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Dr. Cattaneo earned her doctorate in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of Maryland (College Park) in 2001, and joined the faculty of the Clinical Psychology Program at George Mason University in 2003. Dr. Cattaneo applies a community psychology orientation to her work, centering on th...
Keith D. Renshaw, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology, and currently serving as George Mason University's Senior Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. He will no longer be accepting new doctoral students.
Dr. Renshaw specializes in anxiety, stress/trauma, and interpersonal relationships. Muc...
AMHP Lab Dissertation Studies
The Pass & Play Project
Study Investigator: Robert López Jr., M.A.
Using a multi-method approach, the goal of this project is to understand the link between social interactions and mental health in young adults. Participants complete a single 2-hour virtual labo...
2020 (through 6/30/20)
Aronowitz, V. J., Perez, A., O’Brien, C., Aziz, S., Rodriguez, E., Wasner, K., Ribeiro, S., … Pytte, C. (2020). Unilateral vocal nerve resection alters neurogenesis in the avian song system in a region-specific manner. PloS one BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.24.00533...
Recent Presentations
2020 (through 6/1/20)
Doorley, J. D. & Kashdan, T. B. (2020, November). Comparing the daily regulatory benefits of savoring and cognitive reappraisal among Division I athletes. Submitted to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 54th Annual Convention, Phila...
Student Grants 2010-2020
Federal Fellowships (NIH, NSF, Other Federal Sources)
2020 Goncalves, S. Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Pre-doctoral Award (F31), National Institute of Drug Abuse. Using Machine Learning to Examine Emotion-Related Brain Activity and Substance Use Among Adol...
An Academic-Community Partnership Between the George Mason University (GMU) Psychology Department, Healthy Minds Fairfax, and the Inova Kellar Center
In an effort to increase the availability of high quality, evidence-based behavioral health interventions for children, youth, and families ...
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From its origins as a branch campus of the University of Virginia to its current status as Virginia’s largest, most inclusive, and most innovative university, George Mason University has experienced 50 remarkable years of growth and achievement. In just 50 years Mason has grown from a small Universit...