Callie E. Tyner, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Tyner is a Research Assistant Professor in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware. She joined the Center for Health Assessment Research and Translation (CHART) in 2016.
She is a clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in evaluating and treating individuals with neurologic disorders, including traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the International Neuropsychological Society, and she is an affiliate member of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychologists. Dr. Tyner is licensed as a psychologist in the States of Delaware and Maryland.
Dr. Tyner’s research focuses on development of new tests and health outcomes measures. She has a particular interest in cognitive and emotional outcomes after neurologic injury and illness. Currently, she is working with Dr. Tulsky’s group on several projects developing tools to measure psychosocial functioning for individuals following physical injuries, including traumatic limb injuries and amputations. She also has experience developing new tests of cognitive ability.
Dr. Tyner obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Agnes Scott College, in Decatur, Georgia. She earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago, Illinois, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Baltimore VA Medical Center in Maryland.
Selected Publications
Tyner, CE, Boulton, AJ, Sherer, M, Kisala, PA, Glutting, JJ, Tulsky, DS (2020). Development of Composite Scores for the TBI-QOL. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 101(1), 43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.05.036
Tulsky, D.S., Tyner, C.E., Boulton, A.J., Kisala, P.A., Heinemann, A.W., Roth, E.J., Carlozzi, N.E. (2019). Development of the TBI-QOL Headache Pain item bank and short form. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 34(5), 298-307. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000532
Carlozzi, N.E., Tyner, C.E., Kisala, P.A., Sherer, M., Chiaravalloti, N., & Tulsky, D.S. (2019). Measuring self-reported cognitive function following TBI: Development of the TBI-QOL Executive Function and Cognition-General Concerns item banks. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 34(5), 308-325. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000520
Boulton, A.J., Tyner, C.E., Choi, S.W., Sander, A.M., Heinemann, A.W., Bushnik, T., Chiaravalloti, N., Sherer, M., Kisala, P.A., & Tulsky, D.S. (2019). Linking the GAD-7 and PHQ-9 to the TBI-QOL Anxiety and Depression item banks. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 34(5), 353-363. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000529
Holdnack, JA, Tulsky, DS, Slotkin, J, Tyner, CE, Gershon, R, Iverson, GL, Heinemann, AW (2017). NIH Toolbox premorbid ability adjustments: Application in a traumatic brain injury sample. Rehabilitation Psychology, 62(4), 496-508. doi:10.1037/rep0000198