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Christina Pierpaoli Parker Ph.D.

About

Christina Pierpaoli Parker, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) specializing in adult and geriatric behavioral medicine. As a fellow, she has developed UAB’s Integrated Behavioral Medicine Service (iBeMS), which provides brief, evidence-based psychiatric treatment in primary and specialty care settings throughout UAB’s health system.

Pierpaoli Parker received a Fulbright-Killam fellowship to the University of Toronto prior to earning her Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and completing her clinical residency at UAB. Her broad research and clinical interests include developing translational behavioral interventions for preventing and managing comorbid psychiatric and chronic health conditions in mid-to-later life.

She has published research in peer-reviewed publications including Aging & Health, The Clinical Gerontologist, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, and International Psychogeriatrics, and she and her work have been featured on CNN, CNBC, Verizon, Kiplinger, and Healthline.

Recent Posts

Sexual Healing

Older adults want to discuss their sexual health with providers. Often, their doctors don't.

Older adults want to discuss their sexual health with providers. Often, their doctors don't.

Online Dating in the Golden Years

Ethical and practical considerations for psychologists and older adults navigating dating in the digital "golden" age.

Ethical and practical considerations for psychologists and older adults navigating dating in the digital "golden" age.

Experiencing Aging in Your Mid-Twenties

Lifespans tell stories and gerontologists interpret them. We get privileged, real-time insight into what works and what doesn’t.

Lifespans tell stories and gerontologists interpret them. We get privileged, real-time insight into what works and what doesn’t.

On Sex, Aging, and Living Erotically: Part II

A conversation with therapist Esther Perel on sexagenarians, society, and sexuality.

A conversation with therapist Esther Perel on sexagenarians, society, and sexuality.

On Sex, Aging, and Living Erotically — Part I

What New York Times best-selling author and couples therapist Esther Perel has to say about sex after 60.

What New York Times best-selling author and couples therapist Esther Perel has to say about sex after 60.

Let's Talk About Sex—After 60

Sex after 60 remains shrouded in secrecy, stemming from a cocktail of stigma, enigma, and clinical avoidance. Aging aficionado Christina Pierpaoli Parker discusses why.

Sex after 60 remains shrouded in secrecy, stemming from a cocktail of stigma, enigma, and clinical avoidance. Aging aficionado Christina Pierpaoli Parker discusses why.

Weight Man-age-ment

Aging: a common attribution for weight gain, but a fair one?

Aging: a common attribution for weight gain, but a fair one?

Where Do Gerontologists Fit on Interdisciplinary Teams?

Gains in longevity have introduced clinical complexities that require diverse skills and perspectives. Where do gerontologists sit at the table?

Gains in longevity have introduced clinical complexities that require diverse skills and perspectives. Where do gerontologists sit at the table?

Helpful Hacks for Conducting Research With Older Adults

A psychologist-in-training discusses sources of error in geropsychologial research and clever, practical ways of managing them.

A psychologist-in-training discusses sources of error in geropsychologial research and clever, practical ways of managing them.

Marri-AGE

I—like you, my parents, and my great Aunt Vilma—am aging, inching closer, and inevitably, to the other side.

I—like you, my parents, and my great Aunt Vilma—am aging, inching closer, and inevitably, to the other side.