Biography
Dr. Hoyt, a professor and chair of the Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention, is an expert in biobehavioral cancer survivorship research and is a leader in behavioral medicine and clinical health psychology.
He is also the director of the UCI Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research and of the Biobehavioral Shared Resource at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Hoyt leads the Behavioral Medicine Research Lab at UC Irvine and his research is focused on biobehavioral processes related to psychological adjustment and coping in the context of chronic disease, health-related adversity, and cancer survivorship.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, the President-Elect of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine, a fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and has been elected to the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
Research Interests
- Cancer Survivorship
- Health Psychology
- Behavioral Medicine
- Psychoneuroimmunology
Current Projects/Studies
More details about current studies and projects can be found at: www.bmed.publichealth.uci.edu. Recent example projects include:
- Inflammatory Processes, Emotion Regulation, and Depression in Prostate Cancer Survivors
- A Biobehavioral Intervention to Reduce Adverse Outcomes in Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivors
- Caregiving for Young Adults with Cancer in Latino Families: Understanding Healthcare Engagement and Family Wellbeing
- Reducing Disparities in the Adverse Impact of Cancer in Young Adult Latino Men
- Translating Goal-Focused Emotion Regulation Therapy to Young Adults Across Cancer Diagnoses
- Understanding Well-Being in Asian-American Prostate Cancer Survivors
Education
- Postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA (Health Psychology)
- Clinical residency at the University of Washington, School of Medicine (Behavioral medicine)
- PhD in Clinical Psychology from Arizona State University
- Master’s degree from the Tufts University School of Medicine-Emerson College (Health Communication)
Honors and Awards
- Elected into the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
- 2023 Distinguished Career Contributions Award, International Society of Behavioral Medicine
- 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Research Mentoring, University of California, Irvine
- Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
- 2014 International Research Collaboration Award from the University of Sydney
- 2013 New Investigator Award, American Psychosocial Oncology Society
