Education

La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

  • Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, 2015

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

  • B.A., Psychology, 2009

Research Experience

Research Assistant, May 2011 – Present
Department of Behavioral Medicine, Cooper Cancer Institute, Voorhees, NJ
Supervisor: Cori McMahon, Psy.D.

  • Administer POST-B Quality of Life Scale

Research Assistant, January 2008 – August 2010
Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Supervisor: Philip Kendall, Ph.D.

  • Rate sessions to evaluate collaboration and youth involvement in exposure tasks.
  • Rate sessions to evaluate the presence of certain session components (e.g., processing of exposures) for outcome predictability purposes.
  • Observe and rate therapist behavior to determine effectiveness of training for community clinicians in evidence-based practice.
  • Provide technical assistance where needed for software, web applications, and development of material related to various projects.

Senior Thesis, May 2009

  • Parkinson’s Disease with Comorbid Depression: An Etiological Review and Argument for an Integrated Psychotherapeutic Treatment Approach

Clinical Experience

Clinician, September 2011 – September 2012
Northwestern Human Services, Sharon Hill, PA
Supervisor: James Jackson, Psy.D.

  • Assessment and intervention for a wide variety of clients.

Clinic Assistant, August 2010 – Present
La Salle University Community Center for Psychological Services
Supervisor: Kathleen Murphy-Eberenz, Ph.D.

  • Conduct phone screenings for potential new clients.
  • Assign new clients to appropriate clinic teams.
  • Build and organize client charts.
  • Perform other administrative duties as needed.

Premedical Volunteer, March 2008 – December 2008
Long Term Care and Emergency Medicine Units, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Supervisor: Mel Kearny, R.N.

  • Provide meals and general assistance to patients.
  • Shadow clinical staff.
  • Create and disseminate digital media related to hospital programs.

Teaching and Supervisory Experience

Peer Tutor, September 2007-May 2008
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Supervisor: David Margules, Ph.D.

  • Assisted fellow Psychology students with course material and writing assignments.

Conference Presentations (Posters)

  • Beidas, R., Edmunds, J., Fizur, P., and Kendall, P.C. (November, 2010). Training in an Empirically Supported Treatment: Therapist Interest, Recruitment, and Preliminary Demographics.  Poster accepted to the 43rd annual conference of the Association for      Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, New York.
  • Tiwari, S., Harrison, J. P., Fizur, P.,  Mychailyszyn, M.P., & Kendall, P.C. (November, 2010). Characteristics of Exposure Sessions as Predictors of Differential Treatment Response in a Sample of Anxious Youth. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, San Francisco

Work Experience

Assistant Director of Information Technology, March 2004 – August 2010
The College of Liberal Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Supervisor: Marc Getty

  • Plan and implement technology infrastructure for the College of Liberal Arts, including HIPAA compliant data servers and applications.
  • Build and maintain databases as well as applications and websites for data access.
  • Maintenance and development of systems, including the Temple University Neurocognition Laboratory server.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Psychological Association, Student Member
  • Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Student Member

Certifications

Protecting Human Research Participants, January 2011
National Institutes of Health

 

  • Addresses the principles used to define ethical research using humans and the regulations, policies, and guidance that describe the implementation of those principles.