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Curriculum Vitae
Rinad Sary Beidas, PhD
Date: 01/11/2013
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Education:
2003 BA Colgate University (Psychology)
2007 MA Temple University (Psychology)
2011 PhD Temple University (Psychology)
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
[none]
Military Service:
[none]
Faculty Appointments:
2012-present
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Hospital and/or Administrative Appointments:
[none]
Other Appointments:
[none]
Specialty Certification:
[none]
Licensure:
[none]
Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:
1999-2003 Deans Award, Colgate University
2000 Pi Eta Sigma, Colgate University
2001-2003 Psi Chi, Department of Psychology, Colgate University
2003 High Honors in Psychology, Department of Psychology,
Colgate University

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2003 Summa Cum Laude, Colgate University
2007-2009 Commendation for Excellence, Department of Psychology,
Temple University
2007 Student Poster Award, Association of Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapy (ABCT), Child and Adolescent Anxiety
Special Interest Group (CAA-SIG)
2008 Career Development Travel Award, Anxiety Disorders
Association of America (ADAA)
2008 Shipley Research Prize, Department of Psychology, Temple
University
2008 Travel Award, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
2009 Student Poster Award, APA Division 54, Diversity
2009 Learning American Psychological Association (APA)
Governance Award, Assembly of Scientist/Practitioner
Psychologists
2009 Convention Travel Award, APA
2010 Bolton Research Award, Department of Psychology, Temple
University
2011 Seattle Implementation Research Conference
2011 Child Intervention and Prevention Services (CHIPS) Fellow,
NIMH
2011 National Psychologist Trainee Register Credentialing
Scholarship
2011 NIH Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation
Research in Health
2011 Beck Institute Scholarship
2012 Implementation Research Institute (IRI) Fellow, NIMH
2012 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Senior Fellow
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies and Other Professional Activities:
National:
2005-Present American Psychological Association (Student Affiliate, includes Division 12, 37, 54,
and 54)
2005-Present
2005-Present
2008-Present
2010-Present
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (Student Representative of Child
and Adolescent Anxiety Special Interest Group (2005-2007)
Student Representative of Dissemination & Implementation Science Special Interest
Group (2010-2011)
Editor, Dissemination & Implementation Special Interest Group (2009-2011))
Association for the Advancement of Science
Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology

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2012-Present
National Institutes of Health (Early Career Reviewer Program, Center for Scientific
Review)
Editorial Positions:
2009-Present
2010-Present
2010-Present
2010-Present
2011-Present
2011-Present
2011-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2012-Present
2013-Present
Ad hoc reviewer
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer
Behavior Therapy
Ad hoc reviewer
Administration and Policy in Mental Health
Ad hoc reviewer
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
Ad hoc reviewer
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Ad hoc reviewer
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Ad hoc reviewer
Contemporary Clinical Trials
Ad hoc reviewer Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Ad hoc reviewer, Advances in School Mental Health
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent
Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
Ad hoc reviewer, Psychiatric Services
Ad hoc reviewer, American Psychologist
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer
Journal of Community Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research
Ad hoc reviewer, Biological Psychiatry
Academic and Institutional Committees:
2007 Member
Clinical Psychology Faculty Search Committee, Department of
Psychology, Temple University
Major Academic and Clinical Teaching Responsibilities:
2006-2007 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology,
Temple University
2007-2010 Supervisor, undergraduate and graduate research assistants in
clinical research-related tasks, the Child and Adolescent Anxiety
Disorders Clinic (CAADC), Department of Psychology, Temple
University
2007-2008 Undergraduate Instructor, Department of Psychology, Temple
University

