Dr. Shayna Henry received her Ph.D. in Health psychology in 2014 from the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology. She has worked independently and collaboratively on a number of research efforts aimed at better understanding the psychological and particularly the social and interactional factors underlying chronic disease processes. In particular, she has explored the ways social relationships influence the risk for chronic disease, especially cardiovascular diseases, and the mechanisms by with social interactions affect adherence to treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes and end-stage renal disease. She received numerous awards in support of her dissertation research, including the UC Irvine Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Dean’s Triumvirate Award, awarded to a group of researchers from three different Schools at UCI collaborating for the first time on a project of significance to clinical translational research. In her future work, Dr. Henry hopes to further explore the ways in which an improved understanding of the psychosocial contributors to health behaviors can be translated into effective, efficacious interventions to improve adherence to treatment among patients with chronic diseases.