Dr. Kristofer J. Hagglund is the associate dean for Health Policy and Professor of Health Psychology at the MU School of Medicine.

Hagglund was a 2000-2001 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in the Office of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), where he worked on legislation addressing patient’s rights, mental health parity, rural health care, health professions workforce, community health centers, and the National Health Service Corps. Hagglund has published in the areas of adaptation to chronic illnesses and disabilities, health care delivery systems, and professional issues.

Hagglund is currently active in other projects which include a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to evaluate a consumer-driven personal assistance services program being implemented by the State of Missouri. He is also the principal investigator of the Missouri Model Spinal Cord Injury System, a five-year research and demonstration project funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

Hagglund directs a post-doctoral training program in rehabilitation research funded by the National Institutes of Health. Hagglund obtained a B.A. in psychology from Illinois State University and a Ph.D. in Clinical (Medical) Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Laura Schopp, American Board of Professional Psychology, is a board-certified neuropsychologist specializing in adult neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology. She is an assistant professor in the MU Department of Health Psychology, and conducts research on traumatic brain injury, telerehabilitation and disability informatics.

She has served as the principal investigator and co-principal investigator of a number of other research projects from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and has completed NIH fellowships in both neuropsychology research and health informatics. She has been the recipient of several national awards, such as the Mary Switzer research fellowship from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, as well as the Young Investigator Award from the Brain Injury Association of the United States.

She serves as chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Missouri Psychological Association, and served on the Telehealth Policy Committee of the American Psychological Association. She has authored over 25 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as other chapters.