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2009-2010 Supervisor, graduate training in clinical diagnostic instruments,
CAADC, Department of Psychology, Temple University
2009-2010 Research Mentor, undergraduate honors psychology student,
Department of
Psychology, Temple University
2012 Judged student posters at the ABCT African American Special
Interest Group
2012-Present Judged posters for the ABCT Dissemination and Implementation
Science Special Interest Group
Lectures by Invitation (Last 5 years):
Feb, 2008 "Identifying red flags for anxiety in children and adolescents: What
school staff need to know," Rider University, Lawrenceville, New
Jersey
Sep, 2008 "Anxiety in the classroom: Looking into the overlooked," Burlington
Country Township Schools, Maple Shade, New Jersey
Nov, 2008 "Anxiety in the classroom: Looking into the overlooked,"Gloucester
Country Township Schools, Sewell, New Jersey
May, 2009 "Identifying and treating anxious school refusal from a cognitive
behavioral perspective," Medical Education Services - Professional
Development Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr, 2010 "Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxious youth," Child and
Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Philadelphia
Nov, 2010 "Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxious youth," Arcadia
University, Glenside, Pennsylvania
Dec, 2010 "Coping cat program," Kinark Child and Family Services, Whitby,
Ontario
Mar, 2011 "Implementing exposure in cognitive-behavioral treatment,"
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Oct, 2011 Moving beyond training and hoping: Supporting community
clinicians," Department of Behavioral Health, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Dec, 2011 "Cognitive-behavioral therapy for youth anxiety," University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
Jan, 2012 "Moving beyond 'training and hoping': Supporting community
clinicians in implementing evidence-based practices," University of
Pennsylvania Clinical Psychology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul, 2012 "Moving beyond 'training and hoping': Supporting community
clinicians in implementing evidence-based practices," New York
University Child Study Center, New York, New York.
Oct, 2012 "Implementation science: Turning research into reality." Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia.
Nov, 2012 "Mixed methods in implementation science", ABCT Dissemination
and Implementation Science Group, National Harbor, Maryland
Organizing Roles in Scientific Meetings:

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Oct, 2011
Aug, 2012
Nov, 2012
Invited member of expert strategic planning group and advisory
board, Seattle Implementation Research Conference, National
Institutes of Mental Health
Seattle, Washington
Planning Committee Member, American Psychological Association
Tampa, Florida
Planning Committee Member, Association for Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies
National Harbor, Maryland
Bibliography:
Research Publications, peer reviewed (print or other media):
1. Kendall, Philip C., Beidas, Rinad S.: Smoothing the trail for dissemination of
evidence-based practices for youth: Flexibility within fidelity. Professional
Psychology: Research and Practice 38(1): 13-20, 2007.
2. Comer, J. S., Furr, J. M., Beidas, R. S., Babyar, H. M., Kendall, P. C.: Media use
and children''s perceptions of societal threat and personal vulnerability. J Clin
Child Adolesc Psychol 37(3): 622-30, 2008.
3. Comer, J. S., Furr, J. M., Beidas, R. S., Weiner, C. L., Kendall, P. C.: Children
and terrorism-related news: training parents in Coping and Media Literacy. J
Consult Clin Psychol 76(4): 568-78, 2008.
4. Crawley, Sarah A., Beidas, Rinad S., Benjamin, Courtney L., Martin, Erin,
Kendall, Philip C.: Treating Socially Phobic Youth with CBT: Differential
Outcomes and Treatment Considerations. Behav Cogn Psychother 36(04), 2008.
5. Beidas, R.S., Barmish, A.J., Kendall, P. C.: Training as usual: Can therapist
behavior change after reading a manual and attending a brief workshop on
cognitive behavioral therapy for youth anxiety? The Behavior Therapist 32:
97-101, 2009.
6. Comer, J. S., Roy, A. K., Furr, J. M., Gotimer, K., Beidas, R. S., Dugas, M. J.,
Kendall, P. C.: The intolerance of uncertainty scale for children: a psychometric
evaluation. Psychol Assess 21(3): 402-11, 2009.
7. Beidas, R.S., Crawley, S. A., Mmychailyszyn, M., Comer, J. S., Kendall, P.:
Cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxious youth with comorbid school refusal in
a university based clinic: Clinical presentation and treatment response.
Psychological Topics 19(2): 255-271, 2010.
8. Benjamin, C. L., O'Neil, K. A., Crawley, S. A., Beidas, R. S., Coles, M.,
Kendall, P. C.: Patterns and predictors of subjective units of distress in anxious
youth. Behav Cogn Psychother 38(4): 497-504, 2010.

