Position

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Vermont

Contact Information

The University of Vermont,
Department of Psychology,
John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-0134,
802-656-3831 (phone),
802-656-8783 (facsimile),
michael.zvolensky@uvm.edu (e-mail)

Education

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University, 2001.

Clinical Internship, Department of Psychiatry, Brown University, 2001.

B.A. in Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996.

Biographical Sketch

Michael J. Zvolensky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory and Clinic at the University of Vermont (UVM). He received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from West Virginia University in 2001 after completing his clinical internship at Brown University. Dr. Zvolensky's research program cuts across basic and applied work in the area of anxiety disorders. Specifically, his work is principally focused on examining vulnerability processes involved with the onset and maintenance of these disorders. In pursuit of this knowledge, he uses two interrelated and convergent research approaches: one is basic research on emotional vulnerability and the second is clinical extensions of that basic research in the form of specialized psychosocial interventions strategies. Over the past five years, Dr. Zvolensky has been especially involved in better understanding the role of tobacco use in terms of the etiology and maintenance of panic disorder, and at the same time, the role panic and related anxiety vulnerability factors may play in smoking cessation. Dr. Zvolensky's work has been continuously funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health since he arrived at UVM. He has published over 150 scientific articles and received a variety of early contribution to the field awards from professional organizations.

Representative Publications

Zvolensky, M. J., Bernstein, A., Cardenas, S. J., Colotla, V. A., Marshall, E. C., & Feldner. M. T. (2007). Anxiety sensitivity and early relapse to smoking: A test among Mexican daily, low-level smokers. Nicotine and Tobacco and Research, 9, 483-491.

Zvolensky, M. J., Schmidt, N. B., Bernstein, A., & Keough, M. E. (2006). Risk factor research and prevention programs for anxiety disorders: A translational research framework. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1219-1239.

Zvolensky, M. J., Bernstein, A., Sachs-Ericcson, N., Schmidt, N. B., Buckner, J., & Bonn-Miller, M. O. (2006). Cannabis use, abuse, and dependence and panic attacks in a representative sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 40, 477-486.

Zvolensky, M. J., & Bernstein, A. (2005). Cigarette smoking and panic psychopathology. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 301-305.

 

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