Faculty
![Candice Alfano](../../_images/people/alfano-c150.jpg)
Candice Alfano, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston
Etiology, Risk and Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders, Sleep-wake Processes and the Development of Emotion Dysregulation, Underlying Mechanisms of Effective Behavioral Interventions
![julia](../../_images/people/jbabcock150.jpg)
Julia Babcock, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Couples Therapy
Domestic Violence, Psychophysiology and Observation of Couples' Interactions, Couples' Therapy, Efficacy of Domestic Violence Interventions
![Johanna Bick, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/johanna-bick-150px.jpg)
Johanna Bick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Early Adversity and the Developing Brain, Early Childhood Neurodevelopment, Childhood Maltreatment, Parental Responsiveness, Early Prevention and Intervention
![Cirino](../../_images/people/pcirino150.jpg)
Paul T. Cirino, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Developmental Neuropsychology Lab
Associate Director of Clinical Training
Developmental Neuropsychology, Math and Reading Learning Difficulties and Disabilities, Attention, Working Memory, and Executive Functions, Measurement and Methodology
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics
![jack.m.fletcher](../../_images/people/jfletcher150.jpg)
Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D., ABPP
Research Professor
Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities, Pediatric Brain Injury
![Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/gallagher-150px.jpg)
Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Professor
Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics
Resilience to and Treatment of Adult Anxiety Disorders and PTSD, Mechanisms of Change of CBT, Positive Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
![Elena L. Grigorenko, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/grigorenko-150px.png)
Elena L. Grigorenko, Ph.D.
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience
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Luis D. Medina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cultural Neuropsychology, Cognitive Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, Health Disparities
![Carla Sharp](../../_images/people/csharp150.jpg)
Carla Sharp, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab
![Amanda C. Venta, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/amanda-venta.jpg)
Amanda C. Venta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of the Youth and Family Studies Lab
![John P. Vincent, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/johnvincent150.jpg)
John P. Vincent, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Forensic Psychology Services and Co-Director of the Center for Couples Therapy
Forensic Psychology, Psychotherapy, Marriage-Family
![Rheeda L. Walker, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/rheeda-walker-150.jpg)
Rheeda L. Walker, Ph.D.
Professor
Culture, Risk, and Resilience Lab, Director
![Dr. Michael W. Williams](../../_images/people/m_williams.jpg)
Michael W. Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Measurement and Intervention for Neuropsychological Disorders (MIND) Laboratory, Director
![Steven P. Woods, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/spwoods-23.jpg)
Steven Paul Woods, Psy.D.
Professor
Director of Cognitive Neuropsychology of Daily Life Laboratory
Director of Clinical Training
Clinical and Cognitive Neuropsychology
![Michael Zvolensky, Ph.D.](../../_images/people/Zvolensky-Michael150.jpg)
Michael J. Zvolensky, Ph.D.
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor
Director of the Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory / Substance Use Treatment Clinic
Anxiety Disorders, Substance Use, and Health Behaviors