Heather A. Jones, Ph.D., LCP
Director of Trainee Development
Email: hjones7@vcu.edu
Heather A. Jones is an Associate Professor of Psychology at VCU. She serves as the Director of Trainee Development of the VCU Institute for Women’s Health and Co-Director of the VCU Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative (PCPTC). Dr. Jones is also currently co-chair of the national Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology Training Council and is a Research Mentor for the VCU Center on Health Disparities. Dr. Jones is a licensed clinical psychologist who has spent her career mentoring the next generations of clinical psychologists and medical professionals who area focused on women and children, with a special emphasis on those from groups underrepresented in the sciences.
Dr. Jones has served as PI on a large cross-campus training grant for the Health Resources and Services Administration. As a scientist-practitioner, her research and clinical interests center on maternal and child mental health, with a focus on Black families. She has co-authored a book entitled, African American Families: Research, Theory, and Practice, and regularly publishes on child and maternal mental health in high tier journals. She has a strong commitment to mentoring future health service psychologists and clinical scientists and has multiple publications on training and mentoring in this field.