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EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

2007-2008

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The Emory University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Professional Psychology is based in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, and Rehabilitation Medicine (Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health). The program has been in existence since 1979. The program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). The fellowship program includes positions at a university affiliated public health system in downtown Atlanta (Grady Health System), the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Project, the Emory Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. All psychologists are faculty members in the medical school and are noted in the attached compendium. In addition, various physicians contribute to the fellowship as conference leaders, presenters, and supervisors, and are listed in the attached compendium. The experiences of the postdoctoral fellowship training are determined largely by the particular setting(s) in which the fellow is involved. The strength of this academic health sciences center postdoctoral fellowship lies in the diversity of opportunities available, the priority placed on teaching and training, and the rich clinical-research environment.

The fellowship program strives to provide exemplary postdoctoral training consistent with a scientist-practitioner model. The training is designed to be developmental and contextual in nature, and centered on the individual needs and goals of each postdoctoral fellow. While our expertise is in developing professional psychologists for leadership roles that combine clinical service, research, and education, our ultimate commitment is to helping our fellows define, articulate, and progress towards their own chosen career path. Consistent with our individual focus, our program offers training in specific areas of emphasis. The faculty associated with the training program, as well as the administration of the relevant departments and programs, highly value postdoctoral education and training, as it is consistent with the Emory University School of Medicine’s emphasis on training leaders who demonstrate outstanding ability in service, scholarship, and education/training.

All positions include time for direct service (assessment, intervention, consultation), research and scholarship, the conduct of supervision, and professional development activities. The training program offers the opportunity to work in a professional and scientific community and to establish a more integrated professional identity. Throughout all aspects of the program, an emphasis is placed on ethical and legal considerations, as well as on individual and cultural diversity. Considerable attention is paid to the individual professional development of the fellow as a psychotherapist (individual, group, couples, family), diagnostician (achievement, cognitive, neuropsychological, personality, projective), consultant, clinical-researcher, supervisor, teacher, program innovator and evaluator, and interdisciplinary team member. An emphasis is placed in all positions on developing competence in working with diverse and underserved populations.

There are a range of theoretical orientations represented in the academic health sciences center, including behavioral, biological, cognitive-behavioral, developmental, existential/humanistic, family systems, interpersonal, neurobiological, and psychodynamic. While the supervisory orientations differ depending on the service setting, the majority of the psychologists identify themselves as integrationists. Intensive supervision, based upon service and research responsibilities and the fellow's developmental needs, is a major component of the training program. Clinical supervision may include, but is not limited to the following: intensive review of case material; co-therapy; live supervision; readings; discussions of the integration of theory, research, and practice; and explorations of the self of the therapist. Postdoctoral fellows are invited to share personal reactions and to engage in a process of self-examination. Research supervision may include, but is not limited to the following: research team meetings, discussions of research findings, manuscript preparation, and grant preparation. All fellows receive a minimum of two hours per week, with most fellows receiving four to six hours per week of supervision.

Research opportunities, either independently or in collaboration with existing projects, also constitutes an integral component of many of the postdoctoral experiences. The amount of time available for research depends on the particular fellowship position. Primary areas of research focus include assessment and treatment of individuals with severe psychopathology; child/adolescent and adult psychopathology (e.g., depression, suicide, schizophrenia); child and family therapy; family violence (child abuse and neglect; intimate partner violence); epilepsy; traumatic brain injury; stroke and rehabilitation outcome.

Fellows who participate in the pediatric psychology positions will have the option of participating in any of the following pediatric research programs for four hours per week: family interactions and depression among children with asthma; developmental disabilities; pediatric end of life care guidelines; pain measurement, adherence interventions, and computerized health education interventions in pediatric and adolescent sickle cell disease; families and pediatric cancer; promoting literacy in pediatric settings; prenatal tobacco exposure and language development in infants; fetal alcohol syndrome; and prenatal exposure to alcohol. They will have the opportunity to choose their project once they arrive at the fellowship.

Fellows are required to attend a weekly seminar that focuses on issues of professional development, pathways and skills for career development, balancing personal and professional considerations, networking, preparing for licensure, ethical and legal guidelines and dilemmas, the future of psychology, and topics of general interest decided upon by the group. In past years, this seminar has addressed such topics as supervision, advocacy, family therapy, sex therapy, object relations theory and therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, empirically supported treatments, assessment and intervention with diverse populations (gender, ethnicity, disability status, sexual orientation), and brief therapy. In addition, fellows in this seminar have collaborated on research projects related to postdoctoral training. Fellows also must attend at least one additional seminar, and may elect to attend more seminars. The following additional seminars are available: live supervision family therapy seminar, brief psychodynamically informed psychotherapy seminar, child clinical/pediatric psychology seminar, neuropsychology case seminar, forensics seminar, epilepsy case conference, neuropathology rounds, and case conference related to adults with serious mental illness. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to attend 10 grand rounds per year of their choosing, and may do so in any department in the academic health sciences center or university. In addition, fellows are encouraged to participate in the review of manuscripts that have been submitted to journals for publication consideration.

Postdoctoral fellows also participate in a job mentorship program, which has been extremely successful since its inception six years ago. The goal of this program is to assign each fellow to two job mentors, psychologists engaged in the career path of interest to the fellow. Fellows meet with these mentors monthly, and receive guidance throughout their job searches and help with networking. Concurrent with this, considerable emphasis is placed during the weekly postdoctoral fellowship seminar on job seeking activities. To further aid fellows in their professional networking endeavors, all fellows are expected to be a member of at least one local, regional, or national professional psychology organization. In prior years, fellows have obtained jobs in diverse settings and have assumed myriad responsibilities. Common employment settings have included, but are not limited to, academic health sciences centers, academic psychology departments (undergraduate and graduate), medical facilities and practices, community mental health centers, forensic facilities, consulting practices, and private practice. Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows have assumed positions that involve administration, teaching, supervision, and direct service.

