Professional Memberships:

• Psychiatric Research Society (2014–2019)
• Psychological Association of Western New York (2014–2019)
• Protect New York (2012–2013)
• Schizophrenia International Research Society (2011–2019)
• International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and other Psychoses (2011–2012)
• International Society for Research on Aggression (2009–2019)
• Society for Neuroscience (2008–2012)
• American Psychology-Law Society (2007–present)
• New York State Psychological Association (2006–2022)
• Association for Psychological Science (2004–2019)
• New York Academy of Sciences (2004–2012)
• Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (2004–2007)
• American Psychological Association (2004–present)

Presentations:

• "Weight management program for patients with First Episode Psychosis" University at Buffalo Annual Clinical and Translational Pilot Studies Research Colloquium (2024)
• "Solution Focused Treatment" Training for Mental Health Counselors in the Buffalo Public School System (2023)
• "Vicarious Trauma" Training for Mental Health Counselors in the Buffalo Public School System (2023)
• "Family Functioning" Training for Mental Health Counselors in the Buffalo Public School System (2023)
• "Assessing treatment needs for incarcerated individuals with serious mental illness" 9th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health (2016)
• "Creation of a Residential Treatment Unit for those with serious mental illness in a jail setting." 9th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health (2016)
• "Impact of subjective well-being and recidivism in mentally ill inmates" 9th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health (2016)
• "Forensic Case Presentation" Department of Psychiatry; University at Buffalo (2016)
• "Efficacy of group therapy on a specialized treatment unit" American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 46th Annual Meeting (2015)
• "Medication effects among jail inmates on a specialized unit." American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 46th Annual Meeting (2015)
• "The role of antisociality among jail inmates with SMI" American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 46th Annual Meeting (2015)
• "The utility of the PAI-POCI in a forensic population" American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 46th Annual Meeting (2015)
• "Mental Health Services in county jails: Erie county case study." Jail Administrators’ Training Conference, New York State Sheriffs’ Association (2015)
• "Changes in Psychological Health and Subjective Well-being among incarcerated individuals with serious mental illness" 123rd American Psychological Association Annual Meeting (2015)
• "The association between cognitive status and the personality assessment inventory (PAI) validity scales: legal implications for forensic populations with serious mental illness" 123rd American Psychological Association Annual Meeting (2015)
• "The utility of the personality assessment inventory’s (PAI) level of care index (LOCI) in a forensic population" 123rd American Psychological Association Annual Meeting (2015)
• "). Impact of subjective well being and recidivism in mentally ill inmates" University at Buffalo Summer Research DAY (2015)
• "). Predictive value of subjective well being on recidivism in mentally ill inmates" University at Buffalo Summer Research DAY (2015)
• "Predictive value of subjective well being on recidivism in mentally ill inmates" , CLIMB PRO/SURF research program (2015)
• "The complex interface between psychiatry and the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems" University at Buffalo (2015)
• "Creation of a Residential Treatment Unit for Those with Serious Mental Illness in a Jail Setting" 168th American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting (2015)
• "Enhanced care of aggressive patients" Academic Symposium at the Department of Psychiatry (2015)
• "Forensic psychology: Training, evaluation and research" Psychology Club at Hilbert College (2015)
• "Forensic psychology: Treatment, evaluation, research and training." Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at Medaille College (2015)
• "Sports and behavioral psychology" Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds and Resident Conference (2015)
• "Enhanced treatment and care of aggressive psychiatric patients" . Grand Rounds at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center (2015)
• "Transforming delivery of mental health services in a large correctional system" 8th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health (2015)
• "Comparison between children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders who present at the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP): A pilot study." Grand Rounds at University at Buffalo (2015)
• "Case conference presentation" University at Buffalo (2014)
• "Mental Health Treatment of Inmates in the Erie County Correctional System" Erie County Bar Association (2014)
• "The SAFE Act in New York: Where are we one year later?" American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2014)
• "Excited Delirium" Crisis Intervention Team training at Town of Tonawanda’s Police Department, (2014)
• "Assessing outcome of enhanced jail treatment" University at Buffalo (2014)
• "Medical student perception of psychiatry/mental illness before & after psychiatric curriculum" ADMSEP Annual Meeting (2014)
• "Comparison between children with and without autism spectrum disorders who present at the comprehensive psychiatric emergency program (CPEP): a pilot study" American Psychiatric Association (2014)
• "Excited Delirium." of Crisis Intervention Team training at Evans’ Police Department (2014)
• "Impairment in Emotional Modulation of Attention and Memory in Schizophrenia" Society of Biological Psychiatry (2014)
