Sheila Rauch, PhD, ABPP
Sheila A.M. Rauch, PhD, ABPP, co-led design and now serves as deputy director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and director of mental health research and program evaluation at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center. For over 25 years, Dr. Rauch’s work in VA and academic medical settings focuses on developing programs, conducting research, and providing PTSD and anxiety disorders treatment with the goal of improving access to effective mental health care. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed scholarly articles as well as many chapters and six books on anxiety disorders and PTSD, including Retraining the Brain: Applied Neuroscience in Exposure Therapy for PTSD and Making Meaning of Difficult Experiences: A Self-Guided Program. Dr. Rauch has led several PTSD treatment outcome and mechanisms trials including pharmaceutical and therapy trials focused on moving interventions for PTSD into medical and primary care settings. She developed an effective primary care-based PTSD intervention that is in use across VA and many civilian settings and has also worked to get treatment out of the clinic and into the hands of those who need it with apps, self-guided workbooks, and web-based interventions. Her research examines neurobiological mechanisms involved in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders, psychosocial factors in medical settings, improving access to effective mental health care, and the relation between physical health and anxiety. She is a fellow in the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and a fellow in the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, as well as a member of the scientific council of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Shelia Rauch has an employment relationship with Emory University School of Medicine and receives royalties as a published author. She is a program co-lead with the Pennsylvania State University, Prolonged Exposure for Primary Care training program. She was previously a consultant with Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. Shelia Rauch receives grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the VA Office of Rural health, the NIH, the VA Clinical Science Research and Development, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the State of Michigan. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.,
Non-financial: Shelia Rauch is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the International Society of Traumatic Stress, and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. She is an Ad hoc reviewer and editor for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.