Postdoctoral Fellows complete a postdoctoral fellowship contract in collaboration with their supervisors at the beginning of the training year. This contract outlines the direct service (assessment, intervention, consultation), scientific foundations and research, the conduct of supervision, and professional development activities in which they will engage during the year. In addition, the contract outlines the supervision they will receive, and the seminars and Grand Rounds they will attend. This contract serves as the basis for the two formal evaluations that are conducted at mid-year (6 months after the start of the fellowship) and year-end. Also at these two evaluation periods, the fellows have the opportunity to evaluate their supervisors. At the end of the year, they also provide formal feedback on the postdoctoral fellowship seminar and their overall experience as postdoctoral fellows. In addition to these two formal evaluation periods, informal and verbal feedback is ongoing. At the beginning of the training year, all postdoctoral fellows are provided with Due Process Guidelines, which describe the process that will be followed if either the program has concerns about the trainee’s performance or if the trainee has concerns about any aspect of the training program. These guidelines include all steps of the grievance procedure leading to termination if the grievance is against the trainee, including written notification, remediation plan, probation, termination, and appeal. Similarly, steps are outlined for trainee’s filing of complaints.

The postdoctoral fellowship program is typically a one-year full-time experience, with exceptions made for personal reasons (e.g., birth of a child, family leave). However, both the fellowship position in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Neuropsychology position at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta are two-year full-time experiences, consistent with the guidelines set forth by the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology. By the completion of the fellowship, all fellows have the requisite 2000 hours, supervision, and direct service experiences needed for licensure in the State of Georgia, as well as all other jurisdictions that fall within the rubric of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. All fellows are expected to sit for the written part of the national licensure examination (EPPP) during the first six months of the fellowship year, unless they have already done so. The neuropsychology fellow typically takes the EPPP during the second year of the fellowship.

The Emory University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). The two-year, neuropsychology positions in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Neuropsychology Division of Neurosciences have been reviewed and approved for affiliation with the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN). The overall training program is in the process of seeking accreditation as a one-year program by the American Psychological Association (APA).

SETTINGS AND PLACEMENTS

Each year, additional postdoctoral clinical-research positions are available based upon grant funding. These positions are added to the website as they become available and are announced on the APPIC Postdoc Listserv.

GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM

The Grady Health System, the primary teaching facility of the Emory University School of Medicine, is a Level 1 Trauma Hospital that serves a primarily inner-city, minority, and low income population from metropolitan Atlanta and Fulton and DeKalb Counties. The Grady Health System includes a general hospital (the largest in Georgia and among the largest in the country) and a children’s hospital, as well as multiple outpatient clinics for children and adults. Professional services at Grady Health System are provided under contract with Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine, so that the hospital is a teaching hospital. Grady is involved in training for all the mental health disciplines; clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, occupational and recreational therapy. Thus, there are many opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary seminars and treatment programs. Emory University is located approximately 15 minutes driving time from Grady Health System. The psychology faculty includes 7 full-time and 2 part-time licensed clinical psychologists. In addition, there is an American Psychological Association accredited internship training program based at Grady Health System, which received initial accreditation in 1980, and was fully re-accredited in 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001. The internship program recently was expanded to include a position at the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine.

Adults with Serious Psychiatric Disorders. The following half-time positions can be combined with other half-time positions at Grady Health System, for the equivalent of one full-time position. There will be the equivalent of 1-2 full-time positions devoted to work with adults with serious psychiatric disorders. Half-time primarily clinical positions are available in the Psychiatric Evaluation and Brief Treatment outpatient unit, which provides brief, goal-oriented individual therapy for adult outpatients, as well as the Adult Day Treatment Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program, which offers psychosocial rehabilitation services for adults living in the community. Responsibilities for the positions devoted to work with individuals with serious mental illness include assessments, interventions, crisis management, consultation, clinical-research, clinical administration, supervision and teaching, and program development and evaluation. Research is ongoing in a number of areas including: suicide, intimate partner violence, schizophrenia and substance abuse, psychosocial rehabilitation-program evaluation, interactions between PTSD and serious mental illnesses, efficacy of short-term inpatient and outpatient/community interventions, and neuropsychological correlates of psychiatric conditions.

Women’s Health . Pending funding, this one-year, full-time position includes a half-time clinical-research position in the Avon Breast Cancer Center (pending funding). The other 50% time entails involvement on a clinical-research project focused on a group intervention for preventing suicidal behavior in abused, African American women. Responsibilities for the Avon Breast Cancer Center include evaluations; individual, group, and family therapy; and clinical-research activities. The clinical-research position entails serving as a clinical coordinator for projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (funding confirmed). In this latter role, the postdoctoral fellow is a member of an interdisciplinary research team and is expected to take a leadership role in the research efforts of the team (e.g., data analysis, manuscript preparation, etc). The person will also be involved in the conduct of group, individual, and family interventions for abused, suicidal African American women. This person will also aid in the recruitment of study participants, which includes community outreach efforts.

Grady Trauma Project . This one-year, full-time clinical-research position will include a variety of research and clinical related responsibilities on an NIMH-funded study investigating environmental and genetic factors predicting PTSD. These roles may include serving as a research interviewer, managing data sets, analyzing data and collaborating on manuscript preparation. The post doctoral fellow will also serve as a coordinator and therapist for a research and treatment program providing psychotherapy for men and women with PTSD. Responsibilities in this role may include recruitment and identification of patients, intake interviews, managing clinic related paperwork, supervision of clinical psychology graduate students serving as clinic therapists, management of research data collection. The post-doctoral fellow will also attend and participate in a weekly interdisciplinary team research meeting.

Schizophrenia Clinical Research. This one-year, half or full-time position will allow the postdoctoral fellow who is interested in clinical research to serve as a Project Coordinator for a study involving patients with schizophrenia and their family members. There are likely two positions associated with this project. Responsibilities of the fellow will include: coordination of participant recruitment, administration of research assessments, supervision of research assistants, data entry and data set management, and collaboration on manuscript preparation. The fellow will also be responsible for co-leading inpatient groups for persons with serious and persistent mental illness.

