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Joseph Carpenter, PhD

 

Joseph Carpenter, PhD

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Researcher/Investigator

Women's Health Sciences Division

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Academic Appointment

  • Boston University School of Medicine, Instructor of Psychiatry (Assistant Professorship pending)

Education

  • VA Boston & National Center for PTSD - Women's Health Sciences Division, Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health, 2022
  • Boston University, PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2020
  • VA Boston Healthcare System, Predoctoral Psychology Internship, 2020
  • Boston University, MA in Clinical Psychology, 2015
  • Haverford College, BA in Psychology, 2011

Expertise and Interests

  • Enhancing memory and learning to improve treatment of trauma and anxiety-related disorders
  • Mechanisms of change in cognitive behavioral therapies
  • Cognitive processes underlying PTSD and other emotional disorders

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Awards and Honors

  • Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development Award, National Institute of Mental Health
  • William and Dorothy Bevan Graduate Research Scholarship, American Psychological Foundation
  • Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association

Selected Publications

Carpenter, J. K., Moskow, D. M., & Hofmann, S. G. (2022). Enhanced mental reinstatement of exposure to improve extinction generalization: A study on claustrophobia and MRI fear. Behavior Therapy, advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.08.002

Carpenter, J. K., Bragdon, L., Pineles, S. L. (2022). Conditioned physiological reactivity and PTSD symptoms across the menstrual cycle: Anxiety sensitivity as a moderator. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy, 14, 453-461. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001129

Carpenter, J. K., Pinaire, M., Hofmann, S. G. (2019). From extinction learning to anxiety treatment: Mind the gap. Brain Sciences, 7, 164. http://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9070164

Carpenter, J. K., Andrews L. A., Witcraft S. M., Powers, M. B., Smits, J. A. J., Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Depression and Anxiety, 35, 502-514. http://doi.org/10.1002/da.22728

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