John H. Porcerelli
University of Detroit Mercy
Professional Bio
John Porcerelli, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology and also the director of the Detroit Mercy Psychology Clinic at University of Detroit Mercy. He is board certified in clinical psychology and clinical health psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, and is a graduate of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Michigan Psychological Association, Society for Personality Assessment, American Academy of Clinical Psychology, and American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology.
Porcerelli’s research interests have spanned both personality dynamics as well as health psychology. As a health psychologist, he has conducted studies of collaborative care (i.e., physicians working side-by-side psychologists in medical settings), predictors of difficult physician-patient relationships, accuracy of self-ratings of physicians during objective structured clinical exams and has developed curricula for collaborative care in residency programs.
Porcerelli’s research interests have spanned both personality dynamics as well as health psychology. As a health psychologist, he has conducted studies of collaborative care (i.e., physicians working side-by-side psychologists in medical settings), predictors of difficult physician-patient relationships, accuracy of self-ratings of physicians during objective structured clinical exams and has developed curricula for collaborative care in residency programs.