Kerry J. Ressler, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University, received his B.S. degree in molecular biology from M.I.T., and his M.D./Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School. His work focuses on translational research bridging molecular neurobiology in animal models with human genetic research. His basic and clinical research examines neurobiological, molecular, genetic and behavioral processes that underlie fear related processing and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Dr. Daniel S. Pine is Chief, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, in the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program. Since graduating from medical school at the University of Chicago, Dr. Pine has been engaged continuously in research on pediatric mental disorders. Currently, his group examines the degree to which mood and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents are associated with abnormalities in the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and brain regions that modulate these structures.

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D. is a professor in psychiatry and Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research at the Emory School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program at Emory. Dr. Rothbaum specializes in research on the treatment of individuals with anxiety disorders, particularly focusing on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

James L. Abelson, MD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Susanne E. Ahmari, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Erik Andersson, PhD
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Division of Psychiatry and Psychology
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden

Gordon J. G. Asmundson, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sudie E. Back, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Jafar Bakhshaie, MD
Department of Psychology
University of Houston
Houston, Texas, USA

Kathleen T. Brady, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Chad Brandt, MA
Department of Psychology
University of Houston
Houston, Texas, USA

Bridget L. Callaghan, PhD
Department of Psychology
Columbia University
New York, New York, USA
Amanda W. Calkins, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Allison A. Campbell, BA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Karen Lynn Cassiday, PhD
The Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Felecia E. Cerrato, MPH
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit
Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Andrew A. Cooper, PhD
Department of Psychological Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Kara K. Cover, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Michelle G. Craske, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA

Christina A. D'Ambrosio, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Daniel G. Dillon, PhD
Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research
McLean Hospital
Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

Darin D. Dougherty, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Sheila M. Dowd, PhD
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Boadie W. Dunlop, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Amit Etkin, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, USA
Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System
Palo Alto, California, USA

Norah C. Feeny, PhD
Department of Psychological Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Edna B. Foa, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cara H. Fuchs, PhD
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Emmanuel Garcia, BS
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
New York, New York, USA

Anett Gyurak, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, USA
Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System
Palo Alto, California, USA

Asala Halaj, MA
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, USA

Lisa R. Hale, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Erik Hedman, PhD
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden

John M. Hettema, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, USA

Stefan G. Hofmann, PhD
Department of Psychology
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Arash Javanbakht, MD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Elizabeth C. Kaiser, MA
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ryan J. Kimmel, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA

Kathryn D. Kriegshauser, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Israel Liberzon, MD
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

R. Bruce Lydiard, PhD, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Luminita Luca, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, USA

Jenna L. McCauley, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Douglas S. Mennin, PhD
Hunter College, City University of New York
New York, New York, USA
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
New York, New York, USA

Mohammed R. Milad, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, USA

Matthew K. Nock, PhD
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Holly A. Parkerson, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

K. Luan Phan, MD
Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mental Health Service Line
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Daniel S. Pine, MD
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD
Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research
McLean Hospital
Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

Mark H. Pollack, MD
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Scott L. Rauch, MD
Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research
McLean Hospital
Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

Sheila A. M. Rauch, PhD
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Megan E. Renna, PhD
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
New York, New York, USA

Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Jessica D. Ribeiro, PhD
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Rick Richardson, PhD
School of Psychology
The University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

Andrew H. Rogers, BA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Isabelle M. Rosso, PhD
Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research
McLean Hospital
Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP
Department of Psychiatry
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Blake L. Rosenbaum, BS
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Peter P. Roy-Byrne, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington, USA

Christian Rück, PhD
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden

Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD
Yale Depression Research Program
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Franklin Schneier, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, USA

Naomi M. Simon, MD, MSc
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

H. Blair Simpson, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, USA

Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit
Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Broad Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Hujin Song, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lindsay K. Staples-Bradley, BA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Dan J. Stein, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

Michael Treanor, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Sarah L. Weatherall, BA
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit
Center for Human Genetic Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Risa B. Weisberg, PhD
VA Boston Healthcare System
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Wendol Williams, MD
Yale Depression Research Program
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Alyson K. Zalta, PhD
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Michael J. Zvolensky, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Houston
Houston, Texas, USA
Department of Behavioral Science
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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