Meet the Editors of JHSP - National Register

Daniel M. Elchert, PhD

CEO, National Register of Health Service Psychologists, Washington, DC, USA

Daniel M. Elchert, PhD (he/him/his) is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health Service Psychology. As CEO, Dr. Elchert is responsible for carrying out the National Register’s mission to serve as the professional home for health service psychologists. He is a licensed clinical psychologist, statistician, and public policy analyst. Previously, Dr. Elchert was the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow with the National Science Board Office, and Health Policy Fellow on the staff for the Chair of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Dr. Elchert has advanced many National Register priorities, including the National Register’s Associate Program, FindaPsychologist.org, The Clinical Consult podcast series, and the National Practice Conference. His scholarship has appeared in journals, including the Journal of Health Service Psychology, and his advocacy has been cited in national news outlets like the Washington Post. Dr. Elchert maintains a patient caseload in a private practice setting.

Kate Brody Nooner, PhD, ABPP, LCAS

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA

Kate Brody Nooner, PhD, ABPP, LCAS, is the managing editor for the Journal of Health Service Psychology (JHSP). As managing editor of the JHSP, she will focus on publishing content of direct clinical relevance to health service psychologists and other behavioral health practitioners. Outside of the journal, Dr. Nooner is a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). She has been a member of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists since 2012. Dr. Nooner also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. Her clinical practice and psychology research are at the intersection of trauma, child and adolescent development, and psychophysiology.