Catharine E. Fairbairn 209 North Ashley Street, #1 Ann Arbor, MI

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1 EDUCATION Catharine E. Fairbairn 209 North Ashley Street, #1 Ann Arbor, MI GRADUATE: PRESENT UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH, PA Joint Clinical/Biological & Health Psychology Ph.D. program GPA: 3.97 CLINICAL INTERNSHIP ( ): VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI. DISSERTATION (DEFENDED APRIL 2014): Personality differences in subjective effects of alcohol: A dynamic examination of the pathways explaining alcohol-related reward. Adviser: Michael A. Sayette, Ph.D. Committee: Jeffrey F. Cohn, Ph.D., John M. Levine, Ph.D., Michael F. Pogue-Geile, Ph.D., & Michele D. Levine, Ph.D. SPECIALTY PAPER (2012): An examination of subjective response to alcohol in a social context. Adviser: Michael A. Sayette, Ph.D. MASTER S OF SCIENCE (2012): The impact of alcohol consumption on the displayed affect of white individuals engaging in interracial interactions. Adviser: Michael A. Sayette, Ph.D. UNDERGRADUATE: BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK, NY B.A., Psychology and Music (double major) GPA: 3.92 HONORS 2014 Bassell Student Award, outstanding student award, Psychology Department University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Nationality Program International Research Award, $4000 supporting international collaboration in the Biostatistics Department at the University of Oslo Graduate Student Merit Award, Research Society on Alcoholism 2012 E. B. Huey Research Award, $1,000 research grant, Psychology Department University of Pittsburgh Diversity Travel Award, $1,000 diversity travel grant, Psychology Department University of Pittsburgh School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh 2006 Phi Beta Kappa, Barnard College Summa Cum Laude Barnard College Commencement Speaker Barnard College Writing Fellowship 2004 National Geographic/Glimpse Magazine nd place Forgone Conclusions essay competition Abroad View Magazine published fall 2004 Personal Journeys essay competition RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Institution: University of Pittsburgh Sponsor: Michael A. Sayette and John M. Levine, Department of Psychology Funding: $42,000 per year (total costs), September 2011 September 2014 Description: Supporting cross-disciplinary graduate research in social and clinical psychology National Science Foundation Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Institution: University of Oslo Sponsor: Arnoldo Frigessi and Odd O. Aalen, Department of Biostatistics Funding: $24,147, August 2013 December 2013 Description: Supporting international collaboration in frailty survival modeling for high-dimensional data

2 C. E. Fairbairn 2 PUBLICATIONS Fairbairn, C. E., Sayette, M. A., Aalen, O. O., & Frigessi, A. (In Press). Alcohol and emotional contagion: An examination of the spreading of smiles in male and female drinking groups. Clinical Psychological Science. Sayette, M. A., Fairbairn, C. E. & Creswell, K. G. (In Press). Alcohol and emotion: The importance of social context. In C. E. Kopetz & C. Lejuez (Eds.), Addiction. New York, NY: Psychology Press. Fairbairn, C. E., & Sayette, M. A. (2014). A social-attributional analysis of alcohol response. Psychological Bulletin, 140, Fairbairn, C. E., & Sayette, M. A. (2013). The effect of alcohol on emotional inertia: A test of alcohol myopia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122, Fairbairn, C. E., Sayette, M. A., Levine, J. M., Cohn, J. F., & Creswell, K. G. (2013). The impact of alcohol on the emotional displays of White members of interracial groups. Emotion, 13, Yang, Y, Fairbairn, C. E., & Cohn, J. F. (2013). Detecting depression severity from vocal prosody. IEEE Transactions in Affective Computing, 4, Sayette, M. A., Creswell, K. G., Dimoff, J. D., Fairbairn, C. E., Cohn, J. F., Heckman, B. W., Kirchner, T. R., et al. (2012). Alcohol and group formation: A multimodal investigation of the effects of alcohol on emotion and social bonding. Psychological Science, 23, Fairbairn, C. E., Dundon, W. D., Plebani, J. G., Xie, H., Kampman, K. M., & Lynch, K. G. (2008). Study blinding and correlations between perceived group assignment and outcome in a cocaine pharmacotherapy trial. The American Journal on Addictions, 17, MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW AND IN PREPARATION Fairbairn, C. E., Sayette, M. A., Wright, A. G. C., Levine, J. M., Cohn, J. F., & Creswell, K. G. (Invited Resubmission Minor Revision). Extraversion and the rewarding effects of alcohol in a social context. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Fairbairn, C. E. (Under Review). Keeping time: A nested frailty survival approach for analyzing behavioral observation data. Fairbairn, C. E., Sayette, M. A., Amole, M., & Cohn, J. F. (Manuscript in Preparation). The effect of alcohol on acoustic properties of speech during social interaction. Fairbairn, C. E., Sayette, M. A., Amole, M., & Cohn, J. F. (Manuscript in Preparation). Alcohol and the rhythm of social exchange: A dynamical systems modelling approach. PRESENTATIONS Sayette, M. A., Fairbairn, C. E., Creswell, K. G., & Dimoff, J. D. (2014). A dynamic multimodal examination of the effects of alcohol on emotion and social bonding. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Seattle, Washington. Creswell, K. G., Sayette, M. A., Fairbairn, C. E., & Dimoff, J. D. (2014). Individual differences in sensitivity to the rewarding social effects of alcohol. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Seattle, Washington. Fairbairn, C. E. (2013). The acute effects of alcohol in a social setting. Invited paper presented at the University of Oslo, Department of Biostatistics, Oslo, Norway.

