Chase Alan Aycock
Assistant Professor, tenure-track, in the Clinical Psychology (PsyD) Program
What I do
I train doctoral students in military psychology and clinical health psychology while leading translational research on sleep, health behavior change, and health equity among service members, veterans, and medical populations.Professional Biography
Chase A. Aycock, PsyD, MPH, is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. He earned his PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College, completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, and later earned an MPH in Applied Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Board-certified in both Clinical Health Psychology (ABPP) and Behavioral Sleep Medicine (DBSM), Dr. Aycock brings over a decade of active duty military service experience, including roles such as Program Director for an APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship and Director of Operations of a human performance squadron, alongside ongoing service as a Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. His work integrates clinical psychology and epidemiology to evaluate evidence-based health behavior interventions, focusing on behavioral sleep medicine, health behavior change, and chronic illness management across military, veteran, and medically underserved populations.
Degree(s)
- MPH, Applied Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2025
- PsyD, Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College, 2017
Licensure / Accreditations
- Licensed Psychologist
- Board Certification in Clinical Health Psychology
- Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Board Certification in HRV Biofeedback
- Licensed Psychologist
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology
- American Psychological Association
- Society of Behavioral Medicine
Research
Dr. Aycock’s translational research portfolio focuses on developing, evaluating, and scaling health behavior change interventions to prevent chronic disease, improve force readiness, and advance health equity. His work centers on identifying biopsychosocial drivers of sleep disturbances, hazardous alcohol use, and chronic pain, with a emphasis on non-traditional and underrepresented populations. Supported by funding from the American Diabetes Association, the Department of Defense, and the National Institutes of Health, his ongoing and past projects include testing single-session and digital sleep interventions for military personnel, developing text-messaging strategies for alcohol prevention, and evaluating acceptance-based interventions for Latinx patients managing type 2 diabetes.
Areas of Research
