Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD, is director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. She is a professor and associate vice chair of clinical research at Emory School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program and holds the Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmcology. She specializes in research on the treatment of anxiety disorders, particularly PTSD. Dr. Rothbaum has been studying PTSD treatments since 1986. She served on the DSM-IV PTSD subcommittee and has developed, tested, and disseminated some of the most innovative and effective treatments available for PTSD. She is an inventor of virtual reality exposure therapy and was a pioneer in applying it in the treatment of PTSD in combat veterans. Dr. Rothbaum also has been conducting translational research on MDMA for about a decade. She has authored over 400 scientific papers and chapters, has published 11 books on the treatment of PTSD and edited four on anxiety, and received the Diplomate in Behavioral Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. She is a past president of the International Society of Traumatic

Stress Studies (ISTSS). She is a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychophamacology (ACNP), the National Academy of Inventors, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), and American Psychological Association’s Division 56. Dr. Rothbaum was awarded the Robert S. Laufer Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) in 2010, the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Practice of Trauma Psychology for APA Division 56 in 2010, the 2021 ISTSS Lifetime Achievement Award, and was just made a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is the co-author of two recent books on PTSD for the general public, PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know and Making Meaning of Difficult Experiences.