William T. O'Donohue, Ph.D.

He is the Nicholas Cummings professor of organized Behavioral Healthcare Delivery at the University of Nevada, Reno. In this role Dr. O’Donohue has created a new curriculum in clinical psychology that adds knowledge in healthcare delivery and adds a certificate in behavioral health administration. His innovative program has attracted an unprecedented number of doctoral candidates to his track, and those who have already graduated have been enthusiastically welcomed by the marketplace. He holds the rank of full professor in the psychology department, honorary associate professor in the department of philosophy, and adjunct professor in the department of psychiatry. Outside the University of Nevada, he is adjunct professor in both the University of Hawaii, Monoa, and the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.

In fulfilling his role as Cummings Professor, Dr. O’Donohue is an entrepreneur who is president and CEO of CareIntegra. He is additionally the executive director of the Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health, Inc., an educational and service organization that is nonprofit in contrast to CareIntegra which is an entrepreneurial endeavor.

Dr. O’Donohue earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and both his master’s and doctorates in clinical psychology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. Later he earned another master’s degree, this time in philosophy, from Indiana University in Bloomington. He is licensed to practice psychology in Nevada, Maine and Indiana. He has authored over 100 articles in refereed journal, 73 book chapters, and 44 books. He resides in Reno with his psychologist wife, Dr. Jane Fisher, and their two daughters.