Alexander J. Rice, PhD

Research Psychologist, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Uniformed Services University

Alexander J. Rice, PhD is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a Research Psychologist for the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS). His research examines how individuals and families adapt to stress, loss, and trauma, with particular emphasis on coping and emotion regulation processes and their implications for psychological adjustment. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Sussex (UK), a Master of Science in Applied Forensic Psychology from the University of Leicester (UK), and a Master of Arts in Educational Measurement and Statistics and PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Iowa, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Uniformed Services University focused on psychological adjustment and health outcomes in high-stress populations. At CSTS, Dr. Rice contributes to multidisciplinary projects aimed at understanding risk and resilience in trauma-exposed and military-connected populations and informing prevention and early intervention efforts grounded in an improved understanding of coping and emotion regulation following stress and loss.