Deanna Kaplan, PhD, MA

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Phone Number

404-778-3771
Email Address

deanna.m.kaplan@emory.edu

Biography

Deanna M. Kaplan, PhD, MA, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. A clinical health psychologist and research methodologist, Dr. Kaplan's work focuses on the development of methods for measuring health-relevant processes outside of the lab, in the natural habitats of daily life.

Dr. Kaplan is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Education

Dr. Kaplan received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. She completed her predoctoral residency in Behavioral Medicine at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and completed an NHLBI-funded F32 postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University.

Titles & Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

Emory University School of Medicine

Research

Dr. Kaplan's research integrates a variety of ambulatory assessment methods, including ecological momentary assessment, accelerometry, GPS trajectories, ambulatory cardiovascular monitoring, voice diaries and the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR). She leads a program of research focused on the optimization of ambulatory assessment methods for clinical science and behavioral medicine. She also frequently collaborates as a research methodologist on projects that use ambulatory assessment to advance treatment research for populations with co-occurring psychological and physical health concerns.

Dr. Kaplan is a developer of the EAR, a research method for naturalistically assessing social interactions and language use in daily life. In partnership with Emory Spiritual Health, several current projects apply this method to investigating social-ecological mechanisms of spiritually-integrated and contemplative interventions. Other current interests include implementation concerns in digital health, including identifying adverse implementation outcomes of digital assessment and intervention technologies.

Publications

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
No breath(work) without bread: Toward an integrated paradigm for community-owned mindfulness interventions to address structural drivers of human development and health disparities. The American journal of orthopsychiatry	MJ Lyons, DM Kaplan, SH Cross, R Palitsky	03/24/2025
Exploring the Role of Language in Spiritual Health Consultations: Insights From an Ecological Model of Recovery on Depression and Anxiety. The American journal of hospice & palliative care	S Tercyak, I Vyas, DM Kaplan, PK Palmer, M Shelton, CL Raison, GH Grant, E Idler, JS Mascaro	02/12/2025
Are women really (not) more talkative than men? A registered report of binary gender similarities/differences in daily word use. Journal of personality and social psychology	CA Tidwell, AF Danvers, VA Pfeifer, DB Abel, E Alisic, A Beer, SJ Bierstetel, KL Bollich-Ziegler, M Bruni, WR Calabrese, C Chiarello, B Demiray, S Dimidjian, KL Fingerman, M Haas, DM Kaplan, YK Kim, G Knezevic, LB Lazarevic, M Luo, A Macbeth, JH Manson, JS Mascaro, C Metcalf, KS Minor, S Moseley, AJ Polsinelli, CL Raison, JK Rilling, ML Robbins, D Sbarra, RB Slatcher, J Sun, M Vasileva, S Vazire, MR Mehl	02/01/2025
A critical evaluation of psilocybin-assisted therapy protocol components from clinical trial patients, facilitators, and caregivers. Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)	R Palitsky, JL Maples-Keller, C Peacock, BW Dunlop, T Mletzko, GH Grant, CL Raison, S Chao, I Shub, M Mendelbaum-Kweller, L Smolyar, DM Kaplan, BO Rothbaum, AJ Zarrabi	01/13/2025
Leveraging meditation research for the study of psychedelic-related adverse effects. International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)	R Palitsky, NK Canby, NT Van Dam, HF Levin-Aspenson, DM Kaplan, J Maples-Keller, CL Raison, GH Grant, BW Dunlop, WB Britton	12/01/2024
Predicting psychosocial intervention response from baseline gene expression. Brain, behavior, and immunity	I Ricon-Becker, TN West, BL Fredrickson, DM Kaplan, MR Mehl, CL Raison, SW Cole	10/01/2024
Reliability and Validity of Measures Commonly Utilized to Assess Nurse Well-Being. Nursing research	NA Giordano, O Razmpour, JS Mascaro, DM Kaplan, AS Lewis, M Baird, PH Willis, L Reif, R Bommakanti, A Lisenby, T Cunningham, JP Cimiotti	09/01/2024
A framework for assessment of adverse events occurring in psychedelic-assisted therapies. Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)	R Palitsky, DM Kaplan, J Perna, Z Bosshardt, JL Maples-Keller, HF Levin-Aspenson, AJ Zarrabi, C Peacock, T Mletzko, BO Rothbaum, CL Raison, GH Grant, BW Dunlop	08/01/2024
How to design equitable digital health tools: A narrative review of design tactics, case studies, and opportunities. PLOS digital health	A Bucher, BM Chaudhry, JW Davis, K Lawrence, E Panza, M Baqer, RT Feinstein, SA Fields, J Huberty, DM Kaplan, IS Kusters, FT Materia, SY Park, M Kepper	08/01/2024
Diversity, equity, and inclusivity in observational ambulatory assessment: Recommendations from two decades of Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) research. Behavior research methods	DM Kaplan, CA Tidwell, JM Chung, E Alisic, B Demiray, M Bruni, S Evora, JA Gajewski-Nemes, A Macbeth, SN Mangelsdorf, JS Mascaro, KS Minor, RN Noga, NR Nugent, AJ Polsinelli, KE Rentscher, AW Resnikoff, ML Robbins, RB Slatcher, AB Tejeda-Padron, MR Mehl	04/01/2024
What's in a Name? Experimental Evidence of Gender Bias in Recommendation Letters Generated by ChatGPT. Journal of medical Internet research	DM Kaplan, R Palitsky, SJ Arconada Alvarez, NS Pozzo, MN Greenleaf, CA Atkinson, WA Lam	03/05/2024
A mixed-method evaluation of implementation determinants for chaplain intervention in a hospital setting. Journal of health care chaplaincy	JS Mascaro, MP Florian, E Brauer, PK Palmer, MJ Ash, M Shelton, R Palitsky, DM Kaplan, S Rana, C Escoffery, CL Raison, GH Grant	01/01/2024
The Language of Compassion: Hospital Chaplains' Compassion Capacity Reduces Patient Depression via Other-Oriented, Inclusive Language. Mindfulness	JS Mascaro, PK Palmer, M Willson, MJ Ash, MP Florian, M Srivastava, A Sharma, B Jarrell, ER Walker, DM Kaplan, R Palitsky, SP Cole, GH Grant, CL Raison	10/01/2023
Wear With Care: A Call for Empirical Investigations of Adverse Outcomes of Consumer Health Wearables. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health	DM Kaplan, M Greenleaf, WA Lam	09/01/2023
Importance of Integrating Spiritual, Existential, Religious, and Theological Components in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies. JAMA psychiatry	R Palitsky, DM Kaplan, C Peacock, AJ Zarrabi, JL Maples-Keller, GH Grant, BW Dunlop, CL Raison	07/01/2023
Emotional change in its "natural habitat": Measuring everyday emotion regulation with passive and active ambulatory assessment methods. Journal of psychotherapy integration	DM Kaplan, CD Hughes, HT Schatten, MR Mehl, MF Armey, NR Nugent	06/01/2023
Religious and Existential Determinants of Affective Response to a Brief Mindfulness Intervention. Affective science	MR Anderson, DM Kaplan, R Palitsky	03/01/2023
Biological and psychological predictors of heart rate patterns during physical activity. Psychology of sport and exercise	DM Kaplan, R Palitsky, SI Dunsiger, WC Wu, AG Parker, JK Troubh, JW Whitworth, BC Bock	03/01/2023
Biological and psychological predictors of heart rate patterns during physical activity. Psychology of sport and exercise	DM Kaplan, R Palitsky, SI Dunsiger, WC Wu, AG Parker, JK Troubh, JW Whitworth, BC Bock	03/01/2023