OUR ADVISORY BOARD & RESEARCH

DR. David Barlow

Ph.D.

Dr. David Barlow is Founder and Director Emeritus, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at Boston University. His clinical research focuses on understanding the nature of anxiety and depression and developing new treatments for emotional disorders.

DR. Bill Polonsky

Ph.D., CDE

Dr. Polonsky is the President of the Behavioural Diabetes Institute and Associate Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from Yale University and has served as Senior Psychologist at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Chairman of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

Dr Derek Richards

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Dr. Richards is the Director of Clinical Research & Innovation at SilverCloud Health and Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. Derek’s area of expertise is in online delivered interventions for mental health, both prevention and treatments. Since 2002 he has been extensively involved in clinical research, development and implementation of technology delivered interventions for mental health problems.

Professor C Barr Taylor

Dr. Taylor is a Research Professor and Director of the Center for m²Health at Palo Alto University. Dr. Taylor is Professor of Psychiatry (Emeritus) at Stanford University, where he worked for over 35 years. His work has focused on developing and evaluated cost-effective, often technology based approaches to prevention and treatment of mental health disorders and medical risk factors.

Professor Ladislav Timulak

Ladislav Timulak, PhD is Director of the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His research focuses on various aspects of the delivery of psychological therapies for a range of mental health difficulties, including randomized controlled trials in both face-to-face and online internet-delivered therapy

Professor Todd Farchione

Ph.D.

Dr. Farchione is a Research Professor at Boston University and directs the Intensive Treatment Program for Panic Disorder and Specific Phobias . His research interests are focused on the psychological factors associated with the development of anxiety and mood disorders. In particular, he is interested in the development of more effective treatments for these disorders and is currently working with Dr. David Barlow investigating a new unified transdiagnostic treatment for anxiety and mood disorders.