Alumni

The Clinical Science faculty are extremely proud of the careers and successes of our alumni. The following page provides a list of (1) alumni in leadership positions who graduated prior to 2006, and (2) all clinical science alumni within the past ten years by year of graduation and with their internship, postdoctoral, and current professional positions.

Clinical Alumni (graduated prior to 2006):

Abby C. King (1983): Professor, Stanford University and Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention. Former President of the Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

S. B. Lovett (1983): Senior Research Psychologist, Palo Alto VA Hospital

R. Ax (1983): Director of Psychology, Department of Corrections, Richmond, VA

Michael Stefanek (1984): Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Augusta University

I. N. Leckliter (1984):  Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Oregon Medical School

T. Bowers (1984): Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

B. Stahl (1984): Private Practice, Maine          

Anne W. Riley (1986): Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Greta Francis (1986): Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior; Clinical Director, Lifespan School Solutions/Bradley Schools; Associate Director, Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, Alpert Medical School of Brown University

L. P. Thomas (1986): Director of Psychology, Department of Corrections, Florida  (deceased)

W. B. Walker (1987): Chief Psychologist, St. Albans Hospital, Radford, VA, (deceased)

C. Miller (1987): Private Practice, Colorado 

B. Wagner (1987): Chief Psychologist, Richland Hospitals, Richland, Ohio 

Janet Woodruff-Borden (1988): Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Louisville

D. Chinn (1988): Staff Psychologist, Kaiser Permanenta, Long Beach, CA

K. Kramer (1988): Research Scientist, University of North Carolina

K. Israel (1988): Private Practice, Memphis, TN 

Ross Greene (1989): Founder of the non-profit Lives in Balance; Originator of Collaborative & Productive Solutions (CPS) approach; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech

S. Malone (1989): Research Psychologist, Portland VA Hospital

S. Harris (1989): Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island

J. Kudlas (1989):  Associate Professor, St. Mary's College, Maryland

Louis Hagopian (1991): Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Program Director, Neurobehavioral Unit, Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute; Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kathleen Sikkema, Ph.D. (1991); Stephen Smith Professor and Chair, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

J. Wagner (1991): Research Psychologist, University of Minnesota

Mark Weist (1991): Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina

Janice Blalock, Ph.D. (1992): Associate Professor and Assistant Director, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Tobacco Treatment Program, Department of Behavioral Science, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston TX

David Jaquess (1993): Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University; Director of Training, Marcus Autism Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

R. Hook (1993): Professor and Chair, Bemidji State College, MN (retired)

D. Webster (1993): Staff Psychologist, Oklahoma City, OK

Cynthia A. Lease (1994): Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Lifespan Psychological Services, Blacksburg, VA

Denise Martz, Ph.D. (1994): Kulynych/ Cline Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Licensed Psychologist & Health Services Provider, Appalachian State University

T. Lombard (1994): Private practice, Indiana.

D. Lombard (1994): Psychologist, Indiana.

Phillipe Cunningham (1995): Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina

D. Yaffe (1996): Staff Psychologist, Johns Hopkins University

Randy Burke (1998): Chief of Psychology Service, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Mississippi Medical Center

C. Runyan (1998): Captain and Research Fellow, U.S. Air Force through 2003, Director, Professor, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

Laura D. Seligman (1999): Professor, Department of Psychological Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX

Deborah Tate (1999): Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Department of Nutrition; Director, Communication for Health Applications and Interventions (CHAI) Core, University of North Carolina Gillings Schools of Global Public Health

D. Galper, (1999): Research and Development, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.  (deceased)

Devin Byrd (2000): Vice President For Academic Affairs, Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA  

Christianne Esposito-Smythers (2000): Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, George Mason University

David Janicke (2001): Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida.

Audra Langley (2001): Assistant Professor, UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; Director of Training Trauma Services Adaptation Center for Resiliency, Hope, & Wellness in Schools

Todd Moore (2001): Professor, Department of Psychology; Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, University of Tennessee

Brian Shenal (2001): Associate Chief of Mental Health, Salem Veterans Administration Medical Center

Liza Rovniak (2002): Associate Professor, Medicine and Public Health Services, Division of General Internal Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine

Kelli J. England (2002): Toy Savage Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Community Health and Research Division, Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Kristi Graves (2002): Associate Professor, Georgetown University and Lombardi Cancer Center; Member of Council and Chair of Special Interest Groups for Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

Jessica A. Whiteley (2002): Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston

Amie E. Grills (2003): Professor & Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Research, Boston University 

Lesley Lutes (2003): Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus

Heather Blier (2004): Founder, Owner and Supervising Psychologist, Dirigo Consulting, Portland, Maine

Heather Littleton (2004): Director of Research Operations at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, UCCS

David Williams (2004): Professor, Director of Public Health Program, Brown University

Thompson “Tom” Davis (2005): Professor and Department Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama

Angela Fournier (2005): Professor, Dept of Psychology, Bemidji State University

Elizabeth Van Voorhees (2004): Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center; Psychologist, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Jeffrey Hickman (2005): Practice Leader at Applied Safety and Ergonomics, A Rimkus Company

Clinical Science Alumni (since 2006):

2006

Jaee Bodas
Internship: Devereux Institute of Clinical Training and Research

Postdoctoral Position: Child Development Laboratory, University of Maryland
Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Virginia Treatment Center for Children

 

Kirsten Elizabeth Bradbury

Internship: Emory University School of Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Postdoctoral Position: Emory University School of Medicine and Injury-Free Coalition for Kids Atlanta

Current Positions: Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin; Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Austin TX

 

Josephine Marie DeMarce

Internship: Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Current Position: Program Analyst and Master Trainer, VA Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders Training Program & VA Cognitive Behavioral Coping Skills Group for Substance Use Disorders Training Program; VA Central Office, Office of Mental Health 

 

Douglas Wiegand

Internship: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Postdoctoral Position: Center for Truck and Bus Safety, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Current Position: Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

 

2007

Banu Cankaya

Internship: University of Rochester Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Rochester Center for Mind-Body Research, University of Rochester Medical Center

Current Position: Psychologist and Consultant in Private Practice; Research Associate, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow

 

Jenifer Francisco Levy

Internship: Princeton House Behavioral Health

Postdoctoral Position: Princeton House Behavioral Health

Current Position: Psychologist in Private Practice ("Jenifer Levy Psychotherapy")

 

Sara C. Haden

Internship: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida

Postdoctoral Position: Forensic Inpatient Psychiatry, New York University and Bellevue Hospital Center

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Long Island University

 

Laura M. Horsch

Internship: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida

Postdoctoral Position: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford University

Current Position: Psychologist, Partner, Co-Founder, and Director of Child Programs at Pacific Anxiety Group in Menlo Park, CA

  

Mark Jones

Internship: New Jersey VA Healthcare Network

Postdoctoral Position: Interprofessional Palliative Care, James J. Peters VA Medical Center

Current Position: Staff Psychologist, Home-Based Primary Care, Salem VA Medical Center; psychology instructor at Virginia Tech

 

Nancy Robrina Walker

Internship: University of Mississippi Medical Center and G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs

Medical Center Consortium

Postdoctoral Position: Dallas Division of the North Texas Veterans Health Care System

Current Position: Project Leader, Emmes, Rockville MD

  

2008

David E. Cox

Internship: Veterans Administration, Maryland Health Care System

Postdoctoral Position: Behavioral Neuropsychology, Shands Hospital at University of Florida and Malcolm Randall Veterans Administrations Hospital

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University; Clinical Neuropsychologist, Collier Neurologic Specialists and Naples Community Hospital

 

Dagmar K. Hannesdottir

Internship: Centre for Child Development and Behavior, Reykjavik, Iceland

Postdoctoral Position: Centre for Child Development and Behavior, Reykjavik

Current Position: Assistant professor at the University of Iceland, Department of Psychology

 

Philip K. Lehman

Internship: Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Current Position: Psychologist, PTSD/Substance Use Services; Clinical and Research Externship Coordinator,  Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Trainer and Consultant Department of Veterans Affairs MI/MET Training Program

 

Jennifer C. Wolff

Internship: Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Postdoctoral Position: Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Director Adolescent Mental Health Collabrative; Director Pediatric Biopsychology Core, Center for Pediatric Sleep and Mental Health Child Track Internship Coordinator, Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Associate Director of Program Development and Lead Psychologist, Bradley Hospital;

 

Matthew S. Yoder

Internship: Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Consortium

Postdoctoral Position: Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Current Position: Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Training, Clinical & School Psychology Program, University of Virginia

 

2009

Maria Whitmore Smith

Internship: Marcus Autism Center

Postdoctoral Position: Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist and Partner, Mountain View Psychology, Harrisonburg, VA

 

