BHaT is housed in the Behavior Analysis Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida.  For the past 20+ years, we have been developing and testing innovative technology-based treatments to promote health behavior.  We are the first behavior analysis clinic to provide remote, technology-based contingency management for health behavior. We are also committed to theory development and evaluation, particularly quantitative models such as matching theory, delay discounting, and behavioral economics.  We also seek to link theory to treatment, and vice versa, in a translational manner.  Translational research also includes human operant research in the laboratory.  Finally, we are interested in expanding single-case experimental methods to the fields of addiction and health behavior.

Jesse Dallery, Ph.D., Professor, Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Dallery received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Emory University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Behavioral Pharmacology. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida and a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Florida. Dr. Dallery’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Dr. Dallery served as an Associate Editor for Perspectives on Behavior Science, The Behavior Analyst, the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and Behavioural Processes. From 2012-2015 he was a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor. In 2014 he was selected as a Teacher of the Year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He was a UF Term Professor from 2017-2018, and is a current Term Professor (2021-2024).

Hailey Donohue, M.A.
Hailey received her B.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis with a minor in Human Services from Northern Michigan University and is currently completing her M.A. in Behavioral Psychology from University of the Pacific. Hailey has experience delivering behavior analytic services for skill acquisition to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, for problem behavior reduction in public preschools, and for severe problem behavior reduction with adolescents in group home settings. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis at the University of Florida. Hailey’s research interests include the acceptability of behavior analytic interventions, and interventions to promote health behavior.

Ryan Higginbotham, B.S.
I received my B.S. degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Behavior Analysis from the University of Florida. I did my undergraduate senior thesis on the effects of observing different health-related behaviors on surrogate delay discounting rates. I gained experience as an undergraduate research assistant in the BHaT Lab working on behavioral economic research. I was also involved as a research assistant in another lab working on functional analysis research. I am pursuing my PhD in Psychology with a focus in Behavior Analysis. My research interests include behavioral economics, choice, and quantitative modeling.

Kiah Kramer, B.S., B.A.
Kiah completed her undergraduate education at the University of Florida and earned her B.S. in Psychology with a specialization in Behavior Analysis and her B.A. in Women’s Studies with a concentration in Theories and Politics of Sexuality and a minor in Mass Communication. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychology (Behavior Analysis) with a concentration in Gender Studies at UF. Kiah completed an honors thesis focused on behavioral economics and contraceptive usage and gained research experience through various projects in the Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab. Her general research interests include behavioral economics, contingency management, and quantitative modeling; more specifically, she is interested in applying these approaches to sexual behaviors and implicit biases.

Charlotte Jones, B.A.
Charlotte earned her bachelor’s degree at West Virginia University in psychology with a certificate in behavior analysis and a minor in mental health and addiction studies. Charlotte has worked as an undergraduate research assistant across three faculty laboratories in her time at West Virginia University. Her research experience includes behavioral skills training in a physical therapy context, resurgence in infant caregiving, treatment fidelity, extinction in applied settings, and postpartum mental health. Charlotte has also worked as a behavioral technician in clinic and in-home settings providing behavior interventions to children with severe autism spectrum disorder. She is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Psychology (Behavior Analysis) at the University of Florida. Her research interests include contingency management, behavioral economics, and behavioral interventions for maladaptive health behaviors.