Laura H. Schopp, PhD, ABPP

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Laura Schopp, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified neuropsychologist specializing in adult neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology. She is an Associate 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 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 is currently the Principal Investigator of the Missouri Model Spinal Cord Injury System and the disAbility Spin Disability Informatics Initiative. She recently served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Missouri Psychological Association, and on the Telehealth Implementation Work Group of the American Psychological Association, and is currently serving on the Committee on Rural Health for the American Psychological Association. She has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as other chapters and manuscripts.

Laura Schopp, PhD, ABPP
Ellis Fischel Hospital
One Hospital Drive, DC 116.88
Columbia, MO 65212
(573) 882-2290
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Publications

Trull, T.J., Goodwin, A.H., Schopp, L.H., Hillenbrand, T.L., & Schuster, T. (1993). Psychometric properties of a cognitive measure of personality disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 61, 536-546.

Schopp, L.H., & Trull, T.J. (1994). Validity of the DSM III-R Personality Disorder Clusters. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 15, 219-237.

Hagglund, K.J., Schopp, L.H., Alberts, K.R., Cassidy, J.T., & Frank, R.G. (1995). Predicting pain among children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 8, 36-42.

Johnstone, B., Slaughter, J., Schopp, L.H., McAllister, J.A., Schwake, C., & Luebbering, A. (1997). Determining neuropsychological impairment using estimates of pre-morbid intelligence: Comparing methods based on level of education vs. reading scores. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 12, 591-602.

Callahan, C.D., Schopp, L.H., & Johnstone, B. (1997). Clinical utility of a seven subtest WAIS-R short form in the neuropsychological assessment of traumatic brain injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 12, 133-138.

Johnstone, B., Schopp, L.H., & Frank, R.G. (1997). Managed care and rehabilitation: Issues related to cognitive rehabilitation. In B. Johnstone and R.G. Frank (Eds.), Special Issue: Cognitive Rehabilitation: Training and Professional Issues. NeuroRehabilitation, 8, 57-65.

Schopp, L.H., Callahan, C.D., Johnstone, B., & Schwake, C.J. (1998). Utility of a seven-subtest version of the WAIS-R among an Alzheimer’s disease sample. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 13, 637-643.

Frank, R.G., Thayer, J.F., Hagglund, K.J., Vieth, A.Z., Schopp, L.H., Beck, N.C., Kashani, J.H., Goldstein, D.E., Cassidy, J.T.,Clay, D.L., Chaney, J.M., Hewett, J.E., & Johnson, J.C. (1998). Trajectories of adaptation in pediatric chronic illness: The importance of the individual. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 66, 521-532.

Frank, R.G., Hagglund, K.J., Schopp, L.H., Thayer, J.F., Vieth, A.Z., Cassidy, J.T., Goldstein, D.E., Beck, N.C., Clay, D.L., Hewett, J.E., Johnson, J.C., Chaney, J.M., & Kashani, J.H. (1998). Disease and family contributors to adaptation in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile diabetes. Arthritis Care and Research, 11, 166-176.

Johnstone, B., Schopp, L.H., Harper, J., & Koscuilek, J. (1999). Neuropsychological impairments, vocational outcomes, and financial costs for individuals with traumatic brain injury receiving state Vocational Rehabilitation services. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 14, 220-232.

Schopp, L.H., Johnstone, B.J., & Merrell, D. (2000). Telehealth and neuropsychological assessment: New opportunities for psychologists. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 31, 179-183.

Schopp, L.H., Johnstone, B., & Merveille, O.C. (2000). Multidimensional telecare strategies for rural residents with brain injury. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 6, S1 146-149.

Skeel, R.L., Johnstone, B., Schopp, L., Shaw, J., & Petroski, G.F. (2000). Neuropsychological predictors of distress following traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 14 705-712.

Schopp, L.H., Shigaki, C., Johnstone, B., & Kirkpatrick, H. (2001). Gender differences in cognitive and emotional adjustment to traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 8, 181-187.

Schopp, L.H., Herrman, T.D., Johnstone, B., Callahan, C.D., & Roudebush, I.S. (2001). Two abbreviated versions of the WAIS-III: Validation among persons with traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 46, 279-287.

Schopp, L.H., Kirkpatrick, H.A., Hagglund, K.J., Meyer, T.M, & Meyer, L. (2001). Serving rural women with disabilities: Training needs assessment of healthcare providers in rural settings SCI Psychosocial Process, 14, 132-139.

Johnstone, B., Hogg, J.R., Schopp, L.H., Kapila, C., & Edwards, S. Neuropsychological deficit profiles in Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type (2002). Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 273-282.