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9. Radcliffe, J., Beidas, R., Hawkins, L., Doty, N.: Trauma and Sexual Risk Among
Sexual Minority African American HIV-Positive Young Adults. Traumatology
17(2): 24-33, 2010.
10. Radcliffe, J., Doty, N., Hawkins, L. A., Gaskins, C. S., Beidas, R., Rudy, B. J.:
Stigma and sexual health risk in HIV-positive African American young men who
have sex with men. AIDS Patient Care STDS 24(8): 493-9, 2010.
11. Benjamin, Courtney L., Beidas, Rinad S., Comer, Jonathan S., Puliafico, Anthony
C., Kendall, Philip C.: Generalized Anxiety Disorder in youth: diagnostic
considerations. Depress Anxiety 28(2): 173-182, 2011.
12. Mychailyszyn, M. P., Bedas, R. S., Benjamin, C. L., Edmunds, J. M., Podell, J.
L., Cohen, J. S., Kendall, P. C.: Assessing and Treating Child Anxiety in
Schools. Psychology in the Schools 48(3): 223-232, 2011.
13. Beidas, R.S.Mychailyszyn, M.Edmunds, J.Khanna, M.Downey, M.Kendall, P. :
Training school mental health providers to deliver cognitive-behavioral therapy.
School Mental Health 4: 197-206, 2012.
14. Beidas, R.S., Birkett, M., Newcomb, M., Mustanski, B.: Do psychiatric disorders
moderate the relationship between psychological distress and sexual risk taking
behaviors in young men who have sex with men? A longitudinal perspective.
AIDS Patient Care STDS 26: 366-374. 2012.
15. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J.E., Marcus, S.C., Kendall, P. C.: Training and
consultation to promote implementation of an empirically supported treatment: A
randomized trial. Psychiatric Services 63: 660-665, 2012.
16. Beidas, R.S., Suarez, L., Simpson, D., Read, K., Wei, C., Connolly, S.,
Kendall, P.: Contextual factors and anxiety in minority and European American
youth presenting for treatment across two urban university clinics. J Anxiety
Disord 26: 544-554, 2012.
17. Beidas, R.S., Mychailsyzn, M., Podell, J., Kendall, P.C. : Brief Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) for anxious youth: the inner workings. Cognitive
and Behavioral Practice in press.
18. Crawley, S., Kendall, P.C., Benjamin, C., Brodman, D., Wei, C., Beidas, R., Podell,
J., & Mauro, C. : Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) for Anxious
Youth: Feasibility and Initial Outcomes. Cognitive and Behavior Practice in
press.
19. Settappani, C., O'Neil, K., Podell, J., Beidas, R.S., & Kendall, P.C. : Youth Anxiety
and Parent Factors Over Time: Directionality of Change Among Youth Treated
for Anxiety. Journal of Child Clinical and Adolescent Psychology. in press.

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Research Publications, peer-reviewed reviews:
1. Beidas, R. S., Benjamin, C. L., Puleo, C. M., Edmunds, J. M., Kendall, P. C.:
Flexible Applications of the Coping Cat Program for Anxious Youth. Cogn Behav
Pract 17(2): 142-153, 2010.
2. Beidas, R.S., Kendall, P. C.: Training Therapists in Evidence-Based Practice: A
Critical Review of Studies From a Systems-Contextual Perspective. Clin Psychol
(New York) 17(1): 1-30, 2010.
3. Beidas, R. S., Koerner, K., Weingardt, K. R., Kendall, P. C.: Training research:
practical recommendations for maximum impact. Adm Policy Ment Health 38(4):
223-37, 2011.
4. Edmunds, J., Beidas, R., & Kendall, P. : Dissemination and implementation of
evidence-based practices: The role of supervision in clinician training. Clinical
Psychology: Science and Practice in press
Contributions to peer-reviewed clinical research publications, participation cited but not by
authorship:
1. Walkup, J. T., Albano, A. M., Piacentini, J., Birmaher, B., Compton, S. N.,
Sherrill, J. T., Ginsburg, G. S., Rynn, M. A., McCracken, J., Waslick, B.,
Iyengar, S., March, J. S., Kendall, P. C.: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,
Sertraline, or a Combination in Childhood Anxiety. New England Journal of
Medicine 359(26): 2753-2766, 2008.
Research Publications, non-peer reviewed:
1. Beidas, R.S.: Individual differences in the formation of false memories: Is
suggestibility a predictive factor? Colgate University Journal of Sciences 35:
77-91, 2003.
Abstracts (Last 3 years):
1. Beidas, R.S. , Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.C.: Participation engagement in the
dissemination and implementation research. Engaging Service Providers in
Dissemination and Implementation: Effective Strategies across Disciplines and
Settings. 2010.
2. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.C.: A comparison of training methods for
dissemination. Therapist and Client Outcomes of Community-Based Training
Programs in Evidence-Based Treatments. 2010.
3. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.C.: Characteristics of therapists seeking
training in an empirically supported treatment: Therapist and organizational
factors. 2010.

