TrACH Co-Directors

Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph.D.

Dr. Gallagher is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston and affiliated with the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics. His research interests include transdiagnostic treatments for PTSD and anxiety disorders, mechanisms of change of empirically supported treatments, meta-analysis and modeling longitudinal trajectories of change, and how positive thinking promotes well-being.

Anka A. Vujanovic, Ph.D.

Dr. Vujanovic is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston and licensed clinical psychologist. Her research program is focused upon investigating risk and maintenance processes for PTSD and examining the co-occurrence of PTSD and substance use disorders. The overarching goal of her work is to inform evidence-based treatments for PTSD and related conditions.

Assistant Director

Laura Long, B.A.

Laura is a clinical psychology doctoral student working in Dr. Matthew Gallagher’s research lab at the University of Houston. Laura completed her undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University, where she later worked as a research analyst in Dr. Geoffrey Woodman’s Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. She also has experience working as a Crisis & Support Line operator through the Sexual Assault Center in Nashville. She is interested in mechanisms of change in cognitive behavioral therapy and transdiagnostic treatments for anxiety and trauma related disorders as well as depression. She is particularly interested in mindfulness, emotional reactivity, and resilience in the context of these disorders, and would like to contribute to research that operates at the intersection between psychopathology and positive psychology.

Personnel

• Johann D’Souza, M.A., Second Year Doctoral Student

• Ijeoma Madubata, B.A., Second Year Doctoral Student

• Kara Manning, M.A., Second Year Doctoral Student

• Angela Richardson, M.A., Second Year Doctoral Student

• Andrew Rogers, M.A., Second Year Doctoral Student

• Christine So, M.A., Second Year Doctoral Student

• Saba Shekhani, Undergraduate Research Assistant