Jennifer Phillips, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Program Evaluation for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. She first joined the CDP as the Program Evaluator in 2013.

Dr. Phillips holds an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Biology and Psychology and Masters and Doctoral degrees in Medical Psychology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). Following a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, she served on the psychology faculty of a small liberal arts university for five years. Before coming to CDP, Dr. Phillips worked for a government consulting firm where she contributed subject matter expertise to program evaluation activities for several DoD behavioral health programs. She is an Assistant Professor in the Medical and Clinical Psychology department at USU and continues to contribute to undergraduate, graduate, and professional psychology courses.

In addition to her training and teaching at USU, Dr. Phillips' experience as a military family member and spouse has helped her to cultivate an understanding and appreciation of the unique challenges and benefits of being part of a military family. Dr. Phillips’ professional interests include research and evaluation, the roles of learning and biology in determining behavior, and health psychology.