Dr. Adam Jaroszewski completed his doctorate in clinical psychology at Harvard University and clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship a MGH/HMS. Dr. Jaroszewski is a licensed psychologist in the state of Massachusetts, whose clinical work focuses on the treatment of OCD and related disorders as well as anxiety and depression. His research focuses on examining the cognitive and affective factors that increase risk for the development and maintenance of self-injurious thoughts and behavior (SITB). He is particularly interested in using approaches from decision and affective science to understand why people decide to engage in SITB. He is also involved in developing scalable, smartphone delivered interventions for SITB and associated disorders (e.g., depression, BDD).
Faculty
Ivar Snorrason, Ph.D.*
Dr. Ivar Snorrason completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology at the University of Iceland and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He completed post-doctoral training at the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Medical School and at McLean Hospital. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and specializes in the treatment of OCD and related disorders. His research focuses on the etiology, nosology and treatment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, including trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) and excoriation (skin-picking) disorder.
Susanne S. Hoeppner, Ph.D., M.Ap.Stat
Dr. Susanne Hoeppner received her Ph.D. in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and her Master in Applied Statistics from Louisiana State University and conducted three years of post-doctoral research in climate change ecology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Purdue University. With more than 12 years of experience in research and clinical investigation, she has extensive training and expertise in experimental design, statistical analysis and simulation modeling. Dr. Hoeppner’s clinical interests are in dynamic health behavior modeling and positive psychology. She has served as the principal statistician on pivotal trials approved by the FDA and has designed and analyzed Phase I-III studies in addiction, psychiatry, and psychology. She also has ample experience setting up, updating, and overseeing the use of electronic data capture forms as implemented via REDCap, having designed and managed such databases for several single- and multi-site clinical trials at MGH, and routinely trains and advises research assistants, data managers, and clinical staff on principles of good clinical practice.
Aisha Usmani, Ph.D.*
Aisha Usmani, Ph.D., is an internationally sought-after licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT) of anxiety and OCD disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Social Phobia, and Specific Phobias. Dr. Usmani also has treatment expertise in Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) and Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Tics (MBIT) for Tourette’s Disorder, Chronic Motor Tics, Chronic Vocal Tics; and DBT enhanced Habit Reversal Training (HRT) for body focused repetitive behaviors for Hair Pulling Behaviors/Trichotillomania and Compulsive Skin Picking. In addition to her work as a staff psychologist in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD), Dr. Usmani is also the Director for the Adult Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School. She holds a faculty appointment in psychology as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and has a private practice in the Boston area focusing on CBT for anxiety and related disorders. Dr. Usmani’s research experiences include providing assessment and protocol-based treatment for studies. She also enjoys supervising clinical psychology graduate and postdoctoral students. Dr. Usmani completed her postdoctoral fellowships at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at Boston University and The Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle (EBTCS), where she gained expertise in evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral therapy, including acceptance and mindfulness based treatments. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Idaho State University, where she focused on cognitive-behavioral treatments. Dr. Usmani speaks English, हिंदी (Hindi), and اُردو (Urdu) fluently.
Jessica Rasmussen, Ph.D.*
During graduate school, Dr. Jessica Rasmussen received cognitive-behavioral training in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, as well as specialized training in the treatment of compulsive hoarding. Her research interests focus on the etiology, maintenance and treatment of compulsive hoarding and OCD. She also specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders and body dysmorphic disorder.
