Dr. Jacoby completed her undergraduate studies at Williams College and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her clinical internship and post-doctoral training at MGH/HMS. Dr. Jacoby is a licensed clinical psychologist whose clinical work focuses on exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD. Her research focuses on (a) understanding transdiagnostic mechanisms underlying the development and effective treatment of OCD and related disorders (e.g., intolerance of uncertainty, attentional/cognitive control) including using multi-method measurement approaches (e.g., eye-tracking, decision-making paradigms, psychophysiological/neurophysiological measures), and (b) augmenting ERP outcomes and characterizing treatment response (e.g., inhibitory learning approaches). Dr. Jacoby has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles, co-authored a book on treating OCD in adults (and its 2nd edition), and written several book chapters, resulting in an h-index of 26. She has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (K23) and the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). Finally, she has received several honors for her research, including the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program Award in 2018 and the Association of Psychological Science “Rising Star” award in 2021.
