MEGAN VIAR PAXTON, M.A. 301 Wilson Hall, st Avenue South, Nashville TN 37203

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1 MEGAN VIAR PAXTON, M.A. 301 Wilson Hall, st Avenue South, Nashville TN Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology Phone: Fax: Education M.A., Clinical Psychology Vanderbilt University Aug, 2011 Masters thesis: The effect of context on disgust habituation: Implications for the treatment of blood-injection-injury phobia Supervised by Bunmi Olatunji, Ph.D. Honors B.A., Psychology University of Virginia May, 2009 Honors thesis: Threat or challenge? Self-focused attention and evaluation on perceived performance in social anxiety Supervised by Bethany Teachman, Ph.D. Clinical Training & Experience PRACTICUM CO-THERAPIST 01/2013 Present Youth Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Group Therapy Supervisor: Amy Mariaskin, Ph.D. o Conducted cognitive behavior-based group therapy with youth ages years PRACTICUM OUTPATIENT THERAPIST 08/2012 Present Vanderbilt Psychiatry Adult Anxiety Clinic Supervisor: Bunmi Olatunji, Ph.D. o Conducted diagnostic and intake interviews for adults referred for anxiety and mood disorders o Conducted cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety, OCD, health anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation o Participated in bi-weekly CBT supervision workshops through Vanderbilt Psychiatry with Dr. Steve Hollon as well as a monthly didactic CBT supervision group CLINICAL INTERVIEWER 09/2010 Present Emotion and Anxiety Research Laboratory Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology Supervisor: Bunmi Olatunji, Ph.D. o Conducted intake interviews for research study using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for DSM-IV (M.I.N.I.) with veterans with and without a diagnosis of PTSD and/or patients with OCD PRACTICUM CO-THERAPIST 08/ /2013 Vanderbilt Intensive Outpatient Youth Offenders Program Supervisor: Carlos Tilghman-Osbourne, Ph.D. o Conducted court-ordered family and group therapy with adolescent males ages years with a serious felony offense to reduce the risk of repeat offenses in the system

2 Paxton, Megan Viar 2 PRACTICUM CO-THERAPIST 01/ /2012 Resilience and Social Skills Building Therapy Group for Girls Supervisor: F. Joseph McLaughlin, Ph.D. o Conducted a resilience and social skills building group for girls ages years old PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATOR 01/ /2012 Vanderbilt Children s Hospital, Division of Developmental Medicine o Conducted comprehensive developmental assessments with children referred for developmental concerns including autism spectrum disorders, emotion regulation difficulties, genetic syndromes, and anxiety disorders PRACTICUM THERAPIST 09/ /2012 Vanderbilt Children s Hospital, Center for Child Development o Conducted cognitive behavioral therapy for young children with anxiety and OCD PRACTICUM THERAPIST 09/ /2012 Vanderbilt Children s Hospital, Center for Child Development o Conducted Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) with parents and children, ages 3 7 referred for disruptive behavior problems PRACTICUM TRAINEE 08/ /2012 Vanderbilt Children s Hospital, Parenting and Behavior Clinic (P-ABC) o Conducted brief diagnostic interviews in collaboration with Dr. Ashford and a behavior specialist with parents and children under 8 years presenting with a range of concerns including developmental delay, possible autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, aggression, sensory dysfunction, emotion regulation, and psychosis o Integrated parent reports and observation of child to make next step planning which included developmental evaluations, therapy referrals, speech/language referrals, psychiatry referrals, and assistance with preschool/school placement Publications Journal Articles Viar-Paxton, M. A., & Olatunji, B. O. (in preparation). The effect of context on disgust habituation in injection phobia. Viar-Paxton, M. A., Kramer, L., & Olatunji, B. O. (in preparation). Evidence for threat modulated response slowing in blood-injection-injury phobia. Viar-Paxton, M. A., Tomarken, A. J., Pemble, M. K., & Olatunji, B. O. (in preparation). The role of domainspecific disgust sensitivity in behavioral avoidance and self-reported fainting symptoms in bloodinjection-injury phobia.

3 Paxton, Megan Viar 3 Viar-Paxton, M. A., Kim, E. H., Ollendick, T. H., Young, J., Ebesutani, C., & Olatunji. B. O. (under review). Development and initial validation of the Child Disgust Scale. Viar-Paxton, M. A., & Olatunji, B. O. (2012). Context effects on habituation to disgust-relevant stimuli. Behavior Modification, 5, PMID: Olatunji, B. O., Ciesielski, B. G., Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Wentworth, B. J., & Viar, M. A. (2012). Effects of experienced disgust on habituation during repeated exposure to threat-relevant stimuli in bloodinjection-injury phobia. Behavior Therapy, 43, PMID: Viar, M. A., Bilsky, S. A., Armstrong, T., & Olatunji, B. O. (2011). Obsessive beliefs and obsessive-compulsive disorder: An examination of specific associations. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, doi /s Viar, M. A., Etzel, E., Ciesielski, B. G., & Olatunji, B. O. (2010). Disgust, anxiety, and vasovagal syncope sensations: A comparison of injection fearful and nonfearful blood donors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, PMID: Chapters Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Viar-Paxton, M. A., & Olatunji, B. O. (2012). Ethical issues when considering exposure. In T. Davis, T. Ollendick, & L-G. Öst (Eds.) Intensive Treatment of Specific Phobias: One-Session Treatment (pp ). New York: Springer Press. Funding Grants NIMH 2 T32 MH A1 Title: Development of Psychopathology: From Brain and Behavioral Science to Intervention Role: Graduate Student Trainee Location of Tenure: Vanderbilt University Value: $1,883,438 Period Held: June 1, 2011 May 30, 2013 Principal Investigator: Judy Garber, Ph.D. Fellowships Snyder Fellowship Value: $5425 Location of Tenure: Vanderbilt University Period Held: 2010 Research Experience Emotion and Anxiety Research Lab; Bunmi Olatunji, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Psychology Department, Nashville, TN 08/ Present Graduate Researcher Lab investigates the role of emotion (i.e. fear, disgust, anger) in the etiology and maintenance of anxious pathology. Current research includes several areas of focus: o Several projects examining disgust sensitivity and its association with other emotions in youth

4 Paxton, Megan Viar 4 o o o A project examining the role of context in habituation of disgust-relevant exposure therapy for blood-injection-injury phobia A project examining attention retraining and exposure therapy for contamination-based OCD A project in collaboration with the Vanderbilt Health Institute investigating a potential link of vasovagal syncope threshold and disgust sensitivity through the incorporation of tilt test data Cognitive Aging Lab; Timothy Salthouse, Ph.D. University of Virginia Psychology Department, Charlottesville, VA 05/ /2009 Project Coordinator Project examines the effects of aging on many aspects of cognitive functioning, including memory, reasoning, and spatial abilities. Program for Anxiety, Cognition, and Treatment Lab; Bethany Teachman, Ph.D. University of Virginia Psychology Department, Charlottesville, VA 08/ /2009 Research Assistant Lab investigates the cognitive processes that lead to the development and maintenance of various anxiety disorders. Relevant Coursework Psychological Assessment and Diagnostics Cognitive Assessment (McLaughlin) Personality Assessment (Benning) Psychotherapy Psychopathology (Weiss) Seminar in Developmental Psychopathology (Garber/Olatunji) Advanced Seminar in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Hollon) Theories of Psychotherapy (Davis) Developmental Psychology Developmental Psychology (Needham) Research Methods and Statistics Statistical Inference (Steiger) Quantitative Methods and Experimental Design (Tomarken) Research Methods in Clinical Psychology (Tomarken) Additional Coursework Professional Ethics and Diversity (Davis) Emotion (Bachorowski) Scientific Writing (Woodman) Presentations Invited Talks Viar-Paxton, M. A., & Olatunji B. O. (2013, November)Assessment of Disgust Sensitivity in Youth: Initial Psychometric Properties of the Child Disgust Scale. Talk submitted for presentation in the Disgust and Anxiety-Related Disorders: Issues in Assessment, Process, and Mechanisms symposium. Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, Tennessee.

5 Paxton, Megan Viar 5 Posters Viar-Paxton, M. A., Bilsky, S. A., Riemann, B., & Olatunji. B. O. (2013, November). Effects of exposure-based treatment on disgust sensitivity among youth with OCD. Poster submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, Tennessee. Bilsky, S. A., Viar-Paxton, M. A., Riemann, B., & Olatunji. B. O. (2013, November). Disgust sensitivity and OCD symptom severity in a clinical youth sample. Poster submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, Tennessee. Viar-Paxton, M. A., Kramer, L., & Olatunji, B. O. (2012, November). Attentional bias for threat in blood-injectioninjury phobia: Differentiating vigilance from difficulty disengaging attention. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, Maryland. Viar-Paxton, M. A., Kim, E. H., Young. J., Ciesielski, B. G., & Olatunji, B. O. (2011, November). Development and initial validation of the Child Disgust Scale (CDS). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada. Viar-Paxton, M. A., Tomarken, A. J., Koch, M. D., & Olatunji, B. O. (2011, November). The role of domain-specific disgust sensitivity in behavioral avoidance and self-reported fainting symptoms in blood-injection-injury phobia. Poster presented at the 45th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada. Viar, M. A., Bilsky, S. A., Armstrong, T., & Olatunji, B. O. (2011, March). An examination of specific associations between obsessive beliefs and dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorder Association of American, New Orleans, LA. Viar, M. A., Etzel, E., Ciesielski, B.G., David, B., & Olatunji, B. (2010, November). Disgust, anxiety, and vasovagal syncope sensations in injection-fearful and nonfearful blood donors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA. Viar, M. A., Cody, M. W., & Teachman, B. A. (2009, November). The effect of self-focused attention and evaluation on perceived performance in social anxiety. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. Cody, M. W., Viar, M. A., & Teachman, B. A. (2009, November). Calibration between memory for global and local evaluations of performance in social anxiety. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. Magee, J.C., Buck, N., Viar, M., Laughinghouse, T., & Teachman, B. A. (2009, November). Experiences with Intrusive Thoughts in Younger and Older Adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. Viar, M. A. (2009, April). Threat or challenge: The effect of self-focused attention and evaluation on perceived performance in social anxiety. Paper presented at the 3rd annual L. Sterling Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Charlottesville, VA. Magee, J. C., Laughinghouse, T., Viar, M., Buck, N., & Teachman, B. A. (2009, February). Emotion Regulation after Intrusive Thoughts in Younger and Older Adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting, Tampa, FL.

6 Paxton, Megan Viar 6 Cody, M. W., Huynh, C., Viar, M. A., Menatti, A. R., & Teachman, B. A. (2007, November). Negative selfrelevant memory bias in social anxiety. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Ad Hoc Reviewer Journals - Journal of Anxiety Disorders - Cognitive Therapy and Research - Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Professional Affiliations Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Role: Moderator for Social Networking Committee (01/2013 Present) American Psychological Association Role: Student Affiliate Anxiety Disorders Association of America Role: Student Affiliate