Lise Solberg Nes, Ph.D, L.P.

Assistant Professor, Health Psychology
Department of Medicine

Biography
Dr. Solberg Nes received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kentucky, with specialization in Health Psychology. Her internship was completed at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, followed by a post-doctoral medical psychology fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Solberg Nes is licensed as a clinical psychologist in the state of Minnesota.

Clinical Interests
Dr. Solberg Nes works with patients (outpatient and medical inpatient) faced with a wide variety of acute or chronic medical illnesses. She has specialized in working with cancer, transplantation (blood and marrow as well as solid organ), and chronic pain patients and their families. Other clinical interests include: coping with new medical diagnoses and ongoing treatment, chronic illness, physical illness and rehabilitation, adherence, stress management, effect of illness on family members and caregivers, and end of life or palliative care issues.

Research Interests
Dr. Solberg Nes’ research focuses on the psychological and physiological impact of self-regulation, that is, people’s ability to exercise control and guide or alter reactions and behavior. She is currently examining the psychological and physiological impact of self-regulatory deficits in cancer and chronic multi-symptom related illnesses. Other research interests include quality of life, coping, adherence, personality and individual difference, and health behaviors.

Honors, Awards, Organizations

• American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) Fellowship Award
• Department of Psychiatry and Psychology Small Grant Award, Mayo Clinic
• St. Mary’s Sponsorship Research Committee Grant Award, Mayo Clinic
• General Clinic Research Center Research Support Grant, University of Kentucky
• Jesse G. Harris Memorial Scholarship Dissertation Award, University of Kentucky
• Exceptional Clinical Performance Award, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
• Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Kentucky
• Presidential Graduate Fellowship, University of Kentucky
• American PsychoSocial Oncology Society
• American Psychological Association,
• APA Division 8, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• APA Division 38, Health Psychology
• Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society
• Society of Behavioral Medicine

Selected Publications

• Solberg Nes, L., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2004). Psychoneuroimmunology. In C. Spielberger (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology. San Diego: Academic Press
• Solberg Nes, L., Segerstrom, S. C., & Sephton, S. E. (2005). Engagement and arousal: Optimism’s effects during a brief stressor. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 111-120.
• Segerstrom, S. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2006). When goals conflict but people prosper. The case of dispositional optimism. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 675-693.
• Solberg Nes, L. & Segerstrom, S. C. (2006). Dispositional optimism and coping: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 235-251.
• Solberg Nes, L. (2007). Stress. In A. Hedblad, (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition, Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale.
• Segerstrom, S. C. & Solberg Nes, L. (2007). Heart rate variability indexes self-regulatory strength, exercise, and depletion. Psychological Science, 18, 275-281.
• Solberg Nes, L., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2008). Conceptualizing coping: Optimism as a case study. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 2125-2140.
• Solberg Nes, L., Evans, D. E., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2009). Optimism and college retention: Mediation by motivation, performance, and adjustment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1887-1912.
• Solberg Nes, L., Roach, A. R., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2009). Executive functions, self-regulation, and chronic pain: A review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 173-183.
• Solberg Nes, L., Carlson, C. R., Crofford, L. J., de Leeuw, R., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2010). Self-regulatory deficits in Fibromyalgia and Temporomandibular disorders. Pain, 151, 37-44.
• Solberg Nes, L., Carlson, C. R., Crofford, L. J., de Leeuw, R., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2011). Individual differences and self-regulatory fatigue; Optimism, conscientiousness, and self-consciousness. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 475-480
• Solberg Nes, L., & Segerstrom, S. C. (2011). Positive factors, immune activity, and psychotherapy. In Schubert (Ed.), Psychoneuroimmunology and Psychotherapy. Schattauer-Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Segerstrom, S. C., Grimes, C., Solberg Nes, L., & Waldman, A. (in press). Output order reflects the cognitive accessibility of goals. The Journal of Social Psychology.
• Solberg Nes, L., Ehlers, S. L., Patten, C. A., & Gastineau, D. A. (in press). Self-regulatory fatigue in hematologic malignancies; Impact on quality of life, coping, and adherence. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Clinic Information

• Primary Care Center
  612-624-9499

Contact Information

• Health Psychology, Department of Medicine
• University of Minnesota Medical School
• Mayo Mail Code 741
• 420 Delaware Street SE
• Minneapolis, MN 55455-0392
• Phone: 612-624-0513