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IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Last name:Woody First name:Sheila R.
Address:University of British Columbia
Department of Psychology
2136 West Mall
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6T  1Z4
Fax:(604) 822-6923
BC academic affiliation:University of British Columbia
Department:Psychology
E-mail address: swoody@psych.ubc.ca BC research location(s): Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (UBC Hospital)
University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus
Web Page: MSFHR Research Unit(s):
Status:Researcher
Last update: 13/08/2010


TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
Diploma / Credentials Specialty Year Institution
Registered Psychologist clinical psychologist 2000   College of Psychologists of British Columbia
Postdoctorate Psychiatry 1994   The University of British Columbia
Doctorate (PhD) Psychology 1992   American University
Master's Psychology 1990   American University
Bachelor's Psychology 1985   University of Georgia
Last update: 09/11/2007


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Area of research: Human and social sciences
Disciplines trained in: Psychology
Research disciplines: Psychology
Research topics: Anxiety (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Cognition (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Motivations and Emotions (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Fields of application: Pathogenesis and Treatment of Diseases
Last update: 13/08/2010


TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Technological applications:
Last update: 13/08/2010


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise.
Key words: anxiety disorders, panic, agoraphobia, obsessive, OCD, social phobia, disgust, anxiety, fear, emotion
Research interests: I study anxiety disorders in adults. Some of this research is basic, in that I study processes of maladaptive fear. Other research is clinical, in that I collaborate in treatment research.
Last update: 13/08/2010


RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Authors
Title (article or book chapter)
Year Volume Number Pages Journal or book Editors City and publishing house
Teachman, B.A., & Woody, S.R.
"Automatic processing among individuals with spider phobia: Change in implicit fear associations following treatment"
2003 112 pp. 100-109 Journal of Abnormal Psychology   
Woody, S.R., & Teachman, B.
"Intersection of disgust and fear: Normal and pathological views"
2000 7 pp. 291-311 Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice   
Chambless, D.L. et al.
"Update on empirically validated therapies, II"
1998 51 pp. 3-16 the Clinical Psychologist   
Last update: 13/08/2010


LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Understand: English
Read: English
Write: English
Speak: English
Last update: 13/08/2010