Expertise

As a tenure-track professor within the Health Division his psychological research interests range from understanding the impact of mood disturbances such as anger and depression to psychosomatic disturbances like alexithymia on health outcomes in persons living with HIV/AIDS. Dr. McIntosh’s neuro-based work utilizes functional magnetic resonance imaging to elucidate the effects of age and chronic disease on neuroendocrine regulation and neurocognitive functioning in the executive function, learning and memory domains. His immune-based work focuses on the bidirectional effects of systemic inflammation on cardiovascular, central and autonomic nervous systems in persons living with HIV/AIDS.

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Organizational Affiliations

A&S - Psychology, College of A&S, Schools & Colleges, University of Miami

College of A&S, Schools & Colleges, University of Miami

Education

Psychology
2010, MA, Florida Atlantic University
Education
2005, MS, Nova Southeastern University
Biology
2002, BS, Jacksonville University
Experimental Psychology
2012, PhD, Florida Atlantic University