Johnstone, B, Nossaman, L.D., Schopp, L.H., Holmquist, L., & Rupright, S. J. (2002). Distribution of services and supports for people with traumatic brain injury in rural and urban Missouri. Journal of Rural Health, 18, 109-117.

Schopp, L.H., Kirkpatrick, H., Hagglund, K., Sanford, T.C., & Wongvatunyu, S. (2002). Impact of comprehensive gynecologic services on health maintenance behaviors among women with spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 24, 899-903.

Schopp, L.H., Sanford, T.C., Hagglund, K.J. Gay, J.W., & Coatney, M.A. (2002). Removing service barriers for women with physical disabilities: Promoting accessibility in the gynecologic care setting. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 47, 74-79.

Hales, J.W., Quetsch, J.L., Schopp L.H., & Brown, G.D. (2002). Application of Peer-to-Peer Networking to Health Care. In: S. Krishna. E.A. Balas, & S.A. Boren (Eds.), Information Technology Business Models for Quality Health Care: An EU/US Dialogue. IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2002 (peer-reviewed).

Bounds, T.A., Schopp, L., Johnstone, B. Unger, C., & Goldman, H. (2003). Gender differences in a sample of vocational rehabilitation clients with TBI. NeuroRehabilitation, 18, 189-196.

Johnstone, B., Mount, D., and Schopp, L.H. (2003). Financial and Vocational Outcomes One Year After Traumatic Brain Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84, 238-241.

Johnstone, B., Price, T., Bounds, T., Schopp, L.H., Shootman, M., & Schumate, D. (2003). Rural/urban differences in vocational outcomes for state vocational rehabilitation clients with TBI. NeuroRehabilitation, 18, 197-203.

Schopp, L.H., Hales, J.W., Brown, G.D., & Quetsch, J.L. (2003). A rationale and training agenda for rehabilitation informatics: Roadmap for an emerging discipline. NeuroRehabilitation, 18, 159-170.

Schopp, L.H., Johnstone, B.R., Edwards, S.R., Vessell, R.W., & Schwake, C.J. (in press). Vocational outcome & community integration of persons receiving Division of Vocational Rehabilitation services. Brain Injury.

Schopp, L.H., Hales, J.W., Quetsch, J.L., Hauan, M.J., & Brown, G.D. (2004). Design of a Peer-to-Peer Telerehabilitation Model. Telemedicine Journal & eHealth, 10, 243-251.

Demiris, G., Edison, K., & Schopp, L.H. (2004). Shaping the future: Needs and expectations of telehealth professionals. Telemedicine Journal & eHealth, 10 (2), 60-63.

Matsuda, S.J., Clark, M.J., Schopp, L.H., Hagglund, K.J., Mokelke, E.K. (in press). Barriers and satisfaction associated with personal assistance service: Results of consumer and personal assistant focus groups. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health.

Demiris, G., Shigaki, C.L., & Schopp, L.H. (in press). An evaluation framework for a rural home-based telerehabilitation network. Journal of Medical Systems.

Hagglund, KJ, Clark, MJ, Schopp, LH, Sherman, AK, Acuff, ME. (2005). Consumer-assistant education to reduce the occurrence of urinary tract infections among persons with spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 10(3), 53-62.

Schopp, L.H., Johnstone, B., & Reid-Arndt, S. (in press). Telehealth specialty training for rural behavioral health generalists: Supporting and enhancing rural service delivery networks. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Johnstone, B.J., Schopp, L.H., & Shigaki, C.L. (2000). Forensic Psychological Evaluation. In R.G. Frank and T. Elliott (Eds.). Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology, pp. 345-358. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Schopp, L.H. (2000). Telehealth and traumatic brain injury: Creative community-based care. Telemedicine Today, 8, 4-6 & 33.

Schopp, L.H. (in press). Telework for persons with disabilities in the EU and the USA: What can we learn from each other? In eHealth: Current Status and Future Trends. Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Schopp, L.H. (1996). A review of The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia. A.S. David & J.C. Cutting, Eds. Brain Injury, 10, 625-626.

Schopp, L.H. (2001). A review of The International Handbook of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. A.L. Christensen & B.P. Uzell, Eds. Brain Injury, 15, 559-560.

Schopp, L.H. (2001). A review of The Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys. G.J. Murrey, Ed. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 17, 263-264.

