Department of Psychology

College of Humanities and Sciences

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Heather Jones, Ph.D., in front of greenery

Heather A. Jones, Ph.D.

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Associate Professor

(804) 828-5641

White House, 806 W. Franklin St., Room 215

Clinical Psychology

Tenured

Faculty

Education

  • Ph.D.: University of Maryland at College Park, 2006

Research Interests

Dr. Heather Jones' research and clinical training interests center on child and parental mental health as well as mentoring the next generation of clinical psychologists. Specifically, much of Jones' work has focused in three areas, child mental health, maternal mental health, and training the next generation of health service psychologists. As the recipient of large federal training grants, 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, 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. Jones' 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. Jones is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Virginia

 

Select Publications

* denotes a student author at the time of writing

  • Holmes, C., Iwanaga, K., Kimbrough, T., Singh, S., Winter, M., Popoola, A., Heyman, G., Burton, M., & Jones, H. A. (in press). A mediation analysis of trauma symptoms on well-being in caregivers of children with medical complexity. Healthcare.
  • McLeod, B. D., Ross, E., Li, G., Cross, R., Jones, H. A., Southam-Gerow, M., Chorpita, B. F., & Weisz, J. R. (2025). Initial score reliability and validity, of an observer-rated caregiver-clinician scale in treatment for youth anxiety. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2025.05.001
  • Kinser, P., Moyer, S., Jones, H. A., Jallo, N., Popoola, A., Thacker, L., Russell, S., Olavesen, E. S., Sundrehagen, T., Hare, M., Xia, B., Garthus-Niegel, S., Haga, S., & Drozd, F. (2025). Perceptions of the Mamma Mia Program, an internet-based prevention strategy for perinatal mental health symptoms. PLOS Mental Health. https://doi-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000138
  • Merrill, B. M., Hare, M. M., Piscitello, J., Schatz, N. K., Fabiano, G. A., Wells, E. L., Robertson, E. L., Aloe, A. M., Pelham, W. E., Jr, Macphee, F., Ramos, M., Zhao, X., Altszuler, A. R., Javadi, N., Morris, S. S. J., Smyth, A., Ward, L., & Jones, H. A. (2024). Diversity and representation in ADHD psychosocial treatment research: A comprehensive synthesis with data from over 10,000 participants. Clinical Psychology Review, 112. Advance online publication. https://doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102461
  • Johnson, K. F., Clemons, K. L., Robins, L. B., Gantt, A. C., & Jones, H. A. (2023). The experiences of school counseling trainees in a hospital based integrated behavioral health care practicum. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 5(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc05LqLx

Courses

  • Child Psychopathology, undergraduate level
  • Clinical Practicum (supervisor for the ADHD Clinic and Pediatric Primary Care), graduate level
  • Evidence-based Psychological Treatments for Children and Adolescents, graduate level
  • Research Internship in Psychology, undergraduate level

Affiliations

Awards

  • 2025 VCU Department of Psychology Outstanding Mentoring Award
  • 2025 VCU College of Humanities and Sciences Distinguished Mentor Award
  • 2023, VCU College of Humanities and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 2023, VCU Department of Psychology Outstanding Mentoring Award
  • 2017, Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, VCU Department of Psychology
  • 2016, Elizabeth Fries Young Investigator Award, VCU Institute for Women's Health
  • 2016, Clinical and Translational Research Award, VCU Institute for Women's Health
  • 2016, Summer Fellowship Mentor, VCU Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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