Department of Psychology 3695 Cullen Boulevard, Suite 204 Houston, TX 77004-5022 713.743.6415 spwoods@uh.edu
Recent Research
*Gomez, E.M., *Mustafa, A., *Beltran-Najera, I., *Ridgely, N.R., *Thompson, J.L.,
Medina, L.D., & Woods, S.P. (2025). Health literacy mediates the relationship between
cognition and healthcare provider interactions among gay and bisexual men with HIV
disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 39(3), 658-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2024.2319902.
*Gomez, E., Woods, S.P., & *Beltran-Najera, I. (2024). Successful aging is associated
with better health literacy in older adults with HIV disease. AIDS and Behavior, 28(3), 811-819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04183-0
*Mehta, D., Woods, S.P., & *Akpotaire, N. (2024). An evaluation of the moderating
effects of routine and busyness on the relationship between prospective memory and
everyday functioning in older persons with HIV disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 46(4), 341-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2350577
*Mustafa, A., *Beltran-Najera, I., *Evans, D., Bartlett, A., Dotson, V., & Woods,
S.P. (2024). Implications of vascular depression for successful cognitive aging in
HIV disease. Journal of NeuroVirology, 30(2), 176-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-024-01201-2
*Penheiro, R., Webber, T.A., Kiselica, A.M., & Woods, S.P. (2025). Executive functions
are independently associated with cognitive dispersion in HIV disease. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 40(2), 345-349. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acae073
*Penheiro, R., Kiselica, A.M., Webber, T.A., *Kamar Thompson, J.L., & Woods, S.P.
(in press). Banking on variability: A conceptual replication study of the association
between cognitive dispersion and financial management. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. https://doi.org/1080/13854046.2025.2522249
*Ridgely, N., Woods, S.P., Webber, T.A., *Mustafa, A., & *Evans, D. (2024). Cognitive
intra-individual variability in the laboratory is associated with greater executive
dysfunction in the daily lives of older adults with HIV disease. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 37(1), 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNN.0000000000000358
*Thompson Kamar, J.L., *Babicz-Boston, M.A., Webber, T.A., Medina, L.D., & Woods,
S.P. (2025). An embedded, event-based prospective memory task administered via telephone
is associated with everyday functioning in healthy younger and older adults. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 47(1-2), 40-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2025.2469867
*Thompson, J.L., Woods, S.P., Webber, T.A., Medina, L.D., Podell, K., Yoshida, H.,
*Evans, D., *Ridgely, N.C., *Babicz, M.A., *Gomez, E.M., & *Mustafa, A. (2025). Development
of the Telephone-based Daily Instrumental Activities of Life (T-DIAL) to assess financial
management remotely in older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition, 32(1), 69-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2024.2352900