3 C. E. Fairbairn 3 Fairbairn, C. E., Sayette, M. A., Dimoff, J. D., & Creswell, K. G. (2013). Whiskey river take my mind: A dynamic test of alcohol myopia. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Orlando, Florida. Creswell, K. G., Sayette, M. A. Manuck, S. B., Dimoff, J. D., & Fairbairn, C. E. (2013). Interactive effects of the DRD4 VNTR polymorphism and group alcohol consumption on perceived humor of a Seinfeld comedy clip. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Orlando, Florida. Sayette, M. A., Creswell, K. G., Dimoff, J. D., Fairbairn, C. E., Cohn, J. F., Heckman, B. W, Kirchner, T. R., Levine, J. M, & Moreland, R. L. (2012). The impact of alcohol on social bonding during group formation. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Austin, Texas. Sayette, M. A., Creswell, K. G., Dimoff, J. D., Fairbairn, C. E., Cohn, J. F., Heckman, B. W, Kirchner, T. R., Levine, J. M, & Moreland, R. L. (2012). Effects of alcohol on emotion and social bonding during group formation. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois. Fairbairn, C. E., Sayette, M. A., Cohn, J. F., Levine, J. M., Antimarino, M. A., & Sayers, W. M. (2012). The effect of alcohol on White members of interracial groups. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, California. Creswell, K. G., Fairbairn, C. E., Dimoff, J. D., Heckman, B. W, & Sayette, M. A. (2012). Alcohol and group formation: A multimodal investigation of the effects of alcohol on emotion and social bonding. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA. Fairbairn, C. E., Kampman, K. M., Alterman, A. I., Dundon, W. D., Plebani, J. G., Lynch, K. G., & Pettinati, H. M. (2008). Antisocial participants report differing amounts of drinking in two outpatient pharmacotherapy trials. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Plebani, J. G., Kampman, K. M., Pettinati, H. M., Dackis, C., O Brien, C. P., Varillo, K., Yama, M., & Fairbairn, C. (2007). Implications of early in-treatment cocaine abstinence for later abstinence on high CSSA patients. Paper presented at the annual conference of the College of Problems on Drug Dependence, Quebec City, Quebec. Kampman, K. M., Lynch, K., Pettinati, H. M., Dackis, C., Dundon, W., Varillo, K., Fairbairn, C., & O Brien, C. P. (2007). The measurement of craving in cocaine pharmacotherapy trials: What do we learn from it? Poster presented at the annual conference of the College on Problems in Drug Dependence, Quebec City, Quebec. Graber, E. C., Hiller, A. D., Fairbairn, C. E., Berenson, K., & Rafaeli, E. (2006). Using daily diary data to measure affective instability in borderline patients. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 9/14-Present University of Michigan, Addictions Research Center Graduate Researcher Ann Arbor, MI Project Description: Study examines longitudinal (6-year) drinking outcomes among alcoholic couples whose behavioral displays have been observed during a laboratory interaction (PI: James A. Cranford). Responsibilities: (Research training concurrent with clinical internship.) Devise and implement data analytic strategies to examine sequential responding during couple interaction; disseminate study findings. 9/09-9/14 University of Pittsburgh, Alcohol and Smoking Research Lab Graduate Student Pittsburgh, PA Project Description: A large (N=720) alcohol administration study investigating the effects of alcohol on emotion and social behavior in a community sample of social drinkers (PI: Michael A. Sayette). Responsibilities: Supervised teams of up to 8 undergraduate research assistants; created and maintained programs for computer-assisted coding of time-locked video coding; coded facial expressions using Paul Ekman s Facial Action Coding System; devised and implemented data analytic strategies examining clustered, discrete time-series data; dissemination of study findings. 8/13-12/13 University of Oslo, Department of Biostatistics Graduate Researcher Oslo, Norway Project Description: International collaboration with researchers in the Department of Biostatistics to