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4. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.C.: Commonly Used CBT Techniques in
COmmunity Clinicians. Understanding Behavioral Health Services as Usual for
Children and Adolescents: Diverse Practitioner and Treatment Characteristics.
2010.
5. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.C.: A comparison of training methods for
dissemination. From University to Community Settings: Training COmmunity
Mental Health Practitioners in Evidence-Based Practice. 2010.
6. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.C.: Training Practitioners in
cognitive-behavioral therapy for child anxiety: Organizational and therapist
characteristics prior to training. Training Community Clinicians in Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders. 2010.
7. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J., Weiss, D., Kendall, P.C.: Therapist and organizational
variables that predict therapist participation in consultation following training.
2010.
8. Benjamin, C.L., Beidas, R.S., Comer, J., Puliafico, A., Kendall, P.C.:
Generalized anxiety disorder in youth: Diagnostic considerations. 2010.
9. Edmunds, J., Beidas, R.S., Austin, S., Chary, M., Peer, K., Brehm, K.,
Slavachevskaya, A., Kendall, P.C.: Training for an empirically-supported
treatment: A comparison of therapist satisfaction across training methods. 2010.
10. Edmunds, J.M., Beidas, R.S., Chary, M., Peer, K., Wei, C., Kendall, P.C.:
Clinicians'' percieved self-efficacy following training in an empirically
supposeted treatment. 2010.
11. Kendall, P.C., Khanna, M., Beidas, R.S.: Effectiveness and dissemination of
computer-assisted CBT for child anxiet disorders. Dissemination and
Implementation of Computerized Cognitives-Behavioral Therapy. 2010.
12. Beidas, R. S., Mehta, T., Atkins, M., Solomon, B., Merz, J.: Dissemination and
implementation research models. 2011.
13. Beidas, R.S.: Consultation as a critical ingredient for implementation. Consultation to
Improve Implementation: How is being Used, and What is Working? 2011.
14. Beidas, R.S.: Training in dissemination and implementation science. Training a New
Generation of Dissemination and Implementatino Scientists. 2011.
15. Beidas, R.S.: Getting down to logistics: Practical advice for funding and training
opportunities. 2011.

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16. Beidas, R.S., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.C.: Dissemination and implementation in
mental health services research: Training and consultation for community
clinicians. 2011.
17. Beidas, R.S., Suarez, L., Simpson, D., Connolly, S., Kendall, P.: Characteristics
of anxious youth presenting for treatment: Similarites and differences between a
university research clinic, randomized clinical trial, and outpatient medical center.
Examining Differences Between Research and Clinical Samples: Should we be
Concerned about the Generalizabilty of Evidence-Based Treatments? 2011.
18. Brodman, D., Peterman, J., Crawley, S., Benjamin, C., Beidas, R.S., Podell, J.,
Mauro, C., Kendall, P.C.: Brief CBT for anxious youth: Initial outcomes. 2011.
19. Brodman, D., Peterman, J., Podell, J., Beidas, R.S., Crawley, S., Benjamin, C.,
Mauro, C., Kendall, P.C.: Brief CBT for anxious youth: Feasibility and
satisfaction. 2011.
20. Cummings, C., Edmunds, J., Beidas, R., Kendall, P.: Disseminating
cognitive-behavioral therapy for child anxiety to schools. 2011.
21. Edmunds, J., Beidas, R.S., Ringle, V., Kendall, P.C.: Quantitative and qualitative
data on consultation in an RCT of CBT for child anxiety. Consultation: A Critical
Component of Dissemination and Implementation of Empirically Supported
Treatments. 2011.
22. Heinz, A, Beidas, R.S., Martinez, W., Suarez, L., Simpson, D., Braun, A.,
Woods, B. : Therapist attitudes about integrated care for traumatic stress and
substance abuse: Instrument development and implications for practice.
Measurement in Dissemination and Implementation Science. 2011.
23. Ringle, V., Edmunds, J., Beidas, R.S., Kendall, P.C.: The role of clinician
involvement in consultation following training in an empirically supported
treatment. 2011.
24. Settappani, C., O'Neil, K., Podell, J, Beidas, R.S., Kendall, P.C.: Dynamics of
change in youth anxiety and parent factors for youth with anxiety disorders.
Modeling and the Shape and Sequence of Changes in the Treatment of Youth
Anxiety: Moving Beyond Traditional Two-Wave Evaluations. 2011.
25. Beidas, R., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.: Behavioral rehearsal as a methodology to
train and assess clinicians in cognitive-behavioral therapy for child anxiety. 2012.
26. Beidas, R., Mychailyszyn, M., Edmunds, J., Khanna, M., Downey, M.,
Kendall, P.C.: Training school mental health providers to deliver
cognitive-behavioral therapy for child and adolescent anxiety. 2012.

