal)
  • Predictors of adult Bhutanese refugees’ mental health outcomes: A survey study in the northeastern United States (), Grant - Circle Health Ball for Community Health Initiatives, 2017 Community Health Initiatives grant
    Gautam, R., Mawn, B., Ho, I.K.
  • Understanding Triumphs and Challenges of Immigration and Adaptation: An Innovative Model for Economic and Social Integration Success (2014), Grant - UMass President’s Office 2014 Creative Economy Initiatives Fund
    Dinh, K.T. (Principal), Ho, I.K. (Co-Principal), McCabe, A. (Co-Principal), Sladkova, J. (Co-Principal)
  • Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of Cambodian American Female Patients in Lowell, MA (2014), Grant - UMass Boston Institute for Asian American Studies, Fellowship Program
    Ho, I.K.
  • Collaborative Research: Institutional Networks and Continuous Learning to UnDo E (2012), Grant -
    Ho, I.K. (Co-Principal)
  • Collaborative Research: Institutional Networks and Continuous Learning to UnDo effects of Micro-inequities on Women (INCLUDE-Women) (2012), Grant - National Science Foundation
  • "Do you understand English?" Exploring Physiological & Psychological Responses to Identity Denial among U.S. born Asians (2011), Grant - Research, Scholarship and Creative Work Seed Grants
  • Contraception among Southeast Asian Americans: An Exploration of Factors and Themes (2010), Grant - research, Scholarship and Creative Work Seed Grant
  • Contraception among Southeast Asian Americans: An Exploration of Factors and Themes (2010), Grant - Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Seed Grants
    Ho, I.K. (Principal), Dinh, K.T. (Co-Principal)
  • Sexual Harassment among Asian Female Students in Higher Education (2009), Grant - Council on Research and Scholarship
  • Recruitment and Retention of Cambodian Americans Majoring in Psychology (2007), Grant - American Psychological Association
  • Psychophysiological Correlates of Stress (2007), Grant - School of Health and Environment
  • Sexual Harassment and Interpersonal Functioning (2007), Grant - Scholarly Research Forum
    Ho, I.K.