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Jill Ehrenreich-May, Ph.D.

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Biography

Dr. Jill Ehrenreich-May is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami with expertise in the treatment of emotional disorders in youth and the development and evaluation of evidence-based therapy protocols for children and adolescents with anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Dr. Ehrenreich-May directs the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Treatment Program at the University of Miami, which provides UP-C and UP-A related research services to the community. She is currently the Science Committee Chair for Division 53 of APA and a former Child and Adolescent Anxiety SIG Leader for ABCT. She also serves as the Assistant Chair for Academic Affairs for the Department of Psychology.

She is perhaps best known as the developer of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents (UP-C and UP-A). Her currently funded work in this area includes effectiveness trials regarding treatment of youth emotional distress in community settings (including both community mental health clinics and preschools) and the application of the Unified Protocols to new populations and treatment conditions.

Dr. Ehrenreich-May's research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies in the Unified States and internationally. Her current collaborators at UM include Drs. Amanda Jensen.

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