Professional Education Committee

The Professional Education Committee (PrEC) promotes the investigation and implementation of empirically supported treatments and best practices across disciplines and career levels through the development of a cohesive ADAA professional education program for multi-multidisciplinary professionals. 

The PrEC oversees ADAA’s professional education offerings including ADAA professional webinars. Members and nonmembers are encouraged to submit webinar proposals. For more information contact ADAA.

If you are interested in learning more about this committee and how you can be involved, please contact ADAA. Read the ADAA Committee Guidelines.

Professional Education Committee Chair

Beth Salcedo, MD, The Ross Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders    

Professional Education Vice Chairs

Joan Davidson, PhD, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy    

Melissa Hunt, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Board Liaison

Michelle Patriquin, PhD, ABPP, The Menninger clinic

Victoria Risbrough, PhD, University of California, San Diego

Committee Members

• Andrea Biel, PsyD, The Ross Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
• Liza Bonin, PhD, Texas Children's Hospital Baylor College of Medicine
• Joan Davidson, PhD, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy
• Darius Dawson, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center
• Jill Emanuele, PhD, Child Mind Institute
• Jennifer Gamarra, MD, California Lutheran University
• Sarah Garnaat, PhD, MA, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
• Cecilia Hinojosa, PhD, Emory University
• Melissa Hunt, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Barbara Kamholz, PhD, ABPP, EF Education First
• Gopalkumar Rakesh, MD, University of Kentucky
• Lillian Reuman, PhD, Stonehill College
• Lynne Siqueland, PhD, Children's and Adult Center for OCD & Anxiety
• Jami Socha, PhD, University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry
• Leah Susser, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine