April Taylor-CliftCurriculum Vitae
APRIL TAYLOR-CLIFT, M.A.
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Personal:Professional:
esse Brown VA Medical Center
820 South Damen Ave (116B), Room 6307
Chicago, IL60612
312.569.8080
Education & Training
Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center Clinical Psychology Internship, Chicago, IL
(APA Accredited)
Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Intern,2011-2012
University of South Florida,College of Arts and Sciences,Tampa, FL
(APA Accredited)
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology,2012 (Anticipated);
Dissertation defended on June 4, 2010
M.A. in Clinical Psychology,2008
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D.
Washington University,St. Louis, MO
A.B.in Psychology,2002
honors and awards
Thomas Tighe Research Fund, University of South Florida (2009), funding for dissertation research
Student Travel Award, University of South Florida (2006; 2007; 2008; 2009), funding for the presentation of research at scientific conferences
APS Student Grant Recipient,Association for Psychological Science(2007), grant funding for an outstanding master’s thesis proposal by a graduate student
Dean’s List, Washington University (1998-2002)
researchand clinical Interests
Trauma related disorders
Emotion regulation
Evidence based treatments
Psychophysiology of anxiety and depressive disorders
Risk and resilience following repeated trauma exposure
Supervised clinical Experience
Pre-Doctoral Clinical Internship, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL
July 2011-June 2012
Supervisors: Patricia Lim, Psy.D., John Mundt, Ph.D., Holly Hunley, Ph.D.,Jonathan Beyer, Ph.D., Eric Proescher, Ph.D.
Clinical Assessment Administrator, Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Tampa, Florida
May2010 – June2011
Supervisors: Jason Hall, Ph.D. and Norman Poythress, Ph.D.
Group Therapist and Intake Interviewer,Manatee Glens Hospital, Bradenton, FL
May 2010 – January 2011
Supervisor: Robert Boxley, Ph.D.
Clinical Interviewer,Mood and Emotion Lab at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
January 2005– August 2011
Supervisor: Jonthan Rottenberg, Ph.D.
Therapist, Rothman Center for Neuropsychiaty, St. Petersburg, FL
May – September 2010
Supervisor: Erich Storch, Ph.D. and Betty Horng, Ph.D.
Student Therapist, Psychological Services Center at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
January 2005 – April 2010
Supervisors: Trevor Stokes, Ph.D., Marc Karver, Ph.D., Ellis Gesten, Ph.D., James Epps, Ph.D., Katurah Jenkins-Hall, Ph.D., and Evelyn Hernandez, Psy.D.
Therapist, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital Outpatient PTSD Clinic, Tampa, FL
June 2008 – December 2009
Supervisor: Dawn Johnson, Ph.D.
Clinical Interviewer,Alcohol & Substance Use Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
July 2004 – May 2005
Supervisor: Mark Goldman, Ph.D.
Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapist,First Steps of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
July 2004 – May 2005
Supervisor: Variety of administrators of Missouri’s First Steps Program
specialized clinical training: seminars, workshops, & conferences
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Regional Training (3-day), Richard Monroe, Ph.D., National CPT Trainer for the Veterans Health Administration. Training held at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, July, 2011.
Working with Refugees and Survivors of Torture: A Mental Health Perspective (1-day), Ann Marie Winter,. Workshop held at University of South Florida, August, 2009.
Bridging the Language Gap: Working with Interpreters (1-day), Ann Marie Winter. Workshop held at University of South Florida, September, 2009.
Home from the Wars: Promoting Psychosocial Recovery and Resilience Among OIF/OEF Veterans and Their Families (1-day), Michael Rank, Ph.D. Presentation at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, September, 2008.
Core Tasks of Psychotherapy: What “Expert”Psychotherapists Do (1-day), Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.Workshop sponsored by Division 42 of the American Psychological Association, January, 2008.
Peer reviewed journal publications
Taylor-Clift, A., Morris, B., Kovacs, M., & Rottenberg, J. (2011). Emotion-modulated startle in anxiety disorders is blunted as a function of co-morbid depressive episodes.Psychological Medicine, 41, 129-139.