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27. Brodman, D., Edmunds, J., Beidas, R.S., Read, K., Ringle, V., Kendall, P.:
Consultation During Dissemination of CBT for Child Anxiety: The Relation
Between the Use of Case Discussion and Therapist Training Outcomes. 2012.
28. Downey, M., Beidas, R., Edmunds, J., Kendall, P.: The interaction between
individual-level and organizational-level barriers on dissemination in
cognitive-behavioral therapy for child anxiety. 2012.
29. Read, K., Edmunds, J., Beidas, R.S., Brodman, D., Ringle, V., Kendall, P.C.:
The Influence of Exposure-Specific Content During Consultation Calls on
Community Clinicians' Skill in Preparing Anxious Youth for Exposure Tasks.
2012.
30. Ringle, V., Edmunds, J., Beidas, R.S., Read, K., Brodman, D., Kendall, P.C.:
Training in an Empirically-Supported Treatment: The Relation between Clinician
Role-play Participation during Consultation and Clinician Outcomes. 2012.
31. Downey, M. & Beidas, R.S. : Doulas to fill the gap: a proposed model of doula
delivery of cognitive-behavioral therapy for maternal anxiety and depression.
Accepted to the Seattle Implementation Research Conference, Seattle,
Washington. 2013.
32. Downey, M.; Gallagher, M.; Watkins, J.; Pathak, P.; Edmunds, J.; Kendall, P.; &
Beidas, R.S. : A mixed-methods approach to the intersection of attitudes and
organizational factors by provider type in dissemination and implementation of
evidence-based practice for child anxiety. Accepted to the Seattle Implementation
Research Conference, Seattle, Washington 2013.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters, including participation in committee reports (print or other
media):
1. Barmish, A. J., Beidas, R.S., Kendall, P.: Identifying and treating childhood anxiety.
Child and Family Journal 10: 19-29, 2007.
2. Beidas, R.S., Podell, J.L., Kendall, P.C.: Cognitive-behavioral treatment for child and
adolescent anxiety: The Coping Cat Program (Chapter 11). Handbook of
Evidence Based Treatment Manuals for Children and Adolescents (2nd ed.).
Lecroy, C. (eds.). Oxford University Press, Page: 405-431, 2007.
3. Crawley, S., Podell, J.L., Beidas, R.S.¸ Braswell, L., Kendall, P.C.:
Cognitive-behavioral therapy with youth (Chapter 12). Handbook of Cognitive
Behavioral Therapies (3rd edition). Dobson, K. (eds.). Page: 375-411, 2009.
4. Brown, R., Daly, B., Beidas, R.S.: Rheumatology (Chapter 24) Textbook on Pediatric
Psychosomatic Medicine. DeMaso, D., and Shaw, R. (eds.). Page: 353-367,
2010.

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5. Kendall, P.C., Beidas, R.S., Mauro, C.: Brief Coping Cat: The 8 session Coping Cat
Workbook. Workbook Publishing 2010.
6. Beidas, R.S., Mehta, T, Atkins, M., Solomon, B., Merz, J.: Dissemination and
implementation science in mental health services: Research methods. Research
Methods in Clinical Psychology. Oxford University Press, 2012.
7. Puleo, C., Settappani, C., Crawley, S., Beidas, R.S., Kendall, P.C.: Anxiety disorders
in Adolescence. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Prinstein, M. (eds.). Elsevier,
2012.
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Alternative Media:
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Patents:
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