Clinical Child Psychology/Pediatric Psychology. One or two, one-year positions, pending funding, will be available working with children and their families. Each half-time position can be combined with any other half-time position. There will be two half-time positions (or one full time position) based in the community sponsored through the Georgia Parent Support Network. These postdoctoral fellows will be housed at the Fulton County Family Resource Center, where children and adolescents of all ages temporarily stay when they are initially placed in the custody of Child Protective Services. The responsibilities for this position include the conduct of cognitive, academic, social-emotional, and personality testing (2-4 per month), short-term individual or family therapy, crisis/trauma counseling, and diagnostic evaluations on an as-needed basis. The fellow may also attend interdisciplinary team meetings and consult with mental health professionals as needed to assist with proper child placement and treatment decisions. In addition, there is a half-time position working in the Teen Services Clinic providing reproductive/sexual health services for adolescent females and males, including assessments, crisis intervention, and therapy (individual, group, family). The fellow at this placement will work on an interdisciplinary medical team and will be a primary contact person for the psychosocial needs of the teens. Further, a full-time position is available with Project ASPIRE, an NHLBI-funded clinical research project examining the efficacy of a home-based family intervention for low-income children with persistent asthma. The post-doctoral fellow assigned to Project ASPIRE will work with an interdisciplinary team of asthma and mental health specialists to provide integrated services to selected families as part of this community-based participatory research project.

CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA (CHOA)

With 452 licensed beds in three hospitals (Egleston, Hughes Spalding and Scottish Rite), and 16 satellite locations throughout Atlanta, Children’s enhances the lives of children through excellence in patient care, research, and education. With more than a half a million annual patient visits, Children’s is one of the largest pediatric healthcare systems in the country. CHOA is recognized for excellence in cancer treatment, cardiology, transplant services, etc. and is ranked as one of the top ten children’s hospital in America. It is also accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Children’s is recognized for its many pediatric specialties, including the neurosciences and rehabilitation divisions. Child magazine ranks Children’s as one of the top 10 children’s hospitals nationwide, and Children’s is among U.S. News & World Report’s top ten pediatric hospitals.

Pediatric Psychology - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta . Four full-time pediatric psychology postdoctoral fellowship positions include a specialty in Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s two hospital campuses at Egleston and Scottish Rite. These positions provide inpatient and outpatient services to children and adolescents receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders (hemophilia, sickle cell). Clinical responsibilities include consultation with interdisciplinary teams or single disciplines; individual, group, and family therapy; and psychological and neuropsychological evaluations.

Pediatric Neuropsychology / Division of Neurosciences . Two full-time pediatric Neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowships are available through the Neuropsychology department and offer the necessary experiences required to pursue board certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP/CN). The program has been approved for affiliation by APPCN and is designed to meet criteria set forth by the Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology guidelines. Clinical training consists primarily of supervised neuropsychological evaluations of inpatients and outpatients with neurological, developmental and psychiatric disorders. Rotations are taken in the following interdisciplinary clinical services: (1) Rehabilitation on the on the Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (CIRU), outpatient Day Rehabilitation program, and outpatient follow-up and school consultation; (2), Epilepsy on the VEEG monitoring floor for presurgical candidates undergoing epilepsy surgical evaluation and to provide differential diagnostic information and routine outpatient assessments for children with epilepsy; (3) Outpatient Neuropsychological Assessments of patients referred for a wide range of congenital and acquired brain disorders; and (4) Outpatient Epilepsy Social Support Group, which involves leading a monthly social support group for epilepsy patients and offering supportive counseling, educational presentations and social skills support. Residents participate in and/or develop and present a research topic within the field of pediatric neuropsychology.

Maternal Substance Abuse (MSA) and Child Development Project

This program combines the resources at two sites, the MSA laboratory in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Fetal Alcohol Center at the Marcus Institute, which is a clinical site serving developmentally disabled children that is affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics. The MSA project carries out longitudinal research on several cohorts of children, adolescents, and young adults prenatally exposed to alcohol, cocaine and tobacco and, through a contract with the Department of Human Resources in Georgia, is involved in a range of prevention activities focusing on the impact of maternal substance abuse and secondary disabilities affecting offspring. The Fetal Alcohol Center provides diagnostic and intervention services to children exposed to alcohol and other drugs and their families and carries out clinic research within in this setting. The postdoctoral fellow, therefore, has the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of activities and collaborations with other scientists and practitioners. At the

Marcus Institute, fellows’ clinical activities include participation in interdisciplinary diagnostic evaluations, individual evaluations, and therapy with children and families. At the MSA laboratory, fellows participate in longitudinal research studies, both through research activities and direct contact with research participants. Prevention activities include the design and implementation of workshops and teaching modules, as well as outcome research. Under the supervision of the primary investigators, fellows may design and carry out their own independent research or prevention activities as well.

EMORY UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE

The Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health is an integral part of the interdisciplinary Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Emory University Medical School. Housed in the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine on the Emory Medical School campus, the Division provides neuropsychological services to a 56-bed inpatient adult rehabilitation hospital with dedicated stroke, brain injury, spinal cord, orthopedic, day hospital, and outpatient programs. Consults are also received from various departments within the Medical School including Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, the Emory Epilepsy Center, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, and Cardiac Surgery. Services include neuropsychological assessment, cognitive rehabilitation, individual psychotherapy, behavioral health interventions, and amobarbital testing and cortical mapping in seizure surgery candidates. Faculty provide consultation to interdisciplinary teams on cognitive and behavioral disorders and play a vital role in developing rehabilitation programs for persons recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, tumor surgery, and other conditions affecting the central nervous system. Neuropsychology faculty also maintain an active research program and serve as project directors or consultants on a number of federal grants.

Neuropsychology. The postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology meets International Neuropsychological Society/American Psychological Association Division 40 training guidelines. The program has been approved for affiliation by APPCN. Neuropsychology fellows only participate in the Emory University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Professional Psychology during the second year of their fellowship.

The fellowship provides two years of intensive training and supervised clinical experience in neuropsychological diagnosis, cognitive rehabilitation, and team consultation. Neuropsychological assessments incorporate both quantitative and qualitative approaches to testing and are focused on the diagnosis of cognitive syndromes, the specification of functional strengths and weaknesses, and the development of detailed and practical recommendations for patient rehabilitation. The approach to cognitive rehabilitation emphasizes the enhancement of real world performance using compensatory aids and strategies. Fellows conduct neuropsychological examinations (including Wada testing and corticol mapping assessments), provide feedback to patients and family members, provide consultation to rehabilitation teams, develop and carry out cognitive rehabilitation programs, and acquire supervisory skills as they work with practicum students and technicians. Optional supervised psychotherapy experiences also are available.