Bylsma, L., Taylor-Clift, A., & Rottenberg, J. (2011). Emotional reactivity to daily life events in major and minor depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 155-167.
Salomon, K., Clift, A., Karlsdottir, M., Rottenberg, J. (2009). Major depressive disorder is associated with attenuated cardiovascular reactivity and impaired recovery among those free of cardiovascular disease. Health Psychology, 28, 157-165.
Rottenberg, J., Clift, A., Bolden, S., & Salomon, K. (2007). Blunted vagal reactivity and recovery in major depressive disorder. Psychophysiology, 44, 450-458.
Conference poster presentations
Corbin, W. R., Morean, M. E., Pittman, B. P., Schweinsburg, A., Krishnan-Sarin, S., Petrakis, I., Pearlson, G., Krystal, J., & O’Malley, S. O. (June, 2010). Alcohol Expectancies and Self-Control Interact in the Prediction of Drinking and Related Problems. Poster presentation at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, TX.
Clift, A., Morris, B.H., Kovacs, M., & Rottenberg, J. (2009). Emotion-modulated Startle in Anxiety Disorders is Blunted as a Function of Co-morbid Depressive Episodes. Poster presented at the 23rdAnnual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Clift, A., Rottenberg, J. & Drobes, D. (2008). Emotion Modulated Startle in Major and Minor Depression: The Role of Positive Affect. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Drobes, D., Sessions, R., Sherman, P., Clift, A. & Brandon, T. (2008). Development of Parallel Sets of Smoking and Alcohol Cues. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Portland, Oregon.
Clift, A., Morris, B., Drobes, D., & Rottenberg, J. (2007). Emotion modulated startle in major and minor depression. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Iowa City, Iowa.
Karlsdottir, M., Clift, A., Rottenberg, J. & Salomon, K. (2007). Cardiovascularly Healthy Depressed Persons Exhibit Attenuated Cardiovascular Reactivity to Laboratory Stressors. Poster presented at the 47th Annual Meeting for the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, Georgia.
Bolden, S. Clift, A., Salomon, K., & Rottenberg, J. (2006). Blunted RSA reactivity and recovery in major depressive disorder. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, San Diego, California.
Salomon, K., Rottenberg, J., Clift, A., & Bolden, S. (2006). RSA in major depressive disorder: Sleep quality, physical activity and respiration account for deficits in RSA level but not deficits in RSA reactivity and rebound. Poster to be presented at the 65th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Psychosomatic Society, Budapest, Hungary.
Salomon, K., Rottenberg, J., Clift, A., & Rieger, K. (2006). Blunted RSA reactivity and recovery in major depressive disorder.Paper presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, Colorado.
Clift, A., Gotlib, I.H., Gross, J.J., & Rottenberg, J. (2005). Facial EMG reactivity to emotional stimuli and the severity and course of major depression. Poster presented at the 19thMeeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Coral Cables, Florida.
Poole, B.J., Watson, J.M., Bunting, M.F., Clift, A., & Conway, A.R. (2003). Individual differences in susceptibility to false memory. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
Experimental and Clinical
Teaching Experience
Primary Advisor for University of South Florida Undergraduate Thesis (Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
Faculty Mentor: Marina Bornavalova, Ph.D.
Advised all aspects of a University of South Florida senior thesis project including: project development, Institutional Review Board proposal, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.
Visiting Lecturer,Personality Psychology, University of South Florida, Fall 2010
Lecture topic: Psychopathology and Anti-social Personality Disorder
Course Instructor,Child Psychology, University of South Florida, Spring 2008
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, conducted all lectures, developed and graded all assignments, and held weekly office hours.
Course Assistant,Developmental Psychology and Child Psychology, University of South Florida, Fall 2007
Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, graded exams and all written work, lectured as needed, held weekly office hours.
Course Assistant,Abnormal Psychology, University of South Florida, Spring 2006
Collaborated on exam development, graded exams and all written work, lectured as needed, held weekly office hours.
TeachingAssistant,Research Methods, University of South Florida, Fall 2005
Taught weekly lab sessions for a pre-requisite psychology course, graded all written work, held weekly office hours.
Professional Membership
American Psychological Society (APA)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Society for Psychophysiology Research (SPR)