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Doctoral Student
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Department of Psychology
4505 Maryland Parkway, MS 5030
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Phone: 702-895-2099
Fax: 702-895-0195
Primary email: simmonsr@unlv.nevada.edu

Thesis title: Diversity Issues in Recruitment and Retention of Clients for Parenting Skills Classes

2003-2004       Deans Honor List. Given by University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
2003-2004       National Deans Honor List. Given by University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
2004                Elected member of Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology.
2003                Nontraditional Student Recognition, Certificate of Achievement, presented by University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
2002-2003       National Dean’s Honor List. Given by Community College of Southern Nevada.

Project: "Concurrent Drug Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention in Child Neglecting Mothers”.

Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

PUBLICATIONS

Donohue, B., Simmons, R.E., & Devore, S.A. (in press). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. In M. Hersen, & J.C. Thomas (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of interviewing: Adults and children, volume II. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Ramsey-Rennels, J.L. & Simmons, R.E. Infant experience with faces during the first year.

Simmons, R.E. & Warren, C.S. Multicultural considerations in parent training programs.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Simmons, R.E. & Ramsey, J.L. (2006 June). Infants have more experience with female than male faces. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the 2006 International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.

Ramsey-Rennels, J.L. & Simmons, R.E. (2006 June). Infant categorization of male faces. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the 2006 International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.

Simmons, R.E., Alvarez, K., Karmely, J., Ward, L., Luna, M., & Donohue, B. (2006 April). Initial psychometric support for the ethnic considerations in therapy scale. Poster presented at the 2006 Western Psychological Association Convention, Palm Springs, CA.

Crammer, L., Hill, H., Simmons, R.E., Donohue, B. (2005 April). Development and initial psychometric support of the Athlete Relationship Questionnaire. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association 85th Annual Convention, Portland, Oregon.

Romero, V., Whitlock, D., Simmons, R.E., Hill, H., Karlak, K., Furness, A., Donohue, B. (2005 April). Development of Treatment Manuals for Child Neglect and Drug Abuse. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association 85th Annual Convention, Portland, Oregon.

2005-206 Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, Ad Hoc reviewer, Assistant to the Editor

Guest Lecturer: Child Behavior Disorders, Psychology 438, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV

Guest Lecturer: Infant and Child Development, Psychology 430, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV

Student therapist: Center for Individual, Couple, and Family Counseling: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Outpatient psychology clinic. Duties for this position include conducting therapy for a myriad of client problems including: personality disorders, depression, adjustment issues, specific phobia, anger management, relationship issues, learning disorders and stress management. Additional duties include writing progress notes, consulting with other professionals, receiving supervision, administering and scoring psychodiagnostic tests, conducting comprehensive assessments for learning disorders and writing integrated reports.

Non-profit organization. Duties for this position included facilitating parenting classes aimed at decreasing violence and increasing family harmony; facilitating youth violence prevention group interventions; program development and participant recruitment; serving as liaison with several schools and community organizations; collection of research data; and assisting in the development of a CBT based youth violence prevention manual.

Primary Supervisors: Bradley Donohue, Ph.D. and Sherri Sullivan, Program Director.

Paraprofessional Assistant: School Refusal and Anxiety Disorders Clinic, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV

Outpatient psychology clinic. This position involved interaction with children age 6 to 15 years and included observing assessments and treatment sessions, assisting in administering various assessment measures and self-report inventories including sections of the ADIS, School Refusal Assessment Scale, CDI, WPS, and CASI. Duties also included scoring a variety of assessment instruments, attending therapy sessions in both the clinic and at clients’ homes, making therapeutic social phone calls and writing subsequent weekly reports.

Research duties included extensive experience assisting in the development of a treatment manual, including serving as an Associate Editor, for child neglecting mothers who abuse drugs. Duties also included working with mothers recovering from substance abuse problems and their families in home based family-therapy setting; providing psychoeducation about drug and alcohol abuse, behavior modification techniques, parenting skills, and communication skills. As chair of the Research Committee, developed templates for IRB proposals; revised and updated electronic library; and trained personnel in research duties.

Research Assistant and Lab Coordinator: Baby and Child Rebel Lab, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV

Intensive research experience with infants that dealt with all phases of initiating and conducting research including, but not limited to: literature searches; writing a human subjects protocol application; designing studies; designing and maintaining data management system; conducting data analyses; recruiting and interacting with participants; training and supervising research assistants; and designing and instituting internal protocols.

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

Efficacy and Tolerability of Olanzapine, Quetiapine and Risperidone in the Treatment of First Episode Psychosis: A Randomized Double Blind 52- Week Comparison. Duties included data entry, facilitating subject visits, vital signs, performing ECG’s, processing and shipping medical laboratory samples.

Olanzapine Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Adolescents with Schizophrenia. Duties included data entry, facilitating subject visits, vital signs, performing ECG’s, query resolution, processing and shipping medical laboratory samples, recording and distribution of study medications, performing mini-mental status exams (MMSE)

The Efficacy and Safety of Risperidone in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia. Duties included data entry; vital signs, performing ECG’s; query resolution; processing and shipping medical laboratory samples; recording, distribution of study and tracking medications.

The Efficacy and Safety of Risperidone in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia: A Follow-up Trial. Duties included data entry, facilitating subject visits, vital signs, performing ECG’s, query resolution, processing and shipping medical laboratory samples, recording, distribution of study and tracking medications.

A Multi-center, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder Type I. Duties included data entry, vital signs, performing ECG’s, query resolution, processing and shipping medical laboratory samples, recording, distribution of study and tracking medications, performing mini-mental status exams (MMSE).

American Psychological Association, Student Affiliate
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students, member and 2006-2007 Campus Representative
Nevada State Psychological Association (NSPA)—Student Affiliate
Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, member and past Vice-president for University of Nevada Las Vegas chapter

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