Kate Brody Nooner, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Kate Brody Nooner, a board-certified licensed clinical psychologist, scientist, and professor, is a higher education leader at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). She is the founding Senior Associate Dean for Faculty, Policy, Research & Innovation in the College of Science and Engineering. Her other significant roles at UNCW include Chair of the Department of Psychology and Vice President of the Faculty Senate. Dr. Nooner's academic expertise is further demonstrated by her role as a tenured full professor of psychology and her direction of the Trauma and Resilience Laboratory. She holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine and is a member of the National Consortium on Alcohol Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA).
Dr. Nooner's active involvement in research and grant activities is a testament to her dedication to her field. She serves as the lead principal investigator for UNCW's NSF Advance grant, UNC-by-the-S.E.A. (STEM Equity Access), to further women faculty in STEM fields. She is the principal investigator of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIH grants (R15AA028911) and co-principal investigator of NCANDA with subcontracts from Duke University and the University of California San Diego. Dr. Nooner gives presentations and authors publications on adversity and stress, substance use, child and adolescent mental health, and neuroscience. She was inducted into UNCW's Million Dollar Club for her substantial external grant activity.
Dr. Nooner serves on several boards, including the North Carolina Psychological Board and the American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation. She is a registered site visitor with the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation. She was a Faculty Fellow of the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Dr. Nooner is an alum of the HERS Leadership Institute.
Dr. Nooner is the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Health Service Psychology for the National Register of Health Service Psychologists and a past Board member. She is also on the editorial board of Child Abuse & Neglect. Dr. Nooner is an active member of professional organizations in her field, including the Research Society on Alcohol and the American Psychological Association.
Dr. Nooner played a pivotal role in creating and developing UNCW's APA-approved PhD Program in Clinical Psychology. Her work included founding and directing the General Psychotherapy & Assessment Clinic, UNCW's doctoral training clinic focused on providing evidence-based mental health care to the community. Dr. Nooner provides supervision and consultation to individuals, groups, and organizations, drawing from her evidence-based, developmentally informed clinical psychology expertise. She spent many years in part-time private practice in North Carolina and New York and maintains NC and NY licenses.
Dr. Nooner obtained her BA in psychology from Wellesley College and her PhD from the University of California San Diego / San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, specializing in developmental psychopathology. She completed her clinical residency with child and adolescent specialization at the Columbia University School of Medicine and her post-doctoral training at New York University's Child Study Center. Dr. Nooner is board-certified in clinical psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Dr. Nooner has served as the Associate Chair - Graduate Coordinator for the Department of Psychology at UNCW. Before joining the faculty at UNCW, Dr. Nooner was a tenure-track assistant professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey. She was also a tenured research scientist at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in New York.
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For more information, you can reach Dr. Nooner directly at noonerk@uncw.edu or 910.962.2571.