News related to the Clinical program.
Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra on racial disparities in emergency security measures used with patients in medical settings
Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra was interviewed on racial disparities in emergency security measures used with patients in medical settings, particularly focused on Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s study indicating the Black patients are almost twice as likely to have emergency security called on them compared with white patients.
PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra on how we can help children cope with traumatic stress in the aftermath of mass shootings, focusing on the school shooting in Uvalde, TX
PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra on how we can help children cope with traumatic stress in the aftermath of mass shootings, focusing on the school shooting in Uvalde, TX.
BU PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra interviewed on the need for culturally informed mental health support
BU PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra was recently interviewed on the need for culturally informed mental health support. She shares why current research, training, and practice should more closely examine how mental health stress is rooted in sociocultural trauma and injustice.
Donna Pincus Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Donna Pincus on her promotion to Full Professor in PBS.
Bonnie Brown Wins CAS Outstanding Service Award
Congratulations to Bonnie Brown, Nurse Administrator and Health Communications Specialist, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders (CARD), for winning a CAS 2021 Outstanding Service Award for Staff.
Pearl Hu and Lisa Smith Featured in “Into the Breach”
Pearl Hu and Lisa Smith are featured “Into the Breach”, an article on how BU community members are stepping up to fight the pandemic. In April, they and the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders set up a support line for nurses on the pandemic’s frontlines.
CARD Researchers Featured in Chronicle Segments
WCVB Boston’s Chronicle (May 2, 2019) highlights anxiety treatments performed at the Department’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. PBS Professors Todd Farchione and Yupei Pearl Hu and PBS PhD student Joseph Carpenter work to help patients to overcome their claustrophobia and fear of flying.
Prof. Michael Otto Wins APA Award
Congratulations to PBS Professor Michael Otto, the 2019 winner of the APA Division 12 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology. The award ceremony will be held at the annual APA meeting in August.
Joseph Carpenter Receives APF/COGDOP Scholarship
Joseph Carpenter, a doctoral student in the Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory, has been awarded the 2018 APF/COGDOP William and Dorothy Bevan Scholarship. This award speaks to the high quality of Joseph’s current research, and we congratulate him on the honor!
Donna Pincus Leading New Investigation of Online Therapy for Childhood Anxiety
Associate Professor Donna Pincus is leading a new multi-site investigation of online therapy treatment for childhood anxiety, the largest of its kind. Details of the ambitious new initiative can be found in a new BU Today article. The BU study will work with almost 1,900 young people, ages 3 to 18, with mild to moderate anxiety, in […]