In addition to receiving individual supervision, fellows participate in a variety of conferences and seminars including Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry Grady Rounds, as well as Neuropsychology Case Seminar, Epilepsy Case Conference, and Neuropathology Rounds. Fellows are involved in research and are expected to develop a research idea by the end of the first year and to conduct a study during the second year. Fellows are provided with supervised grant writing experience.

VIRTUALLY BETTER

This postdoctoral placement can be filled by one or two half-time fellows. The company, owned partly by both Emory University and GA Tech, is a multidisciplinary company that develops, tests and uses virtual reality applications for a variety of specific mental health areas. The clinical arm of the company conducts clinical trials that test the efficacy and effectiveness of virtual reality environments within the context of clinical interventions. In addition, Virtually Better has an active outpatient fee-for-service clinic servicing children, adolescents and adults using cognitive behavioral therapy and virtual reality environments. Clinical responsibilities of the fellow include individual and family therapy, research opportunities when available, and on-site supervision in cognitive behavioral methods.

COMMUNITY

As a large and cultural diverse metropolitan city, Atlanta is a highly desirable location for psychologists. In addition to the Emory University Medical School, Atlanta is the location of one other medical school and seven colleges or universities, including three graduate training programs in clinical psychology. The State of Georgia itself has four medical schools.

With a population of approximately four million, the metropolitan Atlanta area has numerous opportunities for in town entertainment: theater, symphony, ballet, professional baseball, ACC and professional basketball, and college and professional football. There also is easy access to outdoor recreation; Lake Lanier (45 minutes North), Lake Allatoona (60 minutes North), and the North Georgia mountains, which include the southern end of the Appalachian Trail (80 minutes North). Coastal beaches ( Atlantic Coast) are within 5 to 6 hours driving time. There are excellent restaurants that represent the range of ethnic cuisine.

Finally, the four seasons are well represented. Winter temperatures are mild, with an occasional dip below freezing during January or February. Summers are generally hot (80-90's) and a mixture of sunny and cloudy days.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

The fellowship accepts applications from individuals who will have completed an APA or CPA accredited predoctoral internship and requirements for their doctorate in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or school psychology from an APA or CPA accredited program prior to beginning the post-doctoral training program. Applications also are welcome from individuals with a doctorate in psychology and respecialization training that meets equivalent criteria. Minority applicants are encouraged to apply. Individuals may not begin their postdoctoral training experience until all requirements for the doctoral degree have been completed.

START DATE, STIPEND, BENEFITS, RESOURCES

The start date for the fellowship is variable and depends upon the position and the timing of the fellow’s completion of the dissertation and internship. Positions may begin as early as July 1 and as late as the third Monday in September. Start dates can be negotiated.

The stipend is $30,000 for the first year fellows and it is $35,000 for the second year neuropsychology fellows. Fellows may pay a parking fee (site dependent), and are eligible for health, dental, and optical insurance. They also have an option to obtain life insurance. Further, they have access to Emory’s flexible spending account program, which can be used for medical and/or childcare purposes. Fellows also receive 21 days of leave time.

As employees of Emory University, all Fellows have access to the libraries, gym, and the wealth of educational and cultural activities offered by the University. Fellows have easy access to computers and relevant computer software, email, internet, and methodological/statistical consultation. There is adequate office space, supplies, and testing materials to support the work of each of the Fellows.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Application Materials

Form specifying which position(s) the candidate is applying for and the rank ordering of the positions (RANK ORDER LIST)

Letter detailing clinical and research interests

3. Curriculum Vitae

4. Official graduate transcripts

5. Four letters of reference (this must include one from the director of the graduate school program or dissertation chair attesting to performance in graduate school and likelihood of completion of al requirements for graduation prior to 10/15 and one from someone at the internship training site)

6. Representative publications

Address

Application materials must be received by February 1, 2007. Send materials to:

Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPP, Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Director

Emory University School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Grady Health System - 13th Floor

80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive

Atlanta , Georgia 30303

Phone: (404) 616-4757

FAX: (404) 616-2898

EMAIL: nkaslow@emory.edu

If you send your materials via express mail, in addition to the address, please include the office number, 13D018 and telephone number, 404 616-4757.

Interview

After application materials are reviewed, applicants will be invited for an on-site interview. Neuropsychology applicants for the adult and child positions also may be interviewed at the International Neuropsychological Society meeting. Telephone interviews are available for applicants unable to attend an in person interview. Applicants who have special needs that might require an accommodation during the interview are encouraged to share this information with the Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Director. The program is committed to providing access for all people with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations if notified within one week prior to the scheduled interview.

Note: Availability of positions may vary by year. Current available positions are noted on rank order sheet. Applicants to the Neuropsychology

Fellowship positions must participate in the Association of Postdoctoral

Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) national matching system.

EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PSYCHOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: RANK ORDER LIST (2007-2008)

Name:

Email address:

Best phone number:

Please rank order (1 = most interested) all positions you are applying for. Only rank those positions of interest to you. It should be noted that there is flexibility in how the positions can be combined, and if you are interested in combining positions differently than advertised, please rank all potential positions of interest and indicate any other combination that may be of interest.

__________ Adults with Serious Psychiatric Disorders - Grady Health System (2 positions)

__________ Women’s Health – Grady Health System (1 half or full time position)

__________ Grady Trauma Project – Grady Health System (1 position)

_________ Schizophrenia Clinical Research - Grady Health System (1-2 positions)

_________ Child Clinical Psychology/Pediatric Psychology - Grady Health System (1-2 positions)

__________ Pediatric Psychology - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Hematology/Oncology) (3-4 positions)

__________ Pediatric Neuropsychology/Division of Neurosciences – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (2 positions)

__________ Maternal Substance Abuse (MSA) and Child Development (1 position)

__________ Neuropsychology - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health (1 position) POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED FOR 2007-2008

__________ Virtually Better (pending funding)

__________ COMBINATIONS OTHER THAN LISTED ABOVE – FOR GRADY POSITIONS ONLY (Please describe):

*** Please note that all positions are pending funding. Also, please note that we often

are fortunate to receive funding for additional positions and thus more opportunities may be available which will be announced on the APPIC Internship and Postdoc Networks. Further, for some of the positions that entail 2 part-time placements, we can be flexible about which placements are combined.

PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING FACULTY

Amy L. Alderson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Neuropsychology, at Emory University. She received her Ph.D. in 1999 from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed an internship at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center and an NIH-funded post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Alderson is interested in rehabilitation outcomes, memory, and ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment. She employs a variety of cognitive/neuropsychological tools, as well as psychological interventions, to enable individuals to better understand brain-behavior relationships and to facilitate recovery.

Doug Bodin, Ph.D. is a Pediatric Neuropsychologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Rehabilitative Medicine at Emory School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Alabama. He conducts inpatient and outpatient neuropsychological evaluations with a variety of clinical populations, including epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, genetic/metabolic disorders, and spina bifida. His research interests are in the areas of psychometric characteristics of neuropsychological instruments in clinical populations and the assessment of consumer satisfaction

Rebekah Bradley, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. She works primarily at the Atlanta VA Medical Center where she serves as the director if the trauma recovery program. In addition she works one day a week at Grady Health System conducting NIMH funded research on genetic and environmental risk factors for PTSD and managing/providing supervision for the PTSD Clinic at Florida Hall at Grady Health System. She is the primary supervisor for the Grady Trauma Project. She received her Ph.D. in clinical community psychology in 2000 from the University of South Carolina. Her primary research interests are in the areas of PTSD and other sequelae related to interpersonal violence, issues related to the intersection of race and social class, and personality disorders (particularly borderline personality disorder). She provides clinical and research supervision for the fellows working in the Women’s Health position.

Michelle Robbins Broth, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is a child and family psychologist based at the Grady Health System Infectious Disease Program. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Emory University in 2003. Her primary research interests are in developmental psychopathology, intergenerational transmission of risk (e.g., maternal depression, family violence) and resilience, parenting, and children’s emotional and social development and functioning.

ThomasG. Burns, Psy.D., ABPP/ABCN , Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory School of Medicine, is Director of Neuropsychology & Clinical Operations in the Division of Neurosciences at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He received his Psy.D. in clinical psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology in Atlanta, Georgia, with specialty training in Neuropsychology at Hahnemann University Hospital / Medical College of Pennsylvania and St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital. His clinical and research interests involve neuropsychological evaluations for patients diagnosed with intractable epilepsy (Wada and Cortical Mapping), traumatic brain injury, and birth trauma.

Marianne Celano. Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and is the primary supervisor for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic at Grady Health System and the NHLBI funded “Project ASPIRE: Improving Pediatric Asthma Management for Urban Families.” Dr. Celano received her Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of Maryland. Her major interests are in the areas of treatment engagement, child maltreatment, pediatric psychology (e.g., asthma), and cross-cultural issues. As an NIH funded clinical researcher, who serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Family Psychology, she serves as a scientist-practitioner role model for fellows.

Claire D. Coles, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and is the Director of the Fetal Alcohol Center at the Marcus Institute, as well as the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Laboratory at Emory University. Dr. Coles received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology in 1980 from Emory University and completed a clinical respecialization in 1985. Her major research interests are high-risk infants and young children and behavioral teratology, particularly that resulting from the effect of maternal substance abuse on development. She provides clinical and research supervision for fellows working in the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Laboratory, as well as the Marcus Institute’s Fetal Alcohol and Drug Exposure Clinic. As a well-funded and well-published nationally recognized leader in behavioral teratogenics, s he is a scientist-practitioner role model for fellows with an interest in fetal alcohol syndrome and its aftereffects or the impacts of others drugs (e.g., cocaine, nicotine) and environmental factors on development.

Marietta H. Collins, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and is based two-thirds time at the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and one-third time at a community-based adolescent substance abuse after school program. Dr. Collins received her Ph.D. in 1996 from Emory University. Her research interests include pediatric psychology (e.g., sickle cell disease), cultural issues, and adolescent substance abuse. She provides clinical and research supervision for fellows working in the Teen Clinic at Grady Health System. As a member of Emory’s President’s Commission on Race and Ethnicity and a former member of the APPIC Postdoctoral Membership and Review Committee, former Vice President for Diversity for Division 43 of the APA, she serves as a role model for minority fellows interested in involvement in local and national organizations.

Glenn Egan, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and is one of the supervisors for the Adult Day Treatment Program and the Psychiatry and Law Service at Grady Health System. Dr. Egan received his Ph.D. in 1989 from Georgia State University. His major interests are forensic psychology, neuropsychology, and schizophrenia. He provides assessment supervision for fellows working with adults with serious mental illness, and co-directs the Forensics Seminar.

Eugene Farber, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and is the Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services at the Grady Health System Infectious Disease Program. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia State University in 1990. His major interests are in HIV related psychotherapy and adaptive functioning, and HIV mental health services outcome research. He also has interest in both long-term and time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy. He directs the Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy seminar that fellows can participate in.

Grace Fong, Ph.D . is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Rehabilitative Medicine at Emory School of Medicine and a pediatric Neuropsychologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She is a Pediatric Neuropsychologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in the Division of Neuropsychology. She received her Ph.D. in 2004 from the American University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Fong is interested in the fMRI of reward processes and development, particularly with regard to clinical populations.

Jennifer Gess, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. She received her Ph.D. from Georgia State University in 2001. Her major interests are in epilepsy, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. She provides clinical and research supervision for fellows with a neuropsychology emphasis.

Felicia C. Goldstein, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Director of Neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology . She specializes in the neuropsychological evaluation of geriatric patients in the Cognitive Neurology Program at Wesley Woods and the Memory Assessment Clinic at Grady Health System. She received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1982 from Emory University and completed three years of postdoctoral training in neuropsychology. Dr. Goldstein’s research is focused on cognitive disorders affecting older adults. Areas of investigation include the clinical phenotype of Alzheimer’s disease in patients with vascular comorbidities, and the neuroimaging of associated cerebral white matter damage. She provides research and clinical supervision for fellows with a neuropsychology emphasis.

