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Jacob B. Priest

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism

Current Positions

  • Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry
  • Associate Professor of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
  • Director, LGBTQ Counseling Clinic, University of Iowa Health Care

Education

  • PhD, Marriage and Family Therapy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
  • MS, Marriage and Family Therapy, Purdue University Calumet, Calumet, Illinois
  • BS, Family Studies, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah

Licenses & Certifications

  • Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Selected Publications

  • Priest, J. (2021). The Science of Family Systems Theory. Routledge.
  • Priest, J. B., Parker, E. O., Hiefner, A., Woods, S. B. & Roberson, P. N. (2020). The Development and Validation of the FACES-IV-SF. Journal of marital and family therapy 46 (4) 674--686.
  • Priest, J. B., McNeil Smith, Shard\'e, Woods, S. B. & Roberson, P. N. (2020). Discrimination, family emotional climate, and African American health: An application of the BBFM. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Priest, J. B. & Cobb, K. F. (2020). Depression, Anxiety, and Other Internalizing Disorders. The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy 2 241--263.
  • Woods, S. B., Priest, J. B. & Roberson, P. N. (2020). Family versus intimate partners: Estimating who matters more for health in a 20-year longitudinal study. Journal of Family Psychology 34 (2) 247.
  • Woods, S. B., Priest, J. B., Kuhn, V. & Signs, T. (2019). Close relationships as a contributor to chronic pain pathogenesis: Predicting pain etiology and persistence. Social Science & Medicine 237.
  • Priest, J. B. (2019). Examining Differentiation of Self as a Mediator in the Biobehavioral Family Model. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 45 (1) 161-175. DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12301.
  • Roberson, P. N., Shorter, R. L., Woods, S. & Priest, J. (2018). How health behaviors link romantic relationship dysfunction and physical health across 20 years for middle-aged and older adults. Social Science and Medicine 201 18-26.
  • Nisly, N. L., Imborek, K. L., Miller, M. L., Dole, N., Priest, J. B., Sandler, L., Krasowski, M. D. & Hightower, M. (2018). Developing an inclusive and welcoming LGBTQ clinic. Clinical obstetrics and gynecology 61 (4) 646--662.
  • Woods, S. B., Priest, J. B., Signs, T. L. & Maier, C. A. (2018). In sickness and in health: the longitudinal associations between marital dissatisfaction, depression and spousal health. Journal of Family Therapy.