Back to June 7, 2024 Virtual Summit - Translating Neuroscience into CBT Practice - Presenters
Katharina Kircanski, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health
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.
