TEDDY D WARNER

Dr. Teddy Warner is a Research Emeritus Professor with expertise in Quantitative Psychology, specializing in research ethics, psychometrics, and multivariate analysis in applied and clinical research. Holding a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Kansas (1987) and additional training in ethics from the Kennedy Institute for Ethics (2003) and the Poynter Center for Ethics (2004), Dr. Warner has contributed significantly to ethical issues in research, clinical care, and education. With a background in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1974), his interdisciplinary approach integrates statistical methodologies with ethical considerations in psychological and biomedical research. His teaching portfolio includes courses on statistical methods, research techniques, multivariate statistics, and research ethics across psychology and biomedical sciences, offering students comprehensive training in empirical research. Dr. Warner has led and contributed to numerous multi-site, grant-funded research projects, including a National Cancer Institute-funded study on cancer patient perspectives regarding the use of their donated tissues in research (2014–2016) and a National Institute of Mental Health and National Human Genome Institute-supported investigation into ethical, legal, and social issues in psychiatric genetic research (2006–2012). His scholarly work is widely published in high-impact journals, addressing critical topics such as the mental health effects of stress on refugees, the ethics of broad consent for biospecimen research, clinical instruments for adolescent substance use interventions, and the assessment of torture as an indicator of poor mental health. Other significant contributions explore ethical considerations in rural healthcare, conflicts of interest in research, and the understanding of psychiatric research participants’ experiences. His research interests span measurement in research, personality and social psychology, political psychology, and the psychology of terrorism, reflecting his broad and multidisciplinary influence. Dr. Warner's career has been dedicated to advancing rigorous research methodologies while ensuring ethical integrity in human research, making a lasting impact on both the academic and applied fields of psychology and biomedical sciences.