Melanie C. Greenaway, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and a Neuropsychologist. She earned her M.S. in Rehabilitation Psychology and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She went on to complete her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Her clinical practice is focused on neuropsychological assessment of adults, primarily in the geriatric population at Wesley Woods Health Center. Her research focuses on rehabilitation in Mild Cognitive Impairment and diagnostic accuracy/validity in aging and dementia.

Laura Greve, Psy.D. is an Assistant Professor and a pediatric psychology in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in health psychology at Spalding University. She conducts evaluations, consultations, and psychotherapy for children and adolescents receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders. Her primary research interests include cognitive-behavioral treatment of children with anxiety disorders, and biobehavioral treatment of children with chronic pain and medical illness. She is the primary clinical supervisor for the fellows based at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Scottish Rite.

William G. Hamilton, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Rehabilitative Medicine at Emory School of Medicine and a pediatric neuropsychologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Hamilton received his Ph.D. from Seattle Pacific University in 2001. Dr. Hamilton’s clinical interests center around complex medical evaluations, particularly addressing the epilepsy and traumatic brain injury populations. He also is involved with neurodevelopmental evaluations and more psychiatric-based referrals. Dr. Hamilton’s research interests include epilepsy, sleep disorders, and congenital heart defects.

Philip D. Harvey, PhD , is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook in 1982 and worked previously at SUNY at Binghamton (1982-1987) and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (1987-2007). His research interests are in assessment and treatment of cognition and functional disability in major psychiatric conditions (Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders) as well as aging and dementia. He also has extensive experience in the design and conduct of large-scale randomized clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive deficits as well as conducting assessments for forensic expert testimony. He will wok with fellows interested in developing skills in the areas of neuropsychological and functional outcomes assessment, as well as other aspects of serious mental illness. He provides mentorship in effective research and grant writing, based on his history of over 20 years of continuous NIMH funding and 600 scientific publications.

Ann P. Hazzard, Ph.D., ABPP is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and supervises child assessments and long-term psychotherapy cases at Grady Health System. Dr Hazzard received her Ph.D. in 1981 from UCLA. Her major interests are in the areas of child abuse/sexual abuse, children's adjustment to medical illness, and enhancement of literacy. She provides mentorship for fellows interested in pediatric psychology. As the Founder the hospital’s Reach Out and Read Project, an award winning literacy program, and as former Chair of the Program Committee for the Georgia Psychological Association, she serves as a role model for community involvement and leadership.

Karen Kuehn Howell, Ph.D. is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Co-Director of the MSA Prevention Program. She received her Ph.D. in 1997 in school psychology from the University of Memphis. Dr. Howell develops and implements training modules for a variety of state projects, including developing curricula for veteran child protective service workers in collaboration with the School of Social Work at Georgia State University. With the support of the State Babies Can’t Wait Program, Dr. Howell also recently has developed a curriculum for training physicians on issues related to risky behaviors during pregnancy. She also serves on the State Substance Abuse Prevention Epidemiological Workgroup. Dr. Howell provides fellows with supervision on community activities in prevention of substance abuse.

Alcuin Johnson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He received his Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of Alabama. He conducts neuropsychological evaluations, consultations, and psychotherapy for youth receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders. His primary research interests are in the areas of sickle cell disease and neuro-oncology. He is the primary assessment and intervention supervisor for the fellows based at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston.

Julie A. Kable, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Assistant Director of the Fetal Alcohol Clinic at the Marcus Institute. Dr. Kable received her Ph.D. from Perdue University in 1995 after an internship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Miami. Dr. Kable’s research interests include behavioral teratology, the psychophysiological assessment of attention, particularly in infancy, and the effects of prenatal exposure to tobacco and alcohol. With Dr. Coles, she supervises fellows at the Marcus Institute’s Fetal Alcohol and Drug Exposure Clinic. In addition, she is developing a community-based Math Intervention program (MILE) for alcohol-affected children and others with specific learning disabilities.

Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPP is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine and Chief Psychologist at Grady Health System. Dr. Kaslow received her Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of Houston. Her major clinical and research interests are in family therapy and family medicine, depression and suicide in children and adults, family violence, and psychology education and training. She is the Director of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program and primary supervisor for the adult inpatient unit, as well as the Women’s Health Clinical-Research Projects. She leads the weekly postdoctoral fellowship seminar and the family therapy seminar. As Former Chair and Board Member Emeritus of APPIC, Past-President of Divisions 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) and 43 (Family Psychology) of the APA, President of the American Board of Clinical Psychology and President Elect of Division 29 (Psychotherapy), as well as being a federally funded and well-published investigator (over 200 publications) who has received multiple national awards and is the associate editor for three journals, she models for the fellows the integration of practice, scholarship, and education, as well as the importance of active involvement in the larger professional community. She is a primary clinical-research and clinical supervisor for the Women’s Health and adult inpatient services.

Jacqueline M. Kiefel, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Rehabilitative Medicine at Emory School of Medicine and Neuropsychologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She received her Ph.D. from City University of New York in 1994, specializing in neuropsychology. Dr. Kiefel is involved with neuropsychological evaluations, consultations, and NIH funded research involving the neuropsychological profile seen in Duchene Muscular Dystrophy. She serves on an expert panel for psychosocial care considerations for Duchene Muscular Dystrophy at the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Kiefel has an interest and specialization in pediatric brain injury, is involved in the brain injury community, and has served as a board member of the Brain Injury Resource Foundation.

Erica Lee, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Assistant Director of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program based at Adult Day Services at Grady Health System. She received her Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Mississippi. Her primary clinical interests are in working with adults with serious mental illness and in multiculturalism. Her primary research interests are in effective treatments for young adults with severe mental illnesses and assessment with the MMPI-2. She is the primary clinical and research supervisor for the fellows working in the Adult Day Treatment Program and the Focus Program.

Mary Ellen Lynch, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is a research supervisor for the longitudinal studies conducted by the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Project. She received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Cornell University in 1982. Her research interests include parent-adolescent relationships, impact of prenatal substance abuse on child and adolescent development, and social perception processes.

Laura Mee, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and is based at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. She is the Director of Consultation-Liaison Services for all transplant patients in the Comprehensive Transplant Center at Egleston. Dr. Mee received her Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Florida. Her primary clinical and research interest areas are pediatric psychology, issues with transplant patients, pain management and coping with chronic medical conditions. She provides clinical supervision for fellows with a primary emphasis in pediatric psychology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston.

Anna Bacon Moore, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Neuropsychology. She also holds an appointment at the Atlanta VAMC Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence. She received her Ph.D. in 2000 from the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at San Diego State University/ University of California, San Diego, and completed her internship at the University of Florida. Dr. Moore's is interested in rehabilitation of language disorders, memory, and frontal/executive dysfunction. She utilizes a variety of cognitive/neuropsychologic instruments as well as functional magnetic resonance imaging to reveal neural substrates of impairment and recovery.

Kathleen O’Toole, Ph.D , an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Neuropsychology, is a Neuropsychologist at Children’s Healthcare at Scottish Rite. She received her doctorate from Georgia State University with a major in School Psychology and a specialization in Developmental Neuropsychology. She works with the Day Rehabilitation Program at Scottish Rite, providing assessment, brain injury education, staff consultation and training for students and postdoctoral associates in neuropsychology. Dr. O’Toole also conducts neuropsychological evaluations on children whose parents seek answers regarding learning, attention, and problem solving issues due to medical , neurological and developmental problems.

Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D., ABPP is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and is Director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program. She specializes in clinical research, primarily with persons with anxiety disorders and especially following trauma. She received her Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of Georgia. She investigates cognitive behavioral interventions, including virtual reality interventions, as well as comparisons between pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. She provides clinical and research supervision for fellows working on trauma treatment using cognitive-behavioral techniques. As a well-funded and well-published investigator, well-known for her novel treatments, and as President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies who serves on a number of editorial boards, she serves as an effective role model for fellows interested in intervention research.

Chaundrissa Smith, Ph.D. ¸ is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and is based in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at GHS. She received her Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology from the University of South Carolina in 2005. She is interested in culturally competent individual, group, and family interventions for low-income African American youth, in both clinic and school settings. She provides assessment and intervention supervision for postdoctoral fellows working in the child outpatient service. Her major research and clinical interests are in parenting programs for African Americans and pediatric psychology.
Ann Bryan Sollinger, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and clinical neuropsychologist in the Department of Neurology. She provides neuropsychological evaluations to patients in the Cognitive Neurology Program at Wesley Woods Health Center. She received her Ph.D. in 2004 from the American University in Washington, DC. Dr. Sollinger's research interests include neurocognitive and behavioral features of Parkinson's disease, stroke, and degenerative dementias.
Joshua S. Spitalnick, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is a Clinical and Health Psychologist working in the Consultation-Liaison Service within the Grady Health System. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia in 2005. His clinical focus includes an emphasis of cognitive-behavioral techniques and behavioral medicine-oriented interventions. His primary research interests examine the interaction of sexual health and psychopathology, treatment of psychopathology among individuals with HIV/AIDS, and identification and treatment of health disparities among underserved and marginalized populations.

Anthony Y. Stringer, Ph.D., CPCRT, ABPP/ABCN is a Professor and is Director of the Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. He is also the Associate Director of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. He received his doctorate from Wayne State University in 1984. He conducts neuropsychological examinations, amobarbital and corticol mapping assessments, and directs the neuropsychology laboratories and the cognitive rehabilitation service. Dr. Stringer conducts research in neuropsychological diagnostic efficacy, ecological validity of neuropsychological tests, cognitive rehabilitation outcome, pharmacologic enhancement of cognition following brain damage, genetic factors in recovery of function, epilepsy, and cognitive prosthetics. He provides clinical and research supervision for fellows with a neuropsychology emphasis and leads the Neuropsychology Case Seminar. As a member of the APA Division 40 Minorities in Neuropsychology Interest Group, he serves as a role model and mentor for neuropsychologists from underrepresented minority groups who are pursuing board certification in neuropsychology.

Carol L. Webb, Ph.D., ABPP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and is the Director of Internship Training at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Webb received her Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Delaware. Her major interests are in sexual abuse, assessment, and the effects of divorce on children. As Chair of the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, she provides consultation on licensure and ethical issues to the fellows and serves as a mentor for fellows interested in private practice. She is the primary supervisor for the fellows associated with the Georgia Parent Support Network.

Keith A. Wood, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is Clinical Director of the Central Fulton County Mental Health Center. Dr. Wood is the primary supervisor for the Evaluation and Brief Treatment Service at Grady Health System and. Dr. Wood received his Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Florida. His major interests are in cross-cultural psychiatry, chronic mental illness, and short-term crisis intervention. He serves as the primary clinical supervisor for the Evaluation and Brief Treatment Service and offers mentorship in administrative supervision. As a member of enumerable community boards and a person extremely well connected in the Atlanta community, he serves as a model for fellows, particularly minority fellows, for community involvement and leadership.

PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, PEDIATRICS, REHABILITATION MEDICINE, FAMILY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE,

AND NEUROLOGY NONPSYCHOLOGIST TRAINING FACULTY

Peter Ash, M.D. , Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of the Law and Psychiatry Service is active in the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Golden Barnett, III., MD , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is an attending on the adult inpatient unit and Medical Director of the Drug Dependence Unit at Grady Health System.

Michael Compton, M.D., MPH , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is an attending psychiatrist on the Adult Inpatient Unit, Grady Health System. He oversees the Schizophrenia Clinical-Research Postdoctoral position. He has secured a K23 award for his research, and is well-published and well-funded.

Shannon Croft, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Grady Health System.

Marina Demetrashvili, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is a psychiatrist associated with the Komen Breast Cancer grant through the Georgia Center for Cancer Excellence at Grady Health System and an attending at the FOCUS Intensive Outpatient Program at Grady Health System.

Arden Dingle, M.D . , Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is Director of Pediatric Consultation Liaison Service at Grady Health System, and Director of the Child Psychiatry Fellowship. She serves on the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry PRITE Examination Committee.

