Catherine Wall
Social Health Psychologist
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bio
In a rapidly evolving world where systems often fail to keep pace with our understanding of human experience and misinformation spreads like wildfire, interdisciplinary psychological research is uniquely positioned to drive meaningful change. My work seeks to integrate principles and theories founded in social, cognitive, and health psychology with insights from fields such as public health, media studies, and political science to tackle critical and current issues.
I am currently a doctoral candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University where I am currently working on my dissertation work attempting to develop a generalized model of susceptibility to medical misinformation. I have had the fortune to work with numerous wonderful researchers, such as Dr. Amy Krosch at Cornell University and Drs. Eric Benotsch, Caroline Cobb and Andrew Barnes at the Virginia Commonwealth University. My experiences and work have constantly straddled the lines between social and health psychology, allowing me the opportunity to examine phenomena through an interdisciplinary lens. This interdisciplinary approach continues to inform my research ideas and methods.
Outside of my research, I am an avid roller derby player, a book lover, a rock climber, and active in community based organizations including Richmond's new LGBT climbing group Top Out: RVA.
Latest First-Author Publication
Trans broken arm syndrome: A mixed-methods exploration of gender-related medical misattribution and invasive questioning
Gender-related medical misattribution and invasive questioning (GRMMIQ), colloquially known as “trans broken arm syndrome,” is a form of medical discrimination faced by transgender and gender diverse (TGD) patients wherein a provider incorrectly assumes that a medical condition results from a patient's gender identity or medical transition. In this work, we take a mixed methods approach to understanding the prevalence and the manifestations of GRMMIQ highlighting the experiences of the trans community while furthering our understanding of the wide-spread nature of this form of medical discrimination.
Catherine Wall
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology
806 W. Franklin St.
Box 842018
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2018