Research Interests

  • Clinical Decision Making
  • Measurement
  • Collaborative Care
  • Anxiety Disorders

Biography

  • Child and Adolescent Psychologist, The Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Coordinator, Mood Anxiety ADHD Collaborative Care (MAACC) Program, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Fellowship, Boys Town Center for Behavioral Health 2013-2014
  • PhD, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2013

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