Hannah Manis,

Area of Concentration: Pediatrics

Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Driscoll

About: Hannah Manis is a graduate student in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, working as a research assistant in the Diabetes Behavioral Science Lab.

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.

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