Faculty and Staff


Mission of Mercy
  • Thomas Payne, PhD

    Payne, ThomasProfessor
    Phone: (601) 815-1180
    E-mail: tjpayne1@umc.edu 

    Graduate school

    • MA, Clinical Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, 1979
    • PhD, Clinical Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 1985

    Residency

    • Clinical Psychology, University of Mississippi and VA Medical Centers Consortium, 1986

    Clinical interests

    • Tobacco dependence
    • Cardiovascular risk management
    • Chronic disease management; general psychopathology (anxiety and depressive disorders).

    Professional activities

    Dr. Payne is active in many societies, including the American Psychological Association, Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (charter member), Mississippi Psychological Association, Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (charter member), and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

    Publications of note

    Dr. Payne has more than 80 published articles and book chapters. He is a frequent presenter at both national and local meetings, including ongoing state and national workshops for health care providers in the treatment of tobacco-dependent patients.