4 C. E. Fairbairn 4 develop methods for the analysis of social coordination in a high-dimensional behavioral dataset (PI ss: Arnoldo Frigessi and Odd O. Aalen). Responsibilities: Consult with internationally-recognized researchers in survival analysis and Markov processes regarding data analytic plan; attend seminars and colloquia on relevant statistical methodologies; read survival theory and generate programming code to be used in analysis; dissemination of findings. 5/11-8/13 University of Pittsburgh, Affect Analysis Group Graduate Researcher Pittsburgh, PA Project Description: Projects examining the relationship between nonverbal measures of emotion (e.g., body motion, acoustic parameters of speech, facial expressions) and psychological disorder (PI: Jeffrey F. Cohn). Responsibilities: Analyzed data for a project exploring the relationship between acoustic parameters of patient speech and depression treatment outcome; provided statistical consultation in a study examining the relationship between history of aggression and coordination of head motion during couple dispute; formulated a data analytic plan for a grant proposal for the automatic recognition of facial movement. 10/06-8/09 University of Pennsylvania, Treatment Research Center Project Manager Philadelphia, PA Project Description: Outpatient pharmacotherapy treatment trials (N=200) with a community sample of cocaine and alcohol dependent individuals (PI: Kyle M. Kampman) Responsibilities: Conducted structured clinical interviews with study participants; coordinated communication with Institutional Review Board; coordinated study personnel; conducted independent research using existing study data; formulated research questions; formulated and implemented data analytic strategy; manuscript preparation and dissemination of study findings. 5/06-10/06 Columbia University, Substance Use Research Center Research Assistant New York, NY Project Description: Inpatient cocaine administration trials examining the impact of pharmacotherapy and contingency-management programs on human cocaine self-administration in controlled laboratory settings (PI: Richard W. Foltin). Responsibilities: Performed telephone screenings; performed EKGs; administered cognitive tests (WAIS and Stroop); programmed and monitored study computers. 8/05-9/06 Barnard College, Affect and Relationships Lab Research Assistant New York, NY Project Description: EMA studies using palmtop computers examining daily emotional fluctuations of subjects with borderline personality disorder (PI: Eshkol Rafaeli). Responsibilities: Active role in development of experimental protocols; performed literature searches; designed poster presentations; retrieved data from palmtop computers; performed statistical analyses. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 8/14-8/15 VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Mental Health Services, Ann Arbor, MI Clinical Psychology Intern Primary Care Mental Health Integration (Major rotation, 6 months): Conduct semi-structured psychological intake assessments for patients who express mental health concerns to their primary care medical provider; conduct brief (4-8 sessions) cognitive-behavioral interventions for patients with anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anger management issues, and insomnia. Substance Use Disorders Clinic (Major rotation, 6 months): Assess and treat patients displaying symptoms of substance use disorder. Run cognitive-behavioral therapy groups for substance use disorders and also provide individual counselling informed by motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. Minor rotations in clinical research and psychological assessment. 9/12-5/13 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services, Pittsburgh, PA Graduate Student Extern Led psychotherapy groups for patients with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and other major psychiatric illness enrolled in the partial hospitalization program; implemented cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based substance abuse treatment modalities within a group treatment setting; designed and implemented both structured and unstructured group treatment modules including formalized psychoeducational instruction, directed therapeutic activities/writing, and unstructured group processing segments; received regular live supervision of therapeutic activities from an experienced supervisor.

