Anxiety Disorders Center: Research
Assistantship
 Research assistants are active and integral members of the research team at
the Anxiety Disorders Center. Most research assistants begin with either a
bachelors or masters degree in psychology and are interested in pursuing
graduate school for clinical or counseling psychology or social work. In
addition to managing our research program on a day-to-day basis, research
assistantships at the ADC offer numerous opportunities for clinical and
research training to those interested in pursuing graduate study including:
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Administering diagnostic interviews and neuropsychological tests
- Assisting
in federal and private grant submissions and grant management
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Administering functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans
- Preparing
and co-authoring manuscripts
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Presenting posters at national conferences
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Participating in weekly research meetings
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Participating in bi-weekly supervision meetings to review differential
diagnoses
- Acting as
a confederate in clinical exposures
- Analyzing
and managing data
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Collaborating with senior research staff on the creation and modification
of research protocols
- Presenting or publishing
independent analyses using existing databases (optional)
Current Research Assistants:
Sarah Carlson
Background: B.S. in psychology from University of Connecticut, minor in
women’s studies; currently enrolled in the M.S.W. program at University of
Connecticut
Research Interests:
Anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, neuroscience
ADC Duties:
Diagnostic interviewing, home visits, discarding
and non-acquiring tasks in compulsive hoarding
Future Goals: Complete M.S.W program and become a licensed clinical
social worker in the field of mental health
Diana Harrington
Background: B.S. in psychology from
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, minor in Spanish
Research Interests: Anxiety disorders, neuropsychology
ADC Duties: Coordinator for a neuroimaging study of
compulsive hoarding which includes running participants, recruitment, and
data management
Future Goals: Graduate program in clinical psychology
Christina Ryan
Background: B.A. in psychology from University of Virginia
Research Interests: Anxiety disorders in adults and
adolescents, stigma, interpersonal relationships
ADC Duties: Coordinator for Stepped Care for Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder treatment study and D-Cycloserine for Previous Treatment
Nonresponders with OCD treatment study
Future Goals: Clinical psychology
doctoral program
Sara Whiting
Background: B.A. in psychology from Smith College,
minor in Education and Child Study
Research Interests: Anxiety in children and
adolescents, school refusal behavior, intensive CBT treatments for anxiety
in children, school-based interventions for children, perfectionism,
selective mutism, d-cycloserine augmentation of CBT for anxiety
ADC
Duties: Coordinator for a study of d-cycloserine enhancement
of CBT and genetic modulators in panic disorder, a virtual reality study for
Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with and without posttraumatic stress
disorder, and a multi-center study examining the efficacy and safety of an
experimental medication as augmentation of CBT for panic disorder
Future Goals: Clinical psychology doctoral program in
child and adolescent anxiety
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