Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2021 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Implicit affective responses to suicide-related stimuli: Differences as a function of suicide attempt history and concurrent substance use.
Journal Article Suicide Life Threat Behav · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Individuals who are depressed, have suicide attempts, and a substance use disorder (SUD) may have different patterns of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and respond differently to cues associated with suicide and death. METHOD: Implicit affect ... Full text Link to item CiteExperiential Avoidance, Pain, and Suicide Risk in a National Sample of Gulf War Veterans.
Journal Article Arch Suicide Res · 2024 OBJECTIVE: Pain confers risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Experiential avoidance (EA), which is relevant to both pain and suicide risk, has not been studied as a potential mechanism for this relationship. The present study tested the hypothesis tha ... Full text Link to item CiteSleep Apnea Among Gulf War Veterans: An Examination of VA Utilization Rates, Treatment Initiation, and Health Outcomes.
Journal Article Behav Sleep Med · 2024 OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among veterans is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated. The present study sought to: 1) characterize the prevalence and rate of treatment of OSA among VA users and non-users and 2) examine the associations be ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Development of mHealth-Supported Skills Training for Alcohol and Related Suicidality (mSTARS): Emotion Regulation Skills Training to Enhance Acute Psychiatric Care and Recovery
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2023 - 2028NCANDA Research Project Site: Duke
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2012 - 2027Cost Effectiveness of Combined Contingency Management and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Utah ·
2019
Ph.D.