Kiara R Timpano, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Adult Division, Department of Psychology
Dr. Kiara Timpano is the Director of the Program for Anxiety, Stress, and OCD (PASO), and a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. Her research interests include understanding risk and vulnerability factors that play a role in the etiology, comorbidity, and maintenance of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Dr. Timpano oversees the PASO research team on a number of active research studies, including ongoing studies focused on vulnerabilities for anxiety and related affective disorders, the etiology of Hoarding Disorder, and the maintenance of OCD. In addition to considering cognitive, emotional, and social risk factors for symptom development, her research also examines vulnerability factors from a transdiagnostic perspective.
Education
| 2009 | Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Florida State University |
| 2008 | Clinical Internship Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Track, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School |
| 2002 | B.S. Biochemistry, Whitworth University, Spokane WA |
Professional Experience
| 2017 - | Assistant Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Miami |
| 2016 - | Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Miami |
| 2010 - 2016 | Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Miami |
Honors & Acknowledgements
2017 - 2018 Program Chair, National Convention 2018, Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
2015 Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Department of Psychology, University of Miami
2014 Career Development Leadership Award, Anxiety & Depression Association of America
2009 Young Investigator Award, Anxiety & Depression Association of America
Anxiety and related disorders | OCD | Hoarding Disorder | Transdiagnostic risk factors | Experimental psychopathology
Publications
Heller, A.S., *Ezie, C., Otto, A.R., & Timpano, K.R. "Model-Based Learning and Individual Differences in Depression: The Moderating Role of Increased Negative Affect." Behaviour Research and Therapy (In Press).
Timpano, K.R., Muroff, J., & Steketee, G. "A Review of the Diagnosis and Management of Hoarding Disorder" Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry 3, 394-410 (2016).
