Lindsay Brauer

Curriculum Vitae

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Lindsay Brauer

Curriculum Vitae

  1. Education

University of SouthFlorida

  • Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student2009-Present
  • Research Interests: cognitive and motivational aspects of mood disorders

University of SouthFlorida

  • M.A. in Clinical Psychology2006-2009
  • Master’s Thesis: Does Goal Generation Vary as a Function of Depressive Status?
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.8

DrewUniversity

  • B.A. in Psychology 2004-2006
  • B.A. in Spanish
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.6Psychology GPA: 3.8

Drew International Seminar to Puerto Rico and Cuba January 2002

DrewUniversity Summer Program in Montepulciano, Italy June 2002

Universidad de Sevilla

  • Seville, SpainSpring 2003

II. Clinical Experience

Psychometrist, MoffittCancerCenter, Fall 2009-Present

  • Supervisor: Margaret Booth-Jones, Ph.D.

Responsible for administration of psychosocial interviews to assess risk for poor adjustment following bone marrow transplant. In addition, administered the following cognitive tasks: R-BANS, WRAT, Stroop, Color Trails, and MATTES.

Clinical Assessment Training Assistant, Fall 2008-Fall 2009

  • Supervisor: Maria dePerczel-Goodwin, Ph.D.

Responsibilities included training junior students in the administration of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children IV (WISC-IV), supervising junior students in their administration of the WISC-IV with clients, supervising report writing of these cases, and also creating an instructional training video and presentation for the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale IV (WAIS-IV).

Clinical Extern, Clinical Therapy; Spring 2009-Present

  • Supervisor: Eric Storch, Ph.D.

Training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for children and adults with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Active therapist in an experimental trial of ERP through telecommunications.

Clinical Trainee, Clinical Therapy and Assessment, Fall 2008-Fall 2009

  • Supervisor: Holly Steele, Ph.D.

Adult assessment and cognitive behavioral therapy, including depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.

Clinical Trainee, Clinical Therapy and Assessment, Fall 2007-Fall 2008

  • Supervisor: Christine Totura, Ph.D., Trevor Stokes, Ph.D.

Adolescent assessment and cognitive behavioral therapy, including depression, anxiety, and distorted body image.

Clinical Trainee, Neuropsychological Assessment,University of SouthFlorida; Fall 2007-Fall 2008

  • Supervisor: Cynthia Cimino, Ph.D.

Conducted neuropsychological assessments for individuals with suspected learning disabilities, ADHD, and memory impairments. Assessments include: Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale III (WAIS-III), Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement –Third Edition (WJ-Ach III), Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability – Third Edition (WJ-Cognitive III), Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE), Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT), D-KEFS Trails A and B, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test (BVMT), Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT), and the Wisconsin Card Sort Test (WCST). Responsible forthe scoring of assessments and generation of clinical reports.

Research Coordinator, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Department,

Massachusetts General Hosptital; Spring 2005- Summer 2006

  • Supervisor: Joseph Biederman, MD

Coordinated four clinical trial studies for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Responsible for reviewing and amending protocols, reporting adverse events, and yearly summaries to Partners Healthcare Human Research Committee. Conducted patients’ weekly visits, which include: measurement of vital signs and weight, performing electrocardiograms, urine drug and pregnancy tests, and conducting pill counts when necessary. Responsible for calculation of dosage and ordering of study medication per protocol, compiling results of assessments, drafting diagnosis and treatment letters, and ensuring that data is accurately entered into the office database.

Adult Team Leader, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Department,

Massachusetts General Hosptital; Spring 2005- Summer 2006

  • Supervisor: Joseph Biederman, MD

Mentored research assistants on office policies and procedures. Trained research assistants to measure vital signs, height and weight, perform electrocardiograms, and schedule appointments. Supervised research assistants’ running of subject visits and data collection. Responsible for interviewing prospective employees.

Psychometrician,Pediatric Psychopharmacology Department, Massachusetts General Hosptital; Summer 2004 –Summer 2006

  • Supervisor: Joseph Biederman, MD

Trained in the administration and coding of cognitive battery for children, adolescents, and adults, which includes: WRAT III Math; WASI Vocabulary and Matrix subtests; Digit Span, Arithmetic, Letter-Number, Digit Symbol/Coding, and Symbol Search for both WAIS-III and WISC-IV; D-KEFS Tower, Color-Word Interference, Trail Making, and TOWRE.

Also trained to administer and code structured interviews which include: Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Epidemiological Version (KSADS-E), The Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID-IV), the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV Axis I disorders – Patient Edition (SCID-IP), and the Anxiety Disorders Interview for Schedule-IV (ADIS-IV). Administered and scored questionnaires, including: Family Environment Scale (FES), Social Adjustment Inventory for Children and Adults (SAICA). Trained to execute preliminary phone screens for adults with ADHD to establish eligibility of participation in research studies.

During final year of employment, was integral in the training of new employees as to how to follow study coordination protocols, manage scheduling and study databases, as well as training new employees in the administration and scoring of the aforementioned clinical assessments.

Clinician Contact,Pediatric Psychopharmacology Department, Massachusetts General Hosptital; Spring 2005 – Summer 2006

  • Supervisor: Craig Surman, MD

Responsible for coordinating clinician’s schedule, post available hours and meeting times in scheduling book, and communicating any scheduling changes to staff members and patients.

III.Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychological Science, Summer 2008

  • Supervisor: Melissa Lehman, M.A.

Responsible for teaching two classes of undergraduate students regarding the fundamentals of psychology. Additional responsibilities included: organizing schedule of lab lectures and activities, constructing weekly lecture materials, constructing and grading assignments, proctoring exams, and providing prompt feedback to students on their work.

