Counseling and Human Development Services College of Education The University of Georgia UGA COE Resources & Services Research & External Affairs COeNews COE Events COE Departments & Directories COE Admissions COE Academic Programs About the COE About the COE
Counseling and Human Development Services
Navigation
 
About Counseling & Human Development Services

Department History

Admissions

Academic Programs

Departmental Assistantship Opportunities

Prospective Students

Current Students

Centers, Projects & Research

News & Events

Conferences

People

   

Faculty

fac pic

Ezemenari M Obasi

Hwemudua Alcohol and Health Disparities Laboratory (HAHDL)

Dr. Ezemenari M. Obasi is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology doctoral program at the University of Georgia. He received a B.S. in Physics at the University of California – Irvine, received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the Counseling Psychology program at The Ohio State University, while also obtaining a minor in quantitative psychology in the area of psychometrics and data analysis. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at Harvard Medical School: McLean Hospital. Dr. Obasi has served on professional editorial boards (Journal of Black Psychology, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Training and Education in Professional Psychology) and is a member of several national organizations.

Research Interests:

  • Substance Use/Abuse (Alcohol/EtOH)
  • Social Neuroscience
  • gene x environment predictors of health
  • Health Disparities
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology (African/African American Psychology)
Dr. Obasi has constructed an experimental laboratory that is used to explore biopsychosocial pathways concerning the intersection of alcohol use/abuse and health disparities that disproportionately impact Africans/African Americans residing in the United States. Hwemudua Alcohol and Health Disparities Laboratory (HAHDL) includes a wide range of state of the art equipment designed to gather biofeedback, biomarker, observational, survey, and experimental data in a naturalistic living room setting. Dr. Obasi is also involved in neuroscience studies using fMRI technology at the UGA Bio-Imaging Research Center (BIRC).

Clinical Experience:

  • College Counseling Center
  • VA Medical Center
  • Maximum Security Prison
  • Psychiatric hospital
Courses:

  • Theories of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • Biological Foundations of Behavior

 

 

 
  Building the New Learning Environment