Research Faculty

Name Bill D. Geis Ph.D.

Title Adjunct Assistant Professor

Research Description
Dr. Geis' research areas include suicide prevention, clinical intervention for suicidal thoughts, self-injury typologies and data-driven coalition models; psychosocial factors in weight loss surgery and psychosocial outcomes in weight loss; measurement and the long-term impact of early life psychological trauma; attachment styles and access to health care; homeless support and women’s homeless and domestic violence outcomes; substance abuse treatment linkage in a public hospital and patterns of community substance abuse; psychosocial support for cancer patients.

Email geisb@umkc.edu

Office Truman Medical Center

Office 816-404-6061

Alternate 816-756-1227

Personal Web Page

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Degrees

University of Kansas, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

University of Kansas, M.A., Clinical Psychology

Schools School of Medicine

Research Area Suicide Prevention and Clinical Intervention; Bariatric Surgery; Early Life Psychological Trauma