Charles M. Epstein, M.D. , Associate Professor of Neurology is the Director of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring, Emory Healthcare.

Andrew Furman, M.D. , Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is the Associate Clinical Director, Grady Health System. He recently co-edited a book on seminal papers in psychoanalysis.

Robert A. Gross, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurosurgery is the Director of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Emory University Hospital.

Patrick Haggard, M.D. , Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is Medical Director on the Adult Inpatient Unit, Grady Health System and a Candidate in the Emory Psychoanalytic Institute.

Sandra L. Helmers, M.D. , Associate Professor of Neurology is the Director of the Adult Electroencephalography Laboratory, Emory Healthcare.

Karen Hochman, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical Director of the Focus Intensive Outpatient Program, Grady Health System, is actively involved in the Community Psychiatry organization.

Suzette LaRoche, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Neurology is an attending physician in the Emory Epilepsy Center.

Steven T. Levy, M.D. , Professor and Chief of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Grady Health System and Training and Supervising Analyst, Emory Psychoanalytic Institute is the Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Page B. Pennell, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Grady Health System is the Acting Director of the Emory Epilepsy Center.

Kerry Ressler, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is the Principal Investigator for a research grant on Genetic and Trauma-Related Risk Factors for PTSD project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and is Medical Director of the Grady PTSD Clinic and PI on the Grady Trauma Project.

Emile Risby, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is based at Grady Health System at the Drug Dependence Unit. He is currently deployed in Iraq.

Krish Sathian, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine is Medical Director of the Program in Restorative Neurology at Emory Healthcare.

Ann Schwartz, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical Director Consultation-Liaison Service at Grady Health System; and Co-Investigator for a research grant on Genetic and Trauma-Related Risk Factors for PTSD project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Beth Seelig, M.D. , Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of the Emory Outpatient Training Clinic; is the Director of the Emory Psychoanalytic Institute and very actively involved in the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Stephanie Winn, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is the Medical Director of the Psychiatric Obstetrics Service, Grady Health System.

Jennifer Wootten, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is the Medical Director of Evaluation and Brief Treatment Service, Grady Health System.

ADJUNCT PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY AND PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY IN

AFFILIATED DEPARTMENTS

The following is a representative group of adjunct faculty and community members who serve as off-site supervisors and/or job mentors for the postdoctoral fellows.

Vivian Auerbach, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Psychology at Emory University and Georgia State University. She received her doctorate in 1983 from the University of Houston in clinical neuropsychology. Her clinical practice emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of cognitive disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury. She provides professional development consultation and supervision of fellows with a specific emphasis in neuropsychology.

Sheena Carter, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. in 1989 in applied developmental psychology from the University of New Orleans. She supervises individuals in neonatology and the Developmental Follow-Up Clinic.

Susan Chance, Ph.D. , is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1999 from Georgia State University and is a Candidate at the Emory Psychoanalytic Institute. She supervises postdoctoral fellows in psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy.

Catherine Deering Ph.D. is a tenured Professor of Psychology at Clayton College and State University, a staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, and an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Rhode Island. She supervises group psychotherapy and women’s health.

Sobha P. Fritz, Ph.D. is a pediatric psychologist. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2003 and completed her fellowship at Emory University. Her primary research interests are adjustment to chronic illness and pain management. Dr. Fritz conducts developmental screenings and psychoeducational evaluations in the Division of Neonatology’s Developmental Progress Clinic. At Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, she works with the Inflammatory Bowel Disease program conducting psychological consultations in their multidisciplinary clinic.

Susan Gantt, Ph.D., ABPP is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, works full-time in private practice, is the Director of the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute, and is an internationally recognized group psychotherapist and group psychotherapy trainer. She received his Ph.D. in 1984 from Georgia State University. She teaches and supervises group psychotherapy.

Mark Gilson, Ph.D., ABPP is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. He is the Training Director at the Atlanta Center for Cognitive Therapy. He received his Ph.D. in 1983 from Georgia State University. He supervises cognitive therapy.

Jeana Griffith, Ph.D., is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1990 from Miami University of Ohio. She supervises child and family psychotherapy.

Elizabeth King, Ph.D. is an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Georgia. She supervises the postdoctoral fellow who works with breast cancer patients.

Carol Kleemier, Ph.D. , is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1986 from Emory University. She supervises postdoctoral fellows focused on clinical child psychology.

Jean Muench, Ph.D. is a staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1996 from Kent State University. She provides supervision related to substance abuse work.

Ashley Owen, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Co-Director of the Behavioral Medicine Program. Dr. Owen received her Ph.D. in 2003 from University of South Florida. Her current interests are in the provision of assessments, consultations, and interventions for medically ill individuals across the life-span and their families.

John Paddock, Ph.D., ABPP is an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. A former President of the Georgia Psychological Association, he received his Ph.D. in 1982 from Emory University. He supervises outpatient adult psychotherapy.

Susan Reviere, Ph.D., is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. She received her Ph.D. in 1997 from Georgia State University. She supervises psychotherapy for adults with serious mental illness and provides biostatistical support.

Leah Stock-Landis, Ph.D., is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice at the Atlanta Center for Cognitive Therapy. She received her Ph.D. from Georgia State University in 1995. She supervises the dialectical behavior therapy program.

Martie Thompson, Ph.D., is a Research Associate Professor at Clemson University and an adjunct clinical assistant professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is a nationally recognized injury control and prevention researcher. She received her Ph.D. in 1995 from Georgia State University in community psychology. She provides methodological and statistical consultation.

Calvin Vanderplate, Ph.D., ABPP is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. He received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Southern Mississippi. He supervises adult psychotherapy and consultation-liaison work.

Steven Walfish, Ph.D. is a Visiting Lecturer at Georgia State University, an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and works full-time in private practice. He has published on career development in psychology and managed care. He received his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Southern Florida. He supervises adult psychotherapy.

Elana Zimand, Ph.D. is Director of Clinical Services at Virtually Better and an Adjunct Assistant Professor. She is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety and depression primarily for children and adolescents, but also including adults and families. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from University at Albany, SUNY. Her primary research interests include use of virtual reality applications in the treatment of anxiety disorders. She is the primary supervision for Virtually Better.

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