Ph.D., Temple
Brian C. Chu is associate professor in, and assistant department chair of, the Department of Clinical Psychology in the Graduate
School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He is
recent recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Young
Investigator Award to support development of behavioral activation and exposure
programs in middle schools. He has coedited a book, Transdiagnostic
Treatments for Children and Adolescents: Principles and Practice (Guilford,
2013), reviewing the science and treatment of universal processes that cut
across youth pathology. He is coauthoring a practitioner-oriented book
designed to guide clinicians in everyday evidence-based practice: Treatment
Plans and Interventions: Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Disorders
(Translating Evidence-Based Treatments into Personalized Therapies). He is editor of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, the practice-oriented
journal of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and he
serves on the editorial board for several scientific journals, including Behaviour
Research and Therapy, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Dr. Chu's areas of interest
include the assessment and treatment of anxiety and depression disorders in
youth, with a special emphasis on implementation and dissemination of
evidence-based practice, mechanisms of change, and transdiagnostic approaches
to understanding youth disorders. He is a committed teacher and mentor to
undergraduate and graduate trainees learning to appreciate and become competent
in evidence-based psychological practice.
