Erin T Tobin, PhD

Biographical Statement

Dr. Erin Tobin serves as the integrated clinical health psychologist in Academic Internal Medicine (AIM) at Henry Ford Hospital and is trained in many evidenced based psychological treatments. In AIM, she provides consultation and brief goal-directed therapies targeting stress, depression, anxiety, health-related distress, and behavior change. She also provides biofeedback as an evidenced based treatment option to address chronic pain, stress, and anxiety. She supervises clinical psychology doctoral students and fellows in this work and also is the Director of the Health Psychology Fellowship program. Her primary clinical and research interests include integrated care, chronic pain, and behavior change.

She is only able to see patients who receive their primary care services from the Academic Internal Medicine Clinic on K15 at the main hospital. She also provides consultations for the Executive Medicine program.

Titles

• Director of Integrated Psychology, General Internal Medicine
• Director of Health Psychology Fellowship

Research & Interests

Dr. Tobin is interested in how integrated care teams can work best to serve our patients needs. She collaborates with research teams to test psychological interventions that are integrated into medical settings or using technology. She also has an interest in health care disparities and explores health care utilization, particularly among underserved populations. She is a member of the Integrated Care Committee with the Michigan Psychological Association.

Awards & Honors

• Mentor of the Year, 2024, Awarded by Psychology Trainees in the Department of Behavioral Health 
• The William C. Keimig Patient Centered Team Care Award, Division of Academic Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Health
• The Ross & Margaret Stagner Memorial Award, Wayne State University
• Young Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society
• Graduate Research Fellowship Award, Wayne State University