Thomas R. Cunningham

Internship: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Postdoctoral Position: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Current Position: Chief of Training, Research and Evaluation Branch of the Education and Information Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease and Prevention

 

Ashley E. Stewart

Internship: Duke University Medical Center

Postdoctoral Positions: Clinical Health Psychologist, Carepartners Rehabilitation Hospital; Clinical Health Psychologist, Board Certified Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, Institute for Applied Neuroscience, Asheville, NC

Current Position: DoD Contractor; President/Owner of Human Performance Institute & Evolve Neuroscience, Asheville NC and New York NY

  

Elise A. Drake

Internship: Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry in Charleston, WV

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation as a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral

Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University-Charleston Division

Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West

Virginia University-Charleston Division; Senior Educator for Charleston Area Medical Center CAMC) Health Education and Research Institute; Clinical Psychologist for the CAMC Sleep Center

 

Leah V. Farrell-Carnahan

Internship: Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Behavioral Therapies Treatment Research and Development, Center for Addiction

Research, Education, Behavioral Health, and Technology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia Health System

Current Position: Owner & Clinical Director, Atlanta CBT; Owner, Digital Health Consulting; Adjunct clinical supervisor, Emory University School of Medicine 

  

Brian E. Lozano

Internship: Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Consortium

Postdoctoral Position: n/a

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Trauma Recovery Program, Columbia VA Healthcare System and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

  

Felicity L. Sanders

Internship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Department of Behavioral Health, Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg NC

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Harbin and Associates in Fayetteville NC

 

Robert P. Walters

Internship: Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation as Neuropsychologist in the Polytrauma Psychiatric

Assessment Clinic at Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist, Polytrauma Psychiatric Assessment Clinic, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center

  

2010

Matthew A. Jarrett

Internship: Children’s National Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation as Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama

 

Elizabeth J. Johnson

Internship: Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology, Medical Psychology Track, Boston University

Medical School and Harvard Medical School

Postdoctoral Position: Fellow, VA Medical Informatics, VA Boston Healthcare System

Current Position: Health Psychologist and Assistant Director for Clinical Services, Commonwealth Psychology Associates, Boston, MA

 

Anthony O. Wells

Internship: League of Therapists, Charlottesville VA

Postdoctoral Position: Resident in Psychology, League of Therapists, Charlottesville VA

Current Position: Psychologist in Private Practice in Roanoke, VA and Durham, NC

 

2011

Natoshia R. Cunningham

Internship: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: NIH F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University 

  

Marshaun Glover

Internship: Virginia Treatment Center for Children

Postdoctoral Position: Child/Adolescent Services, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice in Boston MA

 

Christopher S. Immel

Internship: Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Position: Clinical Health Psychology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Current Position: Program Director of the PTSD Clinical Team, Staff Psychologist, and Cognitive Processing Therapy Regional Trainer and Consultant; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Instructor in the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver CO

  

Rachel M. Moore

Internship: Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics

Postdoctoral Position: Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City;  Licensed Pediatric Psychologist, Hematology/Oncology Division, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Health; Associate Director of Training for the Pediatric Psychology Internship Track

 

Ryoichi J. P. Noguchi

Internship: Thomas E. Cook Counseling Center, Virginia Tech

Postdoctoral Position: Thomas E. Cook Counseling Center

Current Position: Psychologist, Capital Institute for Cognitive Therapy (CICT), Washington, DC

 

Brenda J. Salley

Internship: Brown Medical School

Postdoctoral Position: Center for Child Health and Development, University of Kansas Medical Center

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center

 

Jared Rowland

Internship: Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: W. G. Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Current Position: Managing Director, PDMH and PDMH-L studies, Mid-Atlantic MIRECC; Research Psychologist, Salisbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine

 

Akiho Tanaka

Internship: Counseling Center of University of South Florida

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation as Staff Psychologist at Georgia Southern University Counseling and Career Development Center

Current Position: Private Practice in Orlando Fl

 

2012

Kelly Dugan Burns

Internship: Geisinger Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: CARES Institute, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Neurobehavioral Wellness Center, NJ

 

Kirstin Elizabeth Canavera

Internship: Mailman Center for Child Development, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

Postdoctoral Position: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Current Position: Assistant Member, Dept of Psychology, St, Jude Children’s Research Hospital

 

Joseph Carmona

Internship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Current Position: Brigade Psychologist, Vicenza, Italy

 

