Breakout Sessions—Lost in Translation? How to Talk to Patients About the Brain and Training Future Translational Research Ambassadors

Dr. Raissa Miller is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Counselor Education at Boise State University. Dr. Miller has over a decade of clinical experience working with individuals across the lifespan in community agency and private practice settings. Dr. Miller is an active researcher with particular interests in the integration of neuroscience and counseling, the evaluation of counseling training and interventions, and the application of rigorous qualitative methodologies in the counseling field. She is the Associate Co-Editor of the neuroscience section of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling. Dr. Miller has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and is the co-author of the book The Neuroeducation Toolbox: Practical Translations of Neuroscience in Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Dr. Katharina Kircanski is a Staff Scientist, and Chief of Experimental and Quantitative Methods, in the Emotion and Development Branch of the NIMH Intramural Research Program. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA with a minor in quantitative psychology. She returned to Stanford as a postdoctoral fellow in affective science before joining the NIMH in 2015. Dr. Kircanski currently co-leads a research group focused on adolescent depression and anxiety. Broadly, Dr. Kircanski is interested in brain and behavioral mechanisms of mood and anxiety disorders, and in translating knowledge about mechanisms to guide interventions.