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Ph.D. and Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Hembree’s clinical work and research has been primarily focused in the area of anxiety disorders and on the psychological impact of trauma, the treatment of individuals with trauma-related disorders, and the dissemination of cognitive behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She was a faculty member for 20 years in the Center for the Treatment & Study of Anxiety (CTSA), where Prolonged Exposure (PE), a gold standard treatment for PTSD, was developed. Dr. Hembree has been involved in numerous clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD over the past 30 years. She has frequently provided workshop trainings in cognitive behavioral treatment of PTSD both in the US and abroad. Her expertise in trauma and PTSD has benefited the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in their efforts to train their mental health workers to provide effective, evidenced based treatments to men and women veterans of war. She has published numerous articles and book chapters in the PTSD area, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Traumatic Stress and the Journal of Anxiety Disorders.