Our Team
Amitai Abramovitch Ph.D.
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Dr. Abramovitch is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at Texas State University, and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist. He received his MA degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Clinical Neuropsychology from the Academic College of Tel-Aviv and obtained his Ph.D. in Psychology (Neuropsychology) from Tel-Aviv University. He received extensive training at the National Institute for the Brain Injured in Israel and the Department of Psychiatry at Sheba Medical Center (where he co-founded the Adult ADHD Clinic: Focus). He has wide-ranging clinical experience including individual and couple psychotherapy, parent training, and clinical and neuropsychological assessments in multiple populations, both from his work in national centers and hospitals and from his work in his private practice. Prior to joining Texas State University, Dr. Abramovitch was a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry’s OCD & Related Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Abramovitch has extensive experience mentoring and teaching students, including at Harvard University and Harvard Extension School. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, and currently serves as a member of the Editorial Boards of Psychiatry Research, and Frontiers in Clinical Health and Psychology, and as an Associate Editor in the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychology, and The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. His Interests outside psychology include soft martial arts (Iaido and Aikido), drumming, cooking, table-tennis, movies, and spending time with his wife and two daughters.
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Akuekegbe Uwadiale
Graduate Student |
Akuekegbe Uwadiale is a first-year student in the Master of Arts in Psychological Research Program. Her research interests include investigating the role of stress in the pathogenesis and maintenance of OCD, as well as the pathophysiology of Trichotillomania and its overlap with OCD. She plans to pursue her MD/PhD after completion of the program. During her free time, Akuekegbe enjoys working out, hot yoga, painting, and attempting new bread recipes.
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Tanya Herrera
Graduate Student |
Tanya Herrera is a first-year graduate student in the Master of Arts Psychological Research program at the Texas State University. Tanya’s research interests include the neuropsychological functions in mood disorders and the linkages between neuroscience and psychopathology relating to those disorders. In her free time, Tanya enjoys cooking, traveling, hiking and spending time with her family dog.
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Bowie Duncan
Graduate Research Assistant |
My main research interests lay heavily within the fields of clinical psychology and psychopathology. I am primarily interested in the interaction of substance use and mental disorders (depressive disorders, anxiety-related disorders, and personality disorders (mainly Borderline Personality Disorder)) along with transdiagnostic vulnerability factors. I plan to pursue my PhD in clinical psychology after completion of the MAPR program at Texas State University. During my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family, attempting to grow spicy peppers, recreating awful versions of Food Network dishes, playing paintball, and traveling to beautiful countries.
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