Chicago-area psych student, Samara Lipsky

After studying business administration during her bachelor degree at Emory University, Samara Lipsky switched gears for her masters degree and PhD candidacy at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP). With behavioral and health research pursuits, Samara Lipsky has dedicated herself to TCSPP’s international psychology program. She has presented at multiple conference and published many articles on public health issues -- including serving as co-author for three book chapters -- with an international focus on her research interests, such as examination of indoor tanning perspectives among non-U.S. countries and the biopsychosocial model for disease prevention and global health promotion. This Chicago-area student has dedicated herself wholly to psychology as she recently accepted a post-doctoral fellowship award in psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and New Jersey.

The History of the Study - Samara Lipsky

Samara Lipsky has done much of her research on the biopsychosocial model. To understand this model, it helps to know its history. Back in the late 1970s, the medical community had developed a working medical model that had been in place for far too long. Psychiatrist Dr. George Engel proposed that if a hypothetical patient went through a series of unfortunate health events, finding a solution for this would not fit into the model that was being practiced by the science community. And in this, the birth of the biopsychosocial model occured. Samara Lipsky has spent years developing more data and research for this topic.

The Diverse Career of Samara Lipsky

The commitment Samara Lipsky feels for her community is obvious, when you consider she co-founded a non-profit dedicated to increasing the diversity for psychological and other medically-oriented organizations. Her non-profit plays a role in funding them and raising awareness, in addition to encouraging greater diversity. Of course, all of this is in addition to Samara Lipsky’s commitment to what has grown into an impressive psychological career. She is currently a Ph.D candidate in the International Psychology program at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), but many see that as little more than the cherry that sits atop a distinguished career as a psychologist.

Of course, in addition to her experience, Samara Lipsky also has a lot of significant education, including the Bachelor’s Degree in business she earned from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and, of course, her Masters Degree in Psychology, which she earned soon after. Just prior to her current doctoral work, Samara also completed a two-year predoctoral research fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.