• "Cheektowaga Police Crisis Response Team (CIT) Pilot Project" University at Buffalo (2014)
• "Excited Delirium" Crisis Services (2014)
• "Health care research in a virtual world" International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care (2014)
• "Excited Delirium" Crisis Intervention Team training at Town of Tonawanda’s Police Department, (2014)
• "Aggressive Behavior" University at Buffalo (2014)
• "Mental illness and violence today: The impact of media and the New York SAFE Act" University at Buffalo (2013)
• "First Impressions and Implicit Emotion Recognition in Schizophrenia" the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2013)
• "Early trauma predicts aggression differently for healthy and mentally ill men and women" American Psychology-Law Society (2013)
• "Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the reactive and instrumental aggression Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) scales" American Psychology-Law Society (2013)
• "The Effect of Cognitive Impairment on PAI Profile Validity and Response Style" Society for Personality Assessment (2013)
• "Implications of New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (NY SAFE) Act" University at Buffalo (2013)
• "Emotional processing in schizophrenia" University at Buffalo (2012)
• "The role of emotional processing in aggressive people with schizophrenia" University at Buffalo (2012)
• "Risk-taking, aggression, and gender differences in schizophrenia" International Society for Research on Aggression World Conference (2012)
• "Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Suicide (SPI) and Violence Potential Indices (VPI) from the Personality Assessment Inventory" Society for Personality Assessment (2012)
• "Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Aggression in Psychosis" University at Buffalo (2012)
• "Discussant on panel for school violence, risk factors, and prevention" Brooklyn Law School (2012)
• "Aggressive Behavior" University at Buffalo (2012)
• "Aggressive Behavior in Children: Developmental Trajectories, Heterogeneity, Risk Factors, and Clinical Implications" University at Buffalo (2012)
• "Relationships among anger, aggression and PTSD in first responders following hurricane Katrina" International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2011)
• "Genetic and environmental risk factors for aggression in psychosis – an update" University of Aarhus (2011)
• "Five-factor personality traits of recovered bipolar patients and 1st degree relatives" International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (2011)
• "Personality disorders and assessment, and schizophrenia" City University of New York, College of Technology (2011)
• "Personality disorders and assessment, and schizophrenia" City University of New York, College of Technology (2011)
• "Specific neurochemical abnormalities for rostral anterior cingulate in schizophrenia using multivoxel proton MRS" Society of Biological Psychiatry (2011)
• "Affective deficits in schizophrenia revisited: the role of ambivalence and alexithymia" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2011)
• "Duration of Marriage and Risk of Schizophrenia in Offspring" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2011)
• "Factor structure of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale differs by Sex" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2011)
• "Genes or environment? Emotions and aggression in psychosis" Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (2011)
• "Olfaction and Cognition in Healthy Subjects and Schizophrenia: Sex Matters" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2011)
• "Paternal age related schizophrenia (PARS): Latent subgroups detected by k-means cluster analysis" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2011)
• "Schizophrenia after the 1941 Farhud (a pogrom in Iraq); a study of 6,781 Iraqi-born men and women observed as parents in the Jerusalem cohort" European Congress of Psychiatry (2011)
• "Violence in psychiatric settings" NYU College of Nursing (2011)
• "Panel discussant on Alumni panel: Careers in Psychology" The New School (2010)
• "Genes or environment? Emotions and aggression in psychosis" Nordic Psychiatry Conference (Schizophrenia Days) (2010)
• "Genes or environment? Emotions and aggression in psychosis" Nordic Psychiatry Conference (Schizophrenia Days) (2010)
• "The Psychology of aggression and violence" John Jay College for Criminal Justice, Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration (2010)
• "Life course perspectives on aggression" Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (2010)
• "Current perspectives on aggression in schizophrenia" International Society for Research on Aggression World Conference (2010)
• "The heterogeneity of aggression in schizophrenia" International Society for Research on Aggression World Conference (2010)
• "Heterogeneity of Violence: Clinical Implications" United Nations, Medical Services Division (2010)
• "Perceived Relevance and Efficacy of a student-run academic journal among psychology faculty" Annual Hunter College Psychology Convention (2010)
• "Aggression and Terrorism" John Jay College for Criminal Justice, Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration (2010)
• "Aggression in Terrorism" Forensic Psychology/Psychiatry Department, Bellevue Hospital Center Forensic Inpatient Psychiatry Service (2010)
• "Analyze This: Careers in Psychology Panel Discussion" The New School, Eugene Lang College (2010)
• "The psychology of violence in terrorism" at John Jay College for Criminal Justice, Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration (2010)
• "Treatment and management of violent psychiatric patients" Psychology/Psychiatry Department, Bellevue Hospital Center Forensic Inpatient Psychiatry Service (2010)
• "Linking olfaction to social function in schizophrenia" The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2009)