Emily Martin Cox

Internship: Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology, Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System

Postdoctoral Position: UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Department of Behavioral Science

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine

  

Matthew Cox

Internship: Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University

Postdoctoral Positions: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, Behavioral Science, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University

Current Position: Senior Professional Research Assistant, Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Health Delivery, University of Colorado School of Medicine

 

Kathryn Schwartz Goel

Internship: Park Place Behavioral Health

Postdoctoral Position: Behavioral Health Manager at Waupaca County WI

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist, Point Counseling Center in Stevens Point, WI

 

Mary Kate Law

Internship: Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Position: Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University

Current Position: Staff Psychologist, Western State Hospital, Staunton VA

 

Robert D. Rhodes

Internship: Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Department of Neurology, University of Florida

Current Position: Neuropsychologist, Charles George Veterans Affairs Medical Center

 

2013

Scott Robert Anderson

Internship: United States Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base

Postdoctoral Position: Geisinger Health System, Pediatric Psychology

Current Position: Private Practice in Bath, NY

 

 

Kristy Benoit Allen

Internship: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh

Postdoctoral Position: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Child Psychology, University of Kansas

   

Lauren Leigh Golden

Internship: Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System

Postdoctoral Position: Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Current Position: Virtual Telehealth Psychologist, Trauma Recovery Program, Columbia Veterans Affairs Health Care System

 

Kristen A. Frey Knepp

Internship: Cleveland State University Counseling Center

Postdoctoral Position: Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center, Department of

Psychiatry, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Family & Community Medicine

Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH

 

Krystal M. Lewis

Internship: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Postdoctoral Position: Research Fellow, Institute for Juvenile Research, University Illinois at Chicago

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist and Staff Scientist, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD

  

Michelle Anne Patriquin

Internship: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Postdoctoral Position: University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine

Current Position: Director of Research, Senior Psychologist, The Menninger Clinic; Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine; Board certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (ABPP)

 

Cara E. Pugliese-Gallagher

Internship: School of Medicine, University of Colorado and JFK Partners

Postdoctoral Position: Clinical Developmental Neuroscience, Children’s Research Institute,

Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children’s National Medical Center

Current Position: Chief, Autism, ADHD, and Externalizing Disorders Interventions Research Program, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions Research Program, Treatment and Preventative Intervention Research Branch, Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health

 

Nuri Reyes

Internship: JFK Partners, Dept of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Univ of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Postdoctoral Position: JFK Partners, Dept of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

 

Sheri L. Towe

Internship: Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

 

Laura Catherine Wilson

Internship: Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation as Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington

Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Mary Washington

  

2014

Clinton Samuel Comer

Internship: Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland AFB

Postdoctoral Position: Staff Psychologist, 78th Medical Group, Robins GA

Current Position: Director, Psychological and Forensic Services, Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Danville VA

 

Brian Cowart

Internship: Marcus Autism Center

Postdoctoral Position: Family Preservation Services, Roanoke VA

Current Position: CFS Forensic Services and Assessment Supervisor, New River Valley Community Services Board, Blacksburg VA

  

Maria Fraire

Internship: Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine

Postdoctoral Position: Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLeanHospital and Harvard Medical School

Current Position: Program Director, Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School

  

Thorhildur Halldorsdottir

Internship: Virginia Treatment Center for Children

Postdoctoral Position: Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich Germany

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology, Reykjavik University, Iceland

 

Sarah Anne Kelleher

Internship: Duke University Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Fellow, Duke University School of Medicine

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

  

Nicole Lyn Kreiser

Internship: University of Colorado Denver and JFK Partners Developmental Disabilities

Postdoctoral Position: Clinical Child Psychology/Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency Program, Department of Neuropsychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School

 

Katrina Ostmeyer-Kountzman

Internship: Center for Child Health and Development, University of Kansas Medical Center and Integrated Behavioral Technologies, Basehor KS

Postdoctoral Position: Director, Community Research and Clinical Services, Integrated Behavioral Technologies, Basehor KS

Current Position: Associate Professor of Practice and KU Child and Family Services Center Director, Department of Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas; CEO and Owner of Beyond the Individual (private practice)

 

Amie Schry Newins

Internship: Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) and Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida

 

Nathaniel Van Kirk

Internship: Michael E. DeBakey, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Institute, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Current Position: Director of Psychological Services at the OCD Institute, McLean Hospital; Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

 

2015

Kaushalendra Amatya

Internship: Children’s National Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Pediatric Medical Psychology Program, Johns Hopkins University

