CURRICULUM VITAE JONATHAN S. ABRAMOWITZ, Ph.D. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Campus Box 3270 255 Davie Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270 Email: jabramowitz@unc.edu Tel 1: 919-843-8170 Tel 2: 919-283-2320 Fax: 919-962-2537 www. www.jabramowitz.com Twitter: @DrJonAbram PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006 – present University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (2009-present) Associate Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience (2007-2017) Director, Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic (2006-present) Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry (2009-present) Associate Professor, Department of Psychology (2006-2009) 2000-2006 Mayo Clinic Rochester (MN) and Mayo College of Medicine Associate Professor of Psychology (2004-2006) Assistant Professor of Psychology (2000-2004) Director, OCD/Anxiety Disorders Program (2000-2006) 1998-2000 University of Pennsylvania Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety Instructor of Psychology Clinical Director, OCD Program EDUCATION 1998-2000 1998 1993 1991 Postdoctoral Fellowship NIMH Individual NRSA (Mentor, Edna Foa, PhD) Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Predoctoral Internship at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute M.A. in Psychology Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA B.A. with Honors in Psychology Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2007-2010 Obsessive Compulsive Foundation A Prevention Program for Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms The aim of this study is to develop and prospectively evaluate a program designed to help identify expecting mothers at increased risk for developing OCD in the postpartum, and prevent the onset or exacerbation of these symptoms. Role: co-investigator (PI: Kiara Cromer, MA) 2008-2010 National Institute of Mental Health (1R43MH082474-01A1) Online Training in the Principles and Procedures of Exposure Therapies The aim of this research is to develop and evaluate methods for educating practitioners about exposure-based therapy for anxiety disorders. Role: Consultant (PIs: Linda Dimeff, PhD and Melanie Harned, PhD) 2009-2010 March of Dimes of North Carolina Piloting a Prevention Program for Perinatal Anxiety Disorders The aim of this project is to develop and prospectively evaluate a program designed to prevent the onset or exacerbation of these symptoms. Role: PI (co-investigator: Brittain Mahaffey, B.A.) 2009-2011 National Institute of Mental Health (2R44MH082474-02) Online Training in the Principles and Procedures of Exposure Therapies The aim of this research is to continue to develop and evaluate methods for educating practitioners about exposure-based therapy for anxiety disorders. Role: Consultant (PIs: Linda Dimeff, PhD and Melanie Harned, PhD) 2010-2012 Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Affective Responses and Information-Processing in Compulsive Hoarding: A Psychophysiological Investigation The aim of this study is to examine affective valence startle modulation as a measure of psychophysiology to help elucidate the nature and proper classification of compulsive hoarding problems. Role: co-investigator (PI: Michael G. Wheaton, MA) 2011-present Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Combining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention to Enhance Treatment Engagement in OCD The aim of this study is to examine whether adding ACT techniques to traditional exposure therapy for OCD enhances treatment adherence with exposure procedures. Role: co-investigator (PI: Michael Twohig, PhD) 2013-2016 National Institute of Mental Health (R34) Expanding Access to CBT for Childhood Anxiety Disorders via Smart Phones
Scrupulosity Disorder. (14 December 2008). The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY. Perinatal anxiety: The hidden disorder (May 21, 2009). Syndicated news story picked up and broadcast by 100s of television stations. Living with an Anxiety Disorder (24 June 2009). PsychCentral, popular website that covers mental health issues. Teacher-student sex cases now reported more. (18 June 2009). WRAL-TV, Raleigh-Durham, NC. Guest on radio talk show Here’s to your Health (27 Jun 2009) WCHL-AM, 1360 Chapel Hill, NC Some obsessions, compulsions not part of OCD (13 Aug 2009) CNNhealth.com. High anxiety (Nov 2009) Experience Life Magazine. Take a Holiday Time-Out (Dec. 2009) Women’s Day Magazine. How OCD are You, Really? (Dec. 2009). Cosmopolitan Magazine. Victim’s advocate says many rapes unreported. Fayetteville (NC) Observer. Anxiety: The new women’s health crisis (Sept, 2010). Glamour Magazine. Is it New-Mom Blues or Postpartum Depression? (Sept 2010). Lifescript: Healthy Living for Women. Faith and mental health: Religious devotion gone too far (Dec 2010). The Salt Lake Tribune. . Going up, in a cold sweat: Students with cleithrophobia dread campus’ tall buildings (Feb 6, 2011). The Chapel Hill News. . Guest on radio talk show “The Psychiatry Show” on Sirius/XM’s Doctor Channel (XM Channel 81) (August 16, 2012). Talk therapy may ease OCD in kids (September 21, 2011). Reuters. . From worrier to warrior: Avoiding your fears just gives them more power over you. (December 2011). Men’s Health Magazine. . Secondhand health hazards (December 2011). Women’s Health Magazine. . When a sports rivalry can affect your health (February 2012). TV interview on WFMY-TV in Greensboro, NC. . To find a job, get your space and yourself organized (May 28, 2012). Raleigh News and Observer. . Guest on radio talk show “The Daily Circuit” on Minnesota Public Radio (August 14, 2012). . Check the baby! 1 in 10 new moms show signs of OCD, study finds (March 4, 2013). Today. .
Former UNCW pitcher battles crippling anxiety disorder (March 31, 2013). Star News in Wilmington, NC. . Religious OCD: “I’m going to hell” (May 31, 2014). CNN.com. . Scrupulosity: A disorder of devotion (July 17, 2014). Interfaith Radio. . Guest on The Art of Potential radio show (January 31, 2015). WCHL Chapel Hill, NC. . Intrusive thoughts: Normal or not? (June 29, 2016). U.S. News and World Report. . Do you have relationship OCD? (February 10, 2017). Healthline News. . Does online therapy actually work? (March 1, 2017). The Huffington Post. . Postpartum OCD is real and we need to talk about it. (August 16, 2017). Self Magazine. . Killer clown breaks box-office records. Why real clowns say they won’t see ‘It’. (September 8, 2017). The Durham Herald Sun. . What people with OCD wish you knew about them. (December 23, 2017). Bustle . What you should know if you love someone with OCD (January 31, 2018). Huffington Post. . Guest on The OCD Stories Podcast (February, 2018). . 2018’s most and least stressed states (April 3, 2018). WalletHub. . Guest on the Invisible Wheelchair Podcast (April 17, 2018). These new dads love their babies. So why can't they stop thinking about hurting them? (May, 2018). Men’s Health Magazine. . Generation vexed (June 27, 2018). Deseret News. Guest on The OCD Stories Podcast (July, 2018). ‘An anxious nation’: Barnes & Noble sees a surge in sales of books about stress (August 3, 2018). The Washington Post. . How superstitious is the NASCAR industry? (October, 2018). NASCAR Productions. .