Biographical summary
Jennifer A. Vencill, Ph.D., is a board certified clinical health psychologist and AASECT-certified sex therapist who practices primarily in Mayo's Menopause and Women's Sexual Health Clinic and Transgender and Intersex Specialty Care Clinic.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
Interests
- Sexual Functioning
- Sexual/Genital Pain
- Sexual Desire/Arousal Concerns
- Difficulties with Orgasm
- Sexuality and Aging
- Sexual & Gender Identity
- Partner/Relational Concerns
Mayo Clinic locations
Rochester, Minnesota
Education
- 2016
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Program in Human Sexuality/Center for Sexual HealthUniversity of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- 2014
Ph.D. - Counseling PsychologyTexas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences
- 2011
MA - PsychologyTexas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences
- 2007
BA - Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Honors ProgramChristopher Newport University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2021
Clinical Health PsychologyAmerican Board of Professional Psychology
Awards and honors
- 2017
Rising Scholar AwardSociety of the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
- 2017
Health Disparities Research Institute ScholarNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities
- 2014
Graduate Research Award (Counseling Psychology Division)Texas Tech University Psychology Department
Professional memberships
- 2021 - present
Co-ChairMayo Clinic, LGBTQ+ Research Committee
- 2021 - present
Co-ChairMayo Clinic Menopause and Women's Sexual Health Clinic, Edducation Committee
- 2021 - present
Scientific Program ChairThe Society for Sex Therapy & Research (SSTAR)
- 2021 - present
Task Force MemberWorld Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
- 2020 - present
MemberDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- 2019 - present
MemberWomen's Health Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee - Rochester
- 2018 - present
MemberAmerican Psychological Association Task Force for Revising the Professional Practice Guidelines for Working with Sexual Minority Clients
- 2018 - present
MemberAmerican Psychological Association Division 38 (Health Psychology)
- 2018 - present
Standards of Care, Version 8, Sexual Health Chapter Workgroup MemberWorld Professional Association of Transgender Health
- 2016 - present
MemberWorld Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
- 2016 - 2019
Chair, Sandra Leiblum Student Research Award CommitteeThe Society for Sex Therapy & Research (SSTAR)
- 2006 - present
MemberThe Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
- 2006 - present
MemberAmerican Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
- 2006 - present
MemberAmerican Psychological Association Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)
- 2006 - present
MemberAPA Division 35 (Psychology of Women)
- 2006 - present
MemberAmerican Psychological Association Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues)