Resume

• 2010

  PhD

  Clinical Psychology

• 2000

  B.A.

  Psychology

  Degree emphasis on neuropsychology with particular study on neurophysiology behind stress/anxiety and its effects on executive function and cognition.

  Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

• Research

  Statistics

  Adults

  Cognition

  Treatment

  Clinical

  Research Design

  Public Speaking

  Microsoft Office

  Literature Reviews

  Teaching

  Psychotherapy

  Mental Health

  Clinical Research

  Clinical Psychology

  Public Health

  Psychology

  SPSS

  Higher Education

  Neuropsychology

  Dasher

  University of Washington

  University of Washington - School of Medicine

  Idaho State University

  VA Puget Sound Healthcare System

  San Diego Va Health Care Syst

  Michigan Medicine

  Tacoma

  WA

  Clinical neurpsychological assessment of adults and geriatric patients with cognitive deficits and varied co-morbid medical conditions as part of several NIH-funded clinical trials. Research duties also included lab analysis of blood

  urine

  and cerebral spinal fluid

  data management

  and presentation of preliminary analysis to steering committees.

  Psychometrist / Research Assistant

  VA Puget Sound Healthcare System

  Surgical Outcomes Research Center

  My research was on identifying modifiable risk factors predictive for functional decline in geriatric patients undergoing abdominal and cardiothoracic surgery. \n\nI was also chief research coordinator for the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) at the Virginia Mason Federal Way Medical Center. LABS was an NIH-funded

  multi-site

  national study examining the long term effects bariatric surgery has patients' physical/mental health and quality of life.

  Certified Clinical Research Coordinator

  University of Washington

  PhD in Clinical Psychology with a training and research emphasis in Neuropsychology. Research included neuropsychological correlates of dementia related to HIV and therapeutic efficacy of anti-retroviral medications.

  Idaho State University

  San Diego Va Health Care Syst

  San Diego

  california

  Clinical focus on neuropsychological assessment

  neurocognitive rehabilitation

  and assessment and treatment of trauma-related psychopathology. Patient population for neuropsychological testing included veterans afflicted with various cognitive deficits related to neurodegenerative disease

  traumatic brain injury

  comorbid psychiatric conditions

  organ failure and transplant

  and pre-neurosurgical candidates. I also provided individual and group based cognitive rehabilitative services for veterans afflicted with mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury. I implemented empirically supported treatments

  including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE)

  for the treatment of veterans afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

  Neuropsychology Intern

  Ann Arbor

  MI

  Post-doctoral residency specializing in both outpatient and inpatient neuropsychological assessment of individuals with varying cognitive difficulties due to neurological and psychiatric conditions. Clinical focus was in assessment of geriatrics and older adults with a minor rotations in pre-operative bariatric evaluations and pediatrics. \n\nPrimary research was in assessment of the impact of metabolic syndrome and obesity on neurocognitive function and bone marrow transplant. Also continued research on the therapeutic efficacy of anti-retroviral medication and cognition in HIV-infected adult populations.

  Neuropsychology Fellow

  Michigan Medicine

  Greater Seattle Area

  Clinical Neuropsychologist

  University of Washington - School of Medicine

  International Neuropsychological Society