Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D.
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Scientific Council Member (Joined 2026)
2012 Distinguished Investigator Grant
Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D.
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Director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program and the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research
Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmcology
Emory University School of Medicine
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Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD is Director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program and the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. She is a professor and Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research at Emory School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and holds the Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmcology. She specializes in research on the treatment of anxiety disorders, particularly PTSD. Dr. Rothbaum has been studying PTSD treatments since 1986, and has developed, tested, and disseminated some of the most innovative and effective treatments available for PTSD. She is an inventor of virtual reality exposure therapy. She has authored over 400 scientific papers and chapters, has published 15 books, and received the Diplomate in Behavioral Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. She is a past president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and was awarded the ISTSS Lifetime Achievement Award and for Outstanding Scientific Achievement
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