Schopp, L.H. (2004). Rules of the Road: Counseling on the Information Highway. A review of Online Counseling: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals. R. Kraus, J. Zack, & G. Stricker, Eds. PsyCritiques, 49, IS2, http://www.psycinfo.com/psyccritiques/

Frank, R.G., Schopp, L.H., Hagglund, K.J., Thayer, J.F., Cassidy, J.T. (1994). Parent functioning among families with chronic illness. Rehabilitation Psychology, 39: 131.

Frank, R.G., Hagglund, K.J., Thayer, J.F., Vieth, A.Z., & Schopp, L.H. (1995). Trajectories of coping with pediatric chronic illness. Rehabilitation Psychology, 40: 149.

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Presentations

DiLorenzo, T., Powers, R., Cormier, J., Herbig, L. & Fisher, E. (1990, May). The Role of Social Support and Competence Skills in Smoking Cessation among Women. Poster presented at the meeting of the World Lung Health Association, Boston, MA.

DiLorenzo, T., Herbig, L., Cormier, J., Powers, R. & Fisher, E. (1990, August). Social Support and Competence Skills in Smoking Cessation among Women. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Cormier, J., Herbig, L., DiLorenzo, T., Frensch, P., & Fisher, E. (1990, November). Effects of Social Support, Perceived Competence, and Partner Smoking Status in Successful Smoking Quit Attempts. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, CA.

Trull, T. and Herbig, L. (1991, August). DSM III-R Personality Disorders and the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Trull, T., Goodwin, A., Schopp, L., Hillenbrand, T. & Schuster, T. (1992, August). Reliability and Validity of a Cognitive Measure of Personality Disorders. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Schopp, L.H., & Trull, T.J. (1995). Affective instability, coping, and outcome in Borderline Personality Disorder. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

Johnstone, B, Schopp, L.H., & Gernert-Dott, P. (1996). Methods of estimating cognitive decline in traumatic brain injury. Paper presented at the MO Psychological Assn., St. Louis.

Johnstone, B. & Schopp, L.H. (1997, June). Neuropsychological deficits and outcomes for DVR clients. Paper presented at the Missouri Psychological Association, Osage Beach, MO.

Johnstone, B. & Schopp, L.H. (1997, August). Neuropsychological functioning as a predictor of vocational outcome: Some unexpected findings. Paper presented at the Howard A. Rusk International Symposium on Neurorehabilitation. Columbia, MO.

Schopp, LH. Telemedicine and neuropsychological services: Improving access to care for rural residents with brain injury (1998, April). Paper presented at the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research 1998 Switzer Fellows’ Meeting, Washington, DC.

Schopp, LH. (1998, April). Applying telehealth technology among a rehabilitation population. Paper presented to the Missouri Telemedicine Network, Macon, MO.

Schopp, L.H. & Johnstone, B. (1998, June). Telehealth applications for psychology: Positive financial and client satisfaction outcomes. Paper presented at the meeting of the Missouri Psychological Assn., Osage Beach, MO.

Schopp, L.H., Meyer, T.M., Wall-Smith, E., Meyer, L.J., Gay, J.W., & Coatney, M.A. (1998, September). A model health care program for women with spinal cord injury. Presented at the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, Las Vegas, NV.

Kirkpatrick, H.A., Schopp, L.H., Wall-Smith, L., Gay, J., Meyer, L., Meyer, T., Coatney, M.A. (1999, March). The women's spinal cord injury project. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology, Providence, RI.

Schopp, L.H., & Johnstone, B. (1999, May). Rural Brain Injury Mental Health Supports through Telerehabilitation Training. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council, Jefferson City, MO.

Schopp, L.H., Kirkpatrick, H., Wall-Smith, E., Meyer, L., Meyer, T. (1999, August). Providing gynecologic care to women with disabilities. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Assn., Boston, MA.

Schopp, L.H. & Johnstone, B. (1999, August). Telehealth vs. Conventional Neuropsychological Evaluation in Rehabilitation. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Assn., Boston, MA.

Schopp, L.H. & Johnstone, B. (1999, November). Comprehensive Telehealth Care for Persons with Brain Injury. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Telemedicine & Telecare, G-8 Global Healthcare Project. London, UK.

Schopp, L.H., Kirkpatrick, H.A., Hagglund, K.J., & Meyer, T.M. (2000, August). Rehabilitation educational needs of rural women's health care providers. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Assn., Washington, DC.

Schopp, L.H., Dowds, M.M., Jones, M., Rotundi, A. & Glueckauf, R. (2000, August). Telerehabilitation Initiatives: Leading edge programs for people with disabilities. Practice Exhibition Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Hanson, S., Mona, L.R., Glueckauf, R., Goldberg, A.L., Counts, W., Kerkhoff, T., & Schopp, L.H. (2000, August). Global psychological practice: The opportunities and challenges of internet technology. Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Zhao, Y., Zhuang, X., He, X., & Schopp, L. (2000, October). A Combined Adaptive and Decision-Tree Based Speech Separation Technique for Telemedicine Applications. Proceedings of International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Vol. 2, pp. 795-798, Beijing, China.