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychological Science, Spring 2008

  • Supervisor: Jane Noll, Ph.D.

Responsible for instructing two classes of 25 regarding the fundamentals of psychology. Additional responsibilities included: constructing weekly lecture materials, constructing and grading assignments, proctoring exams, and providing prompt feedback to students on their work.

Course Assistant, Abnormal Psychology, Fall 2007

  • Supervisor: Ellis Gesten, Ph.D.

Responsible for the generation and conduction of three lectures given to two classes on the topics of Eating Disorders, Schizophrenia, and Cognitive Disorders. Also conducted a pre-constructed lecture on Substance Use Disorders to both classes. Additional responsibilities included: attending lectures, managing course websites (which further included organizing posting course materials, student grades, and course announcements), grading assignments, proctoring exams, and promptly responding to student queries.

Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Psychology, Summer 2007

  • Supervisor: Todd Allen Joseph, M.A.

Responsible for instructing two classes of 20 students on basic principles of psychological research methodology weekly. Additional responsibilities included: constructing weekly lesson plans, helping students construct and employ a research study of their choice, aided students in data collection, planned and conducted data analysis, grading assignments, and providing prompt feedback to students on their work.

Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Psychology, Spring 2007

  • Supervisor: William Sacco, Ph.D.

Responsible for instructing a class of 10 students on basic principles of psychological research methodology. Additional responsibilities included: constructing weekly lesson plans, helping students construct and employ a research study of their choice, aided students in data collection, planned and conducted data analysis, grading assignments, and providing prompt feedback to students on their work.

Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Psychology, Fall 2006

  • Supervisor: Ken Malmberg, Ph.D.

Responsible for instructing a class of 20 students on basic principles of psychological research methodology. Additional responsibilities included: constructing weekly lesson plans, helping students construct and employ a research study of the professor’s design, aided students in data collection, conducting data analysis, grading assignments, and providing promptfeedback to students on their work.

IV. Laboratory Research Experience

Mood and Emotion Lab, University of SouthFlorida; Fall 2006-Present

  • Supervisor: Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D.

Participation includes the administration of Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders, Research Version, Patient Edition with Psychotic Screen (SCID-I/P W/ PSY SCREEN) with individuals with and without a history of psychopathology, the conduction of suicide assessments, the mentoring of undergraduate research assistants, and weekly involvement in lab meetings.

Senior Research Project: “The Effects of Chronic Administration of Naproxen Sodium on Scopolamine-Induced Memory Deficits in Rats”

DrewUniversity; Fall 2003 – Spring 2004

  • Advisor: Robin Timmons, Ph.D.

Conducted literature search on which the experiment was based. Designed research methods under the supervision of Dr. Timmons. Coordinated and established contracts between Pfizer and Purina companies. Ran all laboratory procedures inherent to the project, including: setup and running of radial arm maze, and tail-flick tests, and cared for rats. Prepared and measured medicated and un-medicated rat food. Exported data for analyses, and prepared charts and graphs.

V. Publications and Presentations

  • Brauer, L., Smith, B., Kovacs, M., Rottenberg, J. (2008). Emotional Reactivity in Adults with Childhood Onset Mood Disorder: Does Age of Onset, Polarity, or Sex Matter? Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Brauer, L., Long, K.M., Rottenberg, J. (2007). Do Depressed Persons’ Overgeneral Autobiographical Memories Generalize Across Autobiographical Memory Tasks? Poster presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology,Iowa City, Iowa.
  • Biederman, J., Petty, C., Faraone, S., Hirshfeld-Becker, D., Henin, A., Brauer, L., Kaufman, B., Rosenbaum, J. Antecedents to Panic Disorder in Non-Referred Adults (2006). Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67(8), pp. 1179-1186

VI. Other Employment

Admissions Open House Coordinator; Spring 2009

  • Supervisors: Vicky Phares, Ph.D., Jon Rottenberg, Ph.D.

Responsibilities included responding promptly to applicant queries, facilitating communication between faculty and invited applicants, coordinating housing and transportation for invited applicants during the Open Houses, creating individual interview schedules for each applicant and professor, securing catering and restaurant reservations, managing schedule changes at the request of faculty, students, and time constraints.

Administrative Assistant; Fall 2001 – Spring 2004

  • Supervisor: Vincent Masco

Responsible for coordinating correspondence between the coach and prospective student athletes, along with various secretarial tasks.

VI. Awards and Honors

  • Psi Chi 2003 – 2004
  • Sigma Delta Pi 2004
  • Merit Scholar, Drew University2000 – 2004
  • Dean’s List, Drew University2001 – 2004
  • Graduated Cum Laude, Drew University2004

VII. Extracurricular Activities

Orientation Committee, DrewUniversity; Fall 2002- Fall 2004

Responsible for integrating twelve first-year students into the Drew community. Helped to create fundraising projects, attended team-building seminars. Acted as a contact for incoming students during the summer which included maintaining contact via phone and email, answered scheduling questions, reminded students of due dates for mandatory university forms, and eased student anxiety. Attended special training programs designed to help our committee handle difficult situations among the new students, ranging from homesickness to suicidality. During orientation week, organized social activities for new students, checked on students at night during orientation to ensure student safety, and raised awareness of all the activities and resources available to new students.

DrewUniversity Jazz Band, DrewUniversity; Fall 2000 – Fall 2003

As co-president (Fall 2002 – Fall 2003), responsible for scheduling rehearsals, recruiting musicians, and coordinating information with adjunct professor.