Hannah Manis,

Area of Concentration: Pediatrics

Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Driscoll

About: Hannah Manis is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, working as a research assistant in the Diabetes Behavioral Science Lab. She is also a predoctoral fellow supported by a T32 in Biomedical Engineering and Type 1 Diabetes.

During my undergraduate career, I shadowed approximately 50 clients over the span of two summers in a small private practice in Middle Tennessee. I also completed a four-month internship in the Expressive Therapy department of Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital (Johnson City, Tennessee) which included music, art, and recreational therapies with inpatient and outpatient clients. During my Master’s program, my practicum at the University of Dayton Counseling Center involved facilitating weekly virtual anxiety and depression seminars, co-leading a college adjustment group, and engaging in individual counseling with students. At the UF Health Psychology Specialties Clinic, I have worked with children and families with various health and behavioral conditions. My clinical passion lies in working with youth and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes to assist them in reducing barriers to self-management, managing diabetes distress and burnout, integrating diabetes into one’s identity, and fostering resilience and growth while living with diabetes.

I began my graduate research career in 2019 at the University of Dayton Risk and Resilience Lab studying posttraumatic growth in survivors of childhood trauma. I was also the Lab Manager and Graduate Assistant in the Psychopathology, Personality, and Affective Sciences Lab wherein I was involved in research related to social correlates of olfaction as well as Post-COVID Pulmonary Syndrome. In the Fall of 2021, I joined the Diabetes Behavioral Science Laboratory at the University of Florida to examine various psychosocial factors that influence self-management in children and teens with Type 1 Diabetes. I am interested in further understanding how diagnosis-related factors (e.g., age, length of diagnosis, traumatic reactions), as well as how individuals view their identities related to their illness, influence self-management behaviors and glycemic control.

• Child Health
• Childhood Chronic Illness
• Posttraumatic Growth
• Resilience
• Type 1 Diabetes