Kent Burnett joined the University of Miami’s Counseling Psychology Program in 1991, after serving as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1984.
Burnett’s early work focused on computer applications in health psychology. He was the originator of the “Computer-Assisted Diet and Exercise Training” (CADET) software series for hand-held computers, as well as the developer of the “Computer-Assisted Health Awareness and Promotion” (CHAP) program for helping high school students track and modify important health-related behaviors over the course of an academic semester. Other early work included computer programs for stress management, sleep assessment, and analysis of ambulatory heart rate data in cardiac patients.
Burnett has published numerous articles on cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment of a wide range of health-related conditions and was the co-principal investigator with Dr. Arlette Perry (Chairperson of Exercise and Sport Sciences) in a clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of Meridia as a means of helping 12-16 year old adolescents lose weight.
More recently, Dr. Burnett’s work has focused on acute stress disorder and post traumatic stress disorder in medical patients who have sustained serious physical injury (e.g., orthopedic surgery patients, burn patients, and those with multiple physical trauma). Over his career, he has served as a reviewer for numerous journals. He has been on the editorial board of Computers in Human Behavior
for the past decade and is currently a reviewer for the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Dr. Burnett served as Chairperson of the School of Education Technology Committee from 1994-1999, providing leadership aimed at improving the School of Education’s technology infrastructure. Among other projects, the School of Education’s Computer Laboratory was significantly expanded and modernized as a result of grants he wrote to Microsoft Corporation and the Provost’s Office.
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