Current Position: Children’s National Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, The George Washington University School of Medicine

 

Neville Farley Galloway-Williams

Internship: Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland, Baltimore School of

Medicine (VAMHCS/UMB)

Postdoctoral Position: Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System

Current Position: Clinical Psychologist/Practice Owner at NFGW Psychologist, LLC

 

Kenya L. King

Internship: Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Postdoctoral Position: Kinsler and Associates, Tampa FL

Current Position: Private Practice and Owner, Aya Psychological and Wellness Services, LLC, Tampa FL; Contract Psychologist for Achieve Wellness LLC, Serving the Tampa Bay Area. 

 

Jill Lorenzi Howard

Internship: Marcus Autism Center

Postdoctoral Position: Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Duke University Medical Center

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Duke University Medical Center

  

Brenna Burns Maddox

Internship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Postdoctoral Position: Center for Autism Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP); Penn Center for Mental Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Current Position: Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

 

Cheri Weeks

Internship: Pacific Clinics, a Community Mental Health Clinic, Pasadena, CA. 

Postdoctoral Position: HIV disparity research with Dr. Gail Wyatt, UCLA AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

Current Position: Chief Operating Officer, First To Serve Inc. 

 

2016  

Kristin Austin

Internship: Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Position: Children's Learning Clinic, Department of Psychology, Florida State University

Current Position: Director of the Psychological Services Center and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi.

 

Kelsey Banes

Internship: Missouri Health Science Psychology Consortium

Postdoctoral Position: Substance Use/Homeless Rehabilitation, Clinical Psychology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System

Current Position: Psychologist (substance use disorder specialist), Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System

 

Claire Blevins

Internship: Alpert Medical School, Brown University

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation as Research Faculty

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University; Research Psychologist, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI

 

Katherine Donlon

Internship: Duke University Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center 

 

Tyler (Hassenfeldt) Higgs

Internship: Nationwide Children's Hospital

Postdoctoral Position: Fellow, Clinical Assessment and Diagnostics, Marcus Autism Center, Emory University School of Medicine

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Brain Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine; Clinical Psychologist, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Durham, NC 

 

Philip Klineburger

Internship: University of Texas Health Services Center at Tyler

Postdoctoral Position: Neuropsychological Services of New Mexico, in Albuquerque

Current Position: Lifespan Neurospsychologist at Comprehensive MedPsych Systems in Fort Myers, Florida

 

Jonathan Waldron

Internship: Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Integrated Care Psychology in HIV and Liver Disease, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, and affiliation with The University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Current Position: Behavioral Health Manager II - Adult Psychiatry Services. Department of Psychiatry, The Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, San Rafael, CA

 

Michael Wusik

Internship: Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine (VAMHCS/UMB)

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation into clinical practice

Current Position: Owner/Clinical Director, Psychology Group of Tampa Bay, Inc

 

2017

Caitlin Conner

Internship: University of Colorado School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Andrew Smith

Internship: Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Utah

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; Research Faculty, Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, University of Colorado

 

Amber Turner

Internship: OhioGuidestone

Postdoctoral Position: Clinical Child/Adolescent Postdoctoral Fellow, Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Belmont University. 

 

2018

Vanessa Brown

Internship: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Current Position: Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Emory University

 

Roberto Guerra

Internship: Patton State Hospital

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Forensic Psychology, Patton State Hospital

 

Amanda Halliburton

Internship: Southwest Virginia Psychological Doctoral Internship Consortium - Stone Mountain Health Services

Postdoctoral Position: Hired upon graduation as an assistant professor

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Science, University of North Georgia

 

Rachel Miller-Slough

Internship: Duke University Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology, East Tennessee State University

 

Lara Coughlin (Moody)

Internship: Durham VA Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Research Center, University of Michigan

Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan 

 

Haley Gordon Murphy

Internship: Western Youth Services

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and TIES for Families, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Current Position: Owner, Step Ahead Psychological Services, P.C.; Licensed  Psychologist, Belmont Psychological Services; Testing Psychologist Vendor, Harbor Regional Center 

 

2019

Ransom Campbell

Internship: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center-OKC VA Consortium Internship in Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Specialization Track

Postdoctoral Position: Fellow, Clinical Neuropsychology, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Neurology

 

Marika Coffman

Internship: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Child Development Center

Postdoctoral Position: Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Current Position: Clinical Associate, Department of Psychiatry & Brain Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