• "Aggression in terrorism" John Jay College for Criminal Justice, Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration (2009)
• "Treatment and management of violent psychiatric patients" at New York University School of Medicine (2009)
• "Psychiatric assessment of aggressive patients: Violence towards clinical staff" European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry (2009)
• "Terrorist and political violence in Europe – old and new" CICA-STR International Conference (2009)
• "Amygdalofrontal Functional Disconnectivity and Reactive Aggression in Schizophrenia" Society of Biological Psychiatry (2009)
• "Graduate training directors and faculty perceive student journal as effective and relevant" Association for Psychological Science (2009)
• "White matter integrity of insight deficits in schizophrenia" Society of Biological Psychiatry (2009)
• "Affect in schizophrenia: Implications for DSM V and research" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2009)
• "Arousal experience in schizophrenia: Subjective and physiological associations" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research. (2009)
• "Following in the footsteps of Kraepelin and Bleuler: Evidence for separate dimensions of affective and volitional deficits in DSM-V schizophrenia" American Psychopathological Association (2009)
• "Searching for anhedonia in schizophrenia" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2009)
• "Research on Terrorism and Political Violence: International, Intercollegiate, and Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Experiences" The New York International Mental Health Group (2009)
• "Deficits in psychophysiological processing of affective information in aggressive individuals with schizophrenia" The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2008)
• "Neurophysiology of aggression in schizophrenia" Society for Neuroscience (2008)
• "Anger, Aggression, and PTSD among Iraq and Afghanistan Combat Veterans" American Psychological Association (2008)
• "Assessing the relevance of a student-operated journal over five years" American Psychological Association (2008)
• "Anticipated and experienced pleasure in schizophrenia." Society of Biological Psychiatry (2008)
• "Personal Identity, Anger, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom" Association for Psychological Science (2008)
• "Neural Correlates of Aggression and Lack of Insight" American Psychology-Law Society (2008)
• "The New School Psychology Bulletin" The New School for Social Research (2007)
• "The Neurophysiology of Aggression in Schizophrenia" Forensic Seminar, Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center (2007)
• "Lack of Insight as a risk factor for hostility and aggression in schizophrenia." Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Psychiatry Research Day (2007)
• "The New School Psychology Bulletin" The New School for Social Research (2007)
• "Integrating editing and peer-reviewing skills into graduate school training: A student-operated journal" Pace University Psychology Conference (2007)
• "Starting an innovative program: Advantages and pitfalls" Association for Psychological Science (2007)
• "The New School Psychology Bulletin: A Student-Operated Journal" Psychology Department, The New School for Social Research (2007)
• "Emotional experiences in schizophrenia: Towards more clarity?" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2007)
• "Hedonic capacities in schizophrenia" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2007)
• "White matter insights into schizophrenia: A preliminary study" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2007)
• "The Association Between Autonomic Arousal and Aggression in Schizophrenia" the Forensic Psychology/Psychiatry Department, Bellevue Hospital Center Forensic Inpatient Psychiatry Service (2007)
• "Early trials predict overall performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in schizophrenia" New York University Department of Psychiatry (2006)
• "Is Aggressive Behavior Related to Level of Unawareness of Mental Illness?" New York University Department of Psychiatry (2006)
• "Development of a new rating scale for negative symptoms" New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) Meeting (2006)
• "The relevance of a student-operated journal on graduate school training" Association for Psychological Science (2006)
• "Schizophrenia Research Conducted at the Clinical Research and Evaluation Facility" Annual Conference on Schizophrenia (2005)
• "Creating a student operated psychology journal" American Psychological Association (2005)
• "Insight and Aggression in Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder" American Psychological Society (Association for Psychological Science) (2005)
• "Integration of science and practice: A student-operated journal" American Psychological Society (Association for Psychological Science) (2005)
• "Development of a new rating scale for negative symptoms" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2005)
• "Insight and aggression in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: Preliminary results of a retrospective study" New School Psychology Graduate Student Poster Session (2004)
• "Validation of a modified Stroop task for fMRI studies in patients with schizophrenia" International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (2003)

Service Activities:

• Member of the MD-PhD selection review committee.; Reviewer (2023)
• Attending meetings with University leadership.; Consulting (2023–present)
• Attending meetings with Medical School leadership.; Consulting (2023–present)
• Faculty Council Committee on Promotions to Academic (Tenurial) Rank (2022–present)
• Internal Treatment Planning for Difficult Patients (2020–present)
• University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry Psychology Internship Training Committee; Committee Member (2019–present)
