JEFFREY R. STRAWN, MD

PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR

Dr. Strawn is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Cincinnati. He directs the University of Cincinnati Anxiety Disorders Research Program and is the Associate Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience.

Dr. Strawn earned his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati and then completed general psychiatry residency training at the UC and a clinical fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

His research focuses on anxiety disorders and risk factors for these conditions as well as on the treatment of these disorders. With his collaborators, Dr. Strawn uses brain imaging, pharmacogenetics and pharmacologic approaches to identify early predictors of treatment response and tolerability in anxiety disorders. His work broadly aims to identify the best treatments for individual patients based on patient-specific characteristics and to characterize the patterns of improvement. This body of work has provided a platform for refining treatment targets and identifying biomarkers of treatment response biomarkers in anxiety and related disorders.

In his clinical practice, he works with patients with anxiety and related disorders and with their families and supervises residents and fellows. Dr. Strawn has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and co-authored two textbooks on the treatment of children and adolescents and on contemporary psychotherapy. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and twin daughters, being outdoors and cooking.

SARAH SKOCH, PHD

CO-INVESTIGATOR | CBT

Sarah Skoch, PhD is a child and adolescent psychologist with extensive expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy and in pediatric anxiety disorders. She has closely worked with community-based pediatricians in the past and will work closely with the community-based psychotherapists who provide clinical care for the patients at the Cincinnati hub. She has a strong and long-standing interest in evidence-based psychotherapies and in developing and optimizing CBT approaches.

CHRISTINE BURROWS, MD

CO-INVESTIGATOR | PEDIATRICS

Christine Burrows, MD is board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics and is the primary pediatrician at the UC Medical Center practice. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Duke University and her MD from the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. She completed a combined training program in medicine and pediatrics and the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is the Medical Director for the Med-Peds Combined Faculty Resident Practice at UC. Dr. Burrows is also passionate about performance improvement and closing the gap on health care disparities. Dr. Burrows leads a collaborative with Cincinnati Children’s and the Cincinnati Health Department to improve care to vulnerable populations. As a clinician-educator she is involved in developing innovative care delivery models to provide patient care and to educate residents in the evolving future of Primary Care.

HEIDI K. SCHROEDER, BS

CLINICAL RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL

Heidi Schroeder received her bachelor's degree in neuroscience from the University of Cincinnati. She has worked with children and adolescents with anxiety disorders in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience since 2013. As a senior clinical research professional, she has helped to develop and implement multiple clinical research studies for patients with depression and anxiety disorders, including those which have used brain imaging and other techniques to predict which treatments will work best for which patients. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two toddlers.