 

Rebecca Elias

Internship: Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Section of Psychology, Autism Track

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Southern California

 

Katherine McCurry

Internship: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan 

 

Connor Sullivan

Internship: Department of Veteran Affairs, Cincinnati VA Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position: Cincinnati VA Medical Center

Current position: Research Associate/Data Analyst. UNC Sheps Center for Health Services Research:  Workforce Division. UNC Chapel Hill, NC

 

Deanna Swain

Internship: Children's Hospital of Colorado

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Associate of Psychology at Weill Cornell Medicine

 

Andrew Valdespino

Internship: Department of Veteran Affairs, Orlando VA Medical Center

Postdoctoral Position:  Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Current Position: Staff Psychologist, James A. Haley VA Medical Center

 

Andrea Wieckowski

Internship: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Internship Training Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Current Position: Assistant Research Professor in the Early Detection and Intervention (EDI) research program, AJ Drexel Autism Institute

 

2020

Benjamin Bradford DeVore

Internship: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA., Portsmouth, VA

Postdoctoral Position: Active Duty Navy Clinical Psychologist, Norfolk, VA

Current Position: Fellow, Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

 

Lauren Delk

Internship: Federal Correctional Complex – Butner, Federal Medical Center, Butner, North Carolina

Postdoctoral position: Staff Psychologist in the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Current position: Staff Psychologist, Butner Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, NC

 

Reina Factor

Internship: Predoctoral Intern, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Track

Postdoctoral Position: Postdoctoral Clinical Psychology Fellow in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior at UCLA

Current position: Attending Psychologist, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior; UCLA Pediatric OCD Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

 

Isaac Smith

Internship: University of Colorado School of Medicine, JFK Developmental Disabilities, Aurora, Colorado

Postdoctoral position: Child/Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Program, Department of Psychiatry, UConn School of Medicine in West Hartford, CT

Current position:

 

2021

Merage Ghane

Internship: VA Medical Center - Salem, Salem, Virginia

Postdoctoral position: Mood and Brain Lab,  University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry

 

Ashley Muskett

Internship: Virginia Treatment Center for Children

Postdoctoral Position: Virginia Treatment Center for Children

Current position: Assistant Professor (Non-tenure Track) at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Staff psychologist Children's National Medical Center

 

Sarah Ryan Radtke

Internship: Nationwide Children's Hospital

Postdoctoral Position: Pediatric Medical Psychology Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Marlene Strege

Internship: Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic / U Pitts

Postdoctoral Position: Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic

 

2022

Jordan Albright

Internship: University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Psychiatry, Child/Developmental Disabilities Track, Philadelphia, PA

Postdoctoral position: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Implementation Research in Mental Health, NIMH T32 Training Program at the Penn Center for Mental Health & Penn’s Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama 

 

Ligia Antezana

Internship: Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic/U Pitts, Pittsburgh, PA

Postdoctoral position: NIMH T32 Fellowship UPMC/University of Pittsburgh (IMPACT: Post-Doctoral Program | Innovative Methods in Pathogenesis and Child Treatment (IMPACT)

 

Angela Dahiya-Singh

Internship: UC Davis Children's Hospital - CAARE Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Child Maltreatment & Neurodevelopment (CMN) track, Sacramento, CA

Postdoctoral position: University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

 

Alyssa Gatto

Internship: Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Child-Juvenile Justice/Behavioral Health, Providence, RI

Postdoctoral position: NIMH T32 Child Mental Health Fellowship at Brown University

Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine (Mental Health Quality and Pragmatic Implementation Researcher). 

 

Tyler McFayden

Internship: University of North Carolina SOM - Clinical Psych, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Chapel Hill, NC

Postdoctoral position: NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Research Training Program for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (at UNC-CH CIDD)

 

Amelia Tankersley

Internship: UCLA - Semel Institute, Stress, Trauma & Resilience, Los Angeles, CA

Postdoctoral position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change, McLean, Virginia

Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

 

2024

Jennifer Bertollo

Internship: Virginia Treatment Center for Children at VCU Health

Postdoctoral position: Children’s National Hospital, T32 Postdoctoral Fellow

 

Corinne Carlton-Smith

Internship: UNC SOM, Affective Neuroscience

Postdoctoral position: Vanderbilt University, T32 Postdoctoral Fellow

 

Janey Dike

Internship: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Science, Adult Track

Postdoctoral position: New York Family Court Mental Health Services