School of Public Health’s Cory Cobb named 2025 Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science

Cory Cobb, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, has been named a 2025 Rising Star by the Board of Directors of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

“The Rising Star designation recognizes outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their post-PhD research careers,” said Randi Marti, PhD, APS president. “As an APS Rising Star, Dr. Cobb is recognized among the brightest minds in our field, setting an impressively high standard for the designation in years to come.”

In 2024, Cobb was also named the Samuel M. Turner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology by the Society of Clinical Psychology within the American Psychological Association (APA). Additionally, he serves as associate editor of the International Journal of Intercultural Relations and American Journal of Health Behavior, as well as an associate fellow of the Texas A&M Health Telehealth Institute.

Cobb’s research focus is grounded in prevention science with emphasis on reducing health disparities in Latino populations through both etiological and applied intervention work. He is the principal investigator on a National Institute of Mental Health project developing an evidence-based parent training intervention for Latino families. He is also developing a digital parenting intervention aimed at offsetting risk for depression in Hispanic adolescent girls through a Texas A&M Health grant.

Cobb completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Texas in Austin and both his doctorate in counseling psychology and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from the University of Central Arkansas.