Schopp, L.H. (2001, May). Traumatic Brain Injury Resources & Outcomes in Rural & Urban Settings. Presented at the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council Conference, Jefferson City, MO.

Schopp, L.H. (2001, October). An Evidence-Based Telerehabilitation Program. In e-Rehab: Applications of Network Technologies in Medical Rehabilitation (Jones, M.L., Schopp, L.H., Peifer, J., & Lauderdale, D.). Paper presented at the meeting of the American College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tucson, AZ.

Mokelke, E.K., Hagglund, K.J., Schopp, L.H., & Clark, M.J. (2002, March). Personal Assistant and Consumer Satisfaction: Preliminary Results. Poster presented at the APA Division 22 Spring Conference (New Orleans).

Schopp, L.H., Hales, J.W., Brown, G.D., Quetsch, J.L., & Johnstone, B. (2002, September). Development of an Internet-Based Information Management Tool for Persons with Disabilities. Paper presented the International Conference on Telemedicine, Regensburg, Germany.

Brown, G.D., Hales, J.W., Quetsch, J.L., & Schopp, L.H.. (2002, June). Consumer Informatics for Individuals with Severe Chronic Conditions. Presented at the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Brown, G.D., Hales, J.W., Schopp, L.H., & Quetsch, J.L. (2002, Winter). The Implications of Consumer Informatics on Health Systems Structure. Winter Course at La Laguna University in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain.

Schopp, L.H. (2003, October). When All Rehab is Local: Networking Solutions for Rapid Local Rehabilitation Resource Development. Workshop presented at the meeting of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tucson, AZ.

Schopp, L.H. (2004, February). Telework for Persons with Disabilities in the US and the EU. Paper presented at the European Union Center e-Health Conference, Columbia, MO.

Schopp, L.H., Nelson, L., Johnstone, B., Bounds, T.A., & duCoudray, H. (2004, March). The Effect of Rural-Urban Residential Status on the Assessment of Outcomes in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Division 22 (Rehabilitation) Spring Conference, Seattle WA.

Clark, MJ, Matsuda, SJ, Schopp, LH, Hagglund, JK, Mokelke, EK. Identifying the Strengths and Challenges Associated with Personal Assistance Services. Poster selected for presentation at the 18th American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Schopp, L.H., Shigaki, C.R., Johnstone, B., Meyer, T., & Meyer, L. (June, 1998). Women’s issues in rehabilitation. Invited address at the meeting of the Missouri Psychological Assn., Osage Beach, MO.

Schopp, L.H. & Johnstone, B. (December, 1999). A Telehealth Traumatic Brain Injury Training Study for Rural Mental Health Providers. Invited address at meeting of the National Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, Washington, D.C.

Schopp, L.H. (September, 1999). How to Develop a Telehealth Program for Families with Developmental and Acquired Disabilities. Invited address to the Missouri Dept. of Mental Health Executive Committee, Jefferson City, MO.

Schopp, L.H. and Johnstone, B. (May, 2000). Behavior Management for Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury. Invited address at the Spring Training Institute of the Missouri Dept. of Mental Health, Osage Beach, MO.

Schopp, L.H., Johnstone, B., Rupright, S.J., Reed, J.S., Imhoff, T., & Allen, V.L. (June, 2000). Traumatic Brain Injury Workshop for Behavioral Health Care Providers. Invited symposium at the meeting of the Missouri Psychological Assn., Osage Beach, MO.

Schopp, L.H., Johnstone, B. (2000, September). Making TBI Services Work for Rural Communities. Invited lecture at the meeting of the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators, Kansas City, MO.

Schopp, L.H. & Johnstone, B. (2001, April). Rural e-Health for Persons with Disabilities. Invited lecture at the California eHealth & Disability Leadership Summit, Oakland, CA.

Schopp, L.H., Johnstone, B., Hauber, R., & Hales, J.W. (2001, June). eHealth and Information Strategies for Persons and Families with Traumatic Brain Injury. Invited workshop at the Williamsburg Traumatic Brain Injury International Conference, Williamsburg, VA.

Schopp, L.H. & Gay, J. (2003, March). Clinical Issues and Gynecologic Cancer Prevention for Women with Disabilities. Invited lecture at the annual meeting of the Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior Services, Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program, Jefferson City, MO.

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