Michelle Cororve Fingeret PhD

Michelle Cororve Fingeret, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science with joint appointments in the Departments of Plastic Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Fingeret is a licensed psychologist and has developed an innovative line of research centering on body image issues for oncology patients.

Dr. Fingeret obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Texas A&M University in 2004, where she conducted research on the prevention and treatment of disordered eating and disturbed body image. She completed a postdoctoral internship at the University of Texas Health Science Center and made her way to M. D. Anderson in 2005.

Dr. Fingeret has applied her interests in body image to the areas of psychosocial oncology and smoking cessation. Most of her research is centered on identifying the nature and extent of body image concerns in different cancer populations, identifying risk factors associated with poor psychological adjustment to alterations in body image, and developing psychotherapeutic interventions to alleviate body image suffering in the oncology setting. She is also interested in developing body image-focused treatment components to promote smoking cessation and reduce relapse rates.