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About

Dr. Rachel Wamser-Nanney received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2012. She completed her internship at Tulane University School of Medicine, infant mental health track. Dr. Wamser-Nanney then completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan’s Trauma and Grief Center for Youth. 

Dr. Wamser-Nanney's research interests include a range of topics related to traumatic stress including the following: developing, implementing, and disseminating trauma-focused interventions; complex trauma gun violence co-occurring grief and trauma exposure; and the cognitive and neurobiological phenotypes associated with trauma exposure. She has clinical expertise in treatments for anxiety, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with infants, children, families, and adults. Dr. Wamser-Nanney is also a research and clinical supervisor.


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Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Missouri-St. Louis

… → 2013

MFA, University of Missouri-St. Louis

… → 2009

Pierre Laclede Honors College, BA, University of Missouri-St. Louis

… → 2005

Research Interests

  • Traumatic Stress in Children
  • Adults
  • Parents and Families
  • PTSD
  • Gun Violence
  • Trauma-informed Assessment and Treatment
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Public Data Set: LONGSCAN
  • Restricted Data Set: BRID
  • Statistical Methods: Structural Equation Modeling, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Path Analysis, and Cluster Analysis
  • Statistical Software Applications: R and SPSS
  • Specialized Web Applications/Database Software: REDCap
  • Evaluation Methods: Randomized Control Studies, Quasi Experimental Design, Content Analysis, Implementation Fidelity, and Mixed Methods

Disciplines

  • Clinical Psychology