5 C. E. Fairbairn 5 1/13-5/13 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Sports Concussion Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA Graduate Student Extern Administered and interpreted neuropsychological batteries including ImPACT tests with adolescents and adults diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries; assessed vestibular and ocular disturbances related to concussion; conducted semi-structured intake interviews to diagnose and disseminate treatment for concussions; coordinated care with other health care professionals including ocular therapists, physical therapists, neurologists, and neuropsychologists. 5/10-8/13 University of Pittsburgh Psychology Department, Clinical Psychology Center, Pittsburgh, PA Graduate Student Clinician Provided individual and group therapy using empirically-supported treatments in an outpatient mental health clinic; received training in cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, group therapy and mindfulness-based therapies; administered, scored, and interpreted tests of cognitive and neurological functioning (e.g., WAIS-IV, WMS-IV, TOVA, Stroop) and personality inventories (e.g., MMPI-2); conducted structured clinical interviews (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders; SCID); provided comprehensive verbal and written feedback and made treatment recommendations; participated in group and peer supervision; wrote integrative reports; consulted with psychiatrist regarding client medications. 5/05-8/05 Coler-Goldwater Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY Undergraduate Student Extern Led semi-structured therapeutic support groups for patients admitted to a long term medical nursing facility; received supervision in providing culturally competent therapeutic care; led support groups focused on psychological issues surrounding substance abuse and AIDS diagnosis; visited individual patients and administered semi-structured mood and cognitive questionnaires. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Summer 10 Spring 12 University of Pittsburgh Undergraduate Directed Research Research Mentor Pittsburgh, PA Supervised 5-8 undergraduate student researchers enrolled in the Directed Research Seminar each semester in the Alcohol and Smoking Research Laboratory. Responsibilities included selecting readings, designing syllabus, leading group discussions, creating assignments, grading final research papers, and providing guidance on career goals. Fall 12 Summer 13 University of Pittsburgh Hot Metal Bridge Program Research Mentor Pittsburgh, PA Worked with post-baccalaureate students from ethnic minority backgrounds to prepare them for careers in psychological research. Responsibilities included offering written feedback on graduate school and fellowship applications, leading formal seminars and providing informal advice on professional development issues, and providing guidance on research projects. Collaborated with one student mentee on research that is currently being prepared for publication. Spring 11 - Summer 11 Introduction to Social Psychology Teaching Fellow Pittsburgh, PA Designed and taught two introductory social psychology lecture courses to a diverse group of undergraduates at the University of Pittsburgh during both Spring (90 students) and Summer (30 students) sessions. Responsibilities included selecting course content, writing and delivering PowerPoint presentations and designing class activities, writing and grading tests and quizzes, and meeting with individual students. Summer 10 Learning and Motivation Laboratory Teaching Fellow Pittsburgh, PA Designed and taught an advanced undergraduate laboratory course at the University of Pittsburgh. Responsibilities included designing class activities, creating and giving PowerPoint lectures, creating assignments, and grading student work. Fall 05 Spring 06 Barnard College Writing Fellow New York, NY Completed a semester-long training in the instruction of writing. Read academic assignments and worked with students to improve their writing and to clarify and expand their ideas.

6 C. E. Fairbairn 6 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 9/11-9/13 Psychology Department Diversity Committee President The Diversity Committee aims to increase awareness of diversity within the psychology department at the University of Pittsburgh through providing mentoring of minority undergraduate students and support for diversity-oriented graduate student research. Responsibilities as president included managing committee funds, coordinating diversity committee activities including colloquium speaker and poster session, and selecting student applications for diversity research mini-grants and travel awards. 9/12-9/13 Psychology Department Clinical Training Program Student Representative Attended faculty meetings and advocated for student interests in discussions pertaining to future training options, department hiring decisions, departmental budget, etc. Managed student funds, helped organize departmental functions, organized student events, and kept minutes of faculty meetings. SPECIALIZED TRAINING Advanced Statistical Analysis and Programing Survival Analysis (8/13-12/13): training fellowship, University of Oslo Department of Biostatistics Hierarchical Linear Modeling (1/11-5/11): graduate course, University of Pittsburgh Psychology of Education Department Time Series Analysis (9/11-12/11): statistics course, University of Pittsburgh Statistics Department Structural Equation Modeling (1/12-5/12): graduate seminar, University of Pittsburgh Psychology Department Data Programing in SAS (1/13-5/13): graduate course, University of Pittsburgh Biostatistics Department Behavioral Analysis Facial Action Coding System: FACS, developed by Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen, is the most comprehensive anatomically-based system for coding facial behavior. Completed 100 hours of training to become a certified FACS coder. Languages Spanish (9/08-2/09): Intensive language study in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Italian (9/03-12/04): Intensive language study at Columbia University and Padova, Italy.