Dr. Michelle Craske
Monday, June 7, 2010 4:00 - 5:30 PM

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Michelle Craske, a world expert on anxiety, learning and behavior treatment, will speak as part of the Psychology Department's Colloquium Series. Her talk is scheduled for 4:00 - 5:30 pm on Monday, June 7th, 2010, with a reception to follow. A small group meeting with students will take place beforehand.

Dr. Craske is Professor and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has published widely on the topics of fear and anxiety disorders, their etiology, assessment and treatment. She has been the recipient of continuous NIMH funding since 1993 for research projects pertaining to risk factors for phobias, anxiety disorders and depression; attentional biases and psychophysiological fear responding; the translation of basic science of fear extinction to human phobias and mechanisms of exposure therapy; and the development and implementation of treatments for anxiety and related disorders. Dr. Craske was Associate Editor for the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and is currently Associate Editor for Behavior Research and Therapy. She is a Scientific Board Member for the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and a member of the Anxiety Disorders Work Group for DSM-V.