Clinical Faculty

Joanna Arch, PhD

Research Interests: Our work focuses on the understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders, with a particular focus on mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments.

Sona Dimidjian, PhD

Research Interests: Development and investigation of psychosocial treatments for depression and identification of specific processes of change.

Kent Hutchison, PhD

Research Interests: Treatments for addiction: development of more effective therapies, determine which individuals are most vulnerable to addiction, and determine which individuals might benefit most from a given treatment.

Vijay Mittal, PhD

Research Interests: The Mittal lab is working to develop an early identification program aimed at examining markers of susceptibility for the onset and course of serous mental illness, such as schizophrenia.

Soo Rhee, PhD

Research Interests: Etiology of childhood disruptive disorders and substance use disorders.

Emily Richardson, PhD

Research Interests: Neuropsychological assessment; cognitive correlates of decline in daily living abilities of older adults and cognitive interventions in older at-risk drivers.

Louise Silvern, PhD

Research Interests: Effects of domestic violence and child abuse on children; characteristics and needs of traumatized juvenile offenders with maltreatment histories.

Donald Weatherley, PhD

Research Interests: Familial factors determining adult attachment styles; the connection between adult attachment styles and psychopathology.

Mark Whisman, PhD

Research Interests: Cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal approaches for the assessment, etiology, and treatment of depression and relationship distress.

Erik Willcutt, PhD

Research Interests: Etiology and assessment of ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental psychopathologies.