• Oversee psychologists in our department, as well as programming (e.g. internship program).; Director, Division of Psychology. (2018–present)
• Conducting didactics with Forensic Fellows; Faculty member of the Forensic Fellowship (2017–present)
• Erie County Mental Hygiene Community Services Board; Member (2016–present)
• Board Member of the Erie County Executive Mental Hygiene Community Services Board, which has an advisory role to the Erie County Commissioner and County Executive.; Board Member (2016–present)
• Oversee the contracting and operational issues of Fitness for Duty evaluations for various law enforcement agencies, incl. Sheriff's Office, Amherst, Cheektowaga, Hamburg, Orchard Park, Corfu, and others.; Oversee the contracting and operational issues of Fitness for Duty evaluations. (2015–present)
• Council Member (Alternate Representative for Forensic Division) New York State Psychological Association (2015–2019)
• Editorial Board Member International Journal of Mental Health (2015–2019)
• Faculty Council Appeals Committee Member School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo (2015–2018)
• Faculty Council Bi-Decanal Promotion and Tenure Committee Member School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo (2015–2018)
• Faculty Senate Member University at Buffalo (2015–2017)
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer Annual Scholarly Exchange at Spring Clinical Day, University at Buffalo (2015)
• Overseeing forensic consultation work with other WNY counties; Oversee and conduct forensic work with other counties. (2014–present)
• Faculty Council Member School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo (2014–2016)
• "Duty to Protect" Task Force Member New York State Psychological Association (2013–2018)
• Oversee faculty members and other staff working in the Forensic Division, as well as oversee contracting in juvenile and adult systems.; Director, Forensic Division (2013–present)
• Health Review Committee Member Erie County Correctional System (2013–2021)
• Consolidation Committee Member Erie County Medical Center (2013–2014)
• Violence task Force Member Erie County Medical Center (2013–2014)
• NY SAFE Act Committee Member Department of Psychiatry, University at Buffalo (2013)
• Grant Reviewer Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (2013)
• President Elect Protect New York (2012–2014)
• Research Executive Committee Member Department of Psychiatry, University at Buffalo (2012)
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer American Psychological Association, Division 41 (Psychology and Law) (2012)
• Scholarly Research Project Committee Member Child Psychiatry Division, University at Buffalo (2012–present)
• Psychiatry Residency Admissions Subcommittee Member University at Buffalo (2011–2018)
• Program Committee Member International Society for Research on Aggression Biennial World Meeting (2011)
• Alumni Steering Committee Member New School for Social Research (2010–2011)
• Editor Society for Terrorism Research Newsletter (2008–2010)
• Editor-In-Chief Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (2007–2013)
• Governing Board Member Society for Terrorism Research (2007–2010)
• Board Member Athletic Director Advisory Council, Stony Brook University (2006–2008)
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer Association for Psychological Science (APS), RiSE-UP Research Award (2006–2008)
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer Association for Psychological Science (APS), Student Grant Competition and Student Research Award (2006–2007)
• Editor-in-Chief New School Psychology Bulletin (2003–2007)
• Board Representative Psychology Society, New School for Social Research (2003–2006)
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer International Society for Research on Aggression Biennial World Meeting
• Grant Reviewer American Psychological Foundation
• Grant Reviewer American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Early Career Psychologist Award
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS)
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS)
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer Annual Scholarly Exchange at Spring Clinical Day, University at Buffalo
• Advisory Board Member New School Psychology Bulletin
• Book Reviewer Oxford University Press
• Book Reviewer Wiley-Blackwell
• Conference Committee Member International Society for Research on Aggression Biennial World Meeting Program Committee
• Reviewer Acta Neuropsychiatrica
• Reviewer Aggressive Behavior
• Reviewer American Journal of Psychiatry
• Reviewer BMC Psychiatry
• Reviewer BMC Research Notes
• Reviewer Brain and Cognition
• Reviewer Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses
• Reviewer CNS Spectrum
• Reviewer Current Psychiatry Reviews
• Reviewer European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
• Reviewer European Journal of Psychiatry
• Reviewer General Hospital Psychiatry
• Reviewer International J. of Engineering, Science and Technology
• Reviewer International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
• Reviewer Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
• Reviewer Journal of Interpersonal Violence
• Reviewer Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution
• Reviewer Journal of Personality Assessment
• Reviewer Journal of Psychiatric Research
• Reviewer Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
• Reviewer Journal of the Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
• Reviewer Life Sciences and Medicine Research
• Reviewer Military Psychology
• Reviewer Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
• Reviewer Psychiatry Research
• Reviewer Psychological Medicine
• Reviewer SAGE Open
• Reviewer Schizophrenia Bulletin
• Reviewer Schizophrenia Research
• Reviewer Translational Psychiatry
• Reviewer Violence and Victims