Dolores Cannella, MA, PhD

Dolores Cannella

Associate Dean for Education

Associate Professor, Department of General Dentistry

Department: (631) 632-5468

Office: (631) 632-3953

Email: dolores.cannella@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Address:
156A Rockland Hall
Stony Brook, NY 11794

Education

MA: General and Experimental Psychology, Long Island University CW Post Campus, 2002

MA: Social and Health Psychology, Stony Brook University, 2004

PhD: Social and Health Psychology, Stony Brook University, 2007

Research Interests

Interprofessional education, program evaluation and student success, utilization of social psychological theories in the promotion of health behaviors

  1. Cameron LR, Wright CD, Cannella DT, Hinz JG, McNeil DW, Mody DP, Pape G, Saksena Y, Singhal V, Young LB, Schrader SM. Curriculum Guidelines for Social and Behavioral Sciences in Predoctoral Dental Education. Journal of Dental Education (2026). doi:10.1002/jdd.70271.
  2. Monahan K, Bruckenthal P, Schoenfeld E, Cannella DT, Marino M. Health and Wellness Screening for Older Adults: Social Work Students’ Experiences in the Partnership to Advance Collaborative Education (PACE) Program. Best Practices in Mental Health, 18 (1): 47-61, 2022.
  3. Jham BC, Cannella DT, Adibi S, Austin K, Allareddy V, Petrie C. Should Pass/Fail Grading Be Used Instead of Traditional Letter Grades in Dental Education? Two Viewpoints. Journal of Dental Education, 82 (12): 1258-1264, 2018.
  4. Truhlar MR, Cannella DT, Marino M. The Geriatric Dental Assessment. Colgate Oral Health Dialogue, 2 (2): 1-4, 2017.
  5. Auerbach M, Lobel M, & Cannella DT. Psychosocial Correlates of Health-Promoting and Health-Impairing Behaviors in Pregnancy. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 35(3):76-83, 2014.
  6. Cannella DT, Auerbach M, & Lobel M. Predicting Birth Outcomes: Together, Mother and Health Care Provider Know Best. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 75(4):299-304, 2013.
  7. Grey NE, Lobel M & Cannella DT. Something to chew on: Psychosocial factors associated with oral health practices. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43: E13-E22, 2013.
  8. Waldman HB, Cannella DT & Perlman SP. Dentistry and childhood poverty in the United States. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, 37(1): 113-116, 2012.
  9. Cannella DT, Lobel M & Monheit AG. Knowing is believing: Information and attitudes towards physical activity during pregnancy. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 31(4):236-242, 2010.
  10. Cannella DT, Hamilton J & Lobel M. Teaching and learning guide for psychosocial perspectives on pregnancy: Prenatal maternal stress and coping. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 4(2):159-163, 2010.
  11. Schneider S, Moyer A, Knapp-Oliver SK, Sohl SJ, Cannella DT & Targhetta V. Pre-Intervention distress moderates the efficacy of psychosocial treatment for cancer patients: A meta-analysis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 33:1-14, 2010.
  12. Lobel M, Cannella DT, Graham JE, DeVincent C, Schneider J & Meyer BA. Pregnancy-specific stress, prenatal health behaviors and birth outcomes. Health Psychology, 27:604-615, 2008.
  13. Lobel M, Hamilton J & Cannella DT. Psychosocial perspectives on pregnancy: Prenatal maternal stress and coping. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2:1600-1623, 2008.
  14. Cannella DT, Lobel M, Glass P, Lokshina I & Graham GE. Factors associated with depressed mood in chronic pain patients: The role of intrapersonal coping resources. Journal of Pain, 8:256-262, 2007.

Book Chapter

Eckhardt P, Janotha B, Marino MA, Erlanger DP, & Cannella DT: Equipping Advanced Practice Nurses with Real-World Skills. In Y. Rosen, S. Ferrara, & M. Mosharraf (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Technology Tools for Real-World Skill Development (pp. 163-189). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2016. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-9441-5.ch007.

2015-2018: The Stony Brook Partnership to Advance to Collaborative Education (PACE) Center for Senior Health and Wellness. Project Coordinator 30%. HRSA-14-070. $1.4 million. 

2014: Charles Craig Teaching Award, Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society

2017: Honorary Inductee, Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society