Philip Watson, M. Phil. Curriculum Vitae 65-30 Kissena Boulevard 11367 347-731-6268 phil.watson@yahoo.com Education The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) (Anticipated 2014) New York, NY Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology with Emphasis in Neuropsychology The Graduate Center, CUNY (September 2011) New York, NY Master of Philosophy in Psychology Queens College, CUNY (February 2011) Master of Arts in Psychology Queens College, CUNY (June 2007) Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (summa cum laude) Clinical Experience Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (July 2012 Present) Supervisor: Denise Correa, Ph.D., ABPP-cn Responsibilities: Conduct neuropsychological evaluations with adult outpatients with current or past history of cancer; score neuropsychological tests; write comprehensive neuropsychological reports. Common Ground Alliance (October 2011 Present) Group Leader Supervisor: Deborah Benson, Ph.D., ABPP-rp Responsibilities: Facilitate discussion in a group of adult males recovering from traumatic brain injury. Facilitate discussion in a reading group comprised of adults recovering from traumatic brain injury.
Watson CV Page 2 of 5 New York University Medical Center (July 2011 June 2012) Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Supervisors: Bill Barr, Ph.D., ABPP-cn Chris Morrison, Ph.D., ABPP-cn Bill MacAllister, Ph.D., ABPP-cn Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological evaluations with adult outpatients and inpatients on the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Psychiatry Unit, and Neurology Unit; scored neuropsychological tests; wrote comprehensive neuropsychological reports; participated in Wada procedures. Zucker Hillside Hospital (October 2010 - June 2011) Psychology Extern Supervisor: Stewart Lipner, Ph.D. Responsibilities: Provided individual and group therapeutic interventions to adults with first episode schizophrenia; wrote clinical progress notes; participated in weekly case conferences with treatment team. Transitions of Long Island (July 2010 - June 2011) Psychology Extern Supervisor: Rosanne Pachilakis, Psy.D. Deborah Benson, Ph.D., ABPP-rp Kristen Demertzis, Ph.D. Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological assessments with adult outpatients; scored neuropsychological tests; wrote comprehensive neuropsychological reports. Provided individual and group therapeutic interventions to adults with traumatic brain injury; wrote clinical progress notes; supervised other students in group therapy interventions. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (January 2010 June 2010) Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Supervisor: Sarah Schaffer, Ph.D., ABPP-cn Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological evaluations with adult outpatients and inpatients on the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit; scored neuropsychological tests; wrote comprehensive neuropsychological reports; observed Wada and neurosurgical procedures. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (July 2009 December 2009) Movement Disorders Program Supervisor: Paul Mattis, Ph.D., ABPP-cn Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological evaluations with adult and children outpatients; scored neuropsychological tests; wrote comprehensive neuropsychological reports; observed neuro-surgical procedures.
Watson CV Page 3 of 5 Research Experience Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (September 2010 Present) Graduate Center/Queens College, CUNY Graduate Research Assistant Advisor: Justin Storbeck, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: Examining Cognitive and Emotional Processing Deficits in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Neuropsychological Laboratory of Aging and Dementia (February 2006 August 2010) Graduate Center/Queens College, CUNY Graduate Research Assistant Advisor: Nancy Foldi, Ph.D. Master s Thesis: Visual Search for Meaningful Line Drawings: The Effects of Top- Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms and Efficiency of Search Publications Journal Articles Storbeck, J. and Watson, P. (2012). Verbal Makes it Positive, Spatial Makes it Negative: Working Memory Mind-Sets Influence Affective Processing. (Submitted for Publication) Watson, P.; Storbeck, J.; Mattis, P.; and Mackay, M. (2012) Cognitive and Emotional Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Evidence for Amygdala Dysfunction. Neuropsychology Review 22(3), 252-270. Poster Presentations Paul, D.; Watson, P.; and Storbeck, J. (2012) Differential Processing of Emotional Expressions and Images in a Visual Search Task. 42 nd annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Watson, P.; Allen, P.J.; Eidelberg, D.; Feigin, A., Mattis, P. (2012) Early Deficits in Executive Functioning Identify Presympomatic Huntington s Disease. 40 th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Watson, P.; Lacoste, A.; Foldi, N.S. (2011). Visual Search for Meaningful Line Drawings: The Effects of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms and Efficiency of Search. 39 th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society.
Watson CV Page 4 of 5 Lacoste, A.; Huynh, N.; Watson, P.; Foldi, N.S. (2011) Investigating Top Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms. Queens College Regional Sigma XI Conference Annual Meeting. Lacoste, A., Watson, P., Foldi, N.S. (2010). Assessing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Lacoste, A.; Watson, P.; Foldi, N.S. (2010). Assessing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms. Queens College Regional Sigma XI Conference Annual Meeting. Lacoste, A.; Watson, P.; Foldi, N.S. (2009). Assessing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms in Alzheimer s disease. Queens College Undergraduate Research Day Conference Annual Meeting. Watson, P.; Foldi, N. S. (2006). Top-Down Guidance in Selective Attention in Alzheimer's Disease. Queens College Undergraduate Research Day Conference Annual Meeting. Oral Presentations Watson, P. (2009). Assessing Top-Down Attention Mechanisms in Alzheimer s Disease. Queens College Neuropsychology Research Day Teaching Experience Introduction to Statistics (September 2008 Present) Queens College, CUNY Introduction to Statistics Laboratory (January 2008 Present) Queens College (CUNY)
Watson CV Page 5 of 5 Academic Experience Mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2011 May 2012) Supervised the development of a research project; provided instruction on computer programming, data analysis using SPSS, and scientific writing; provided instruction on the administration and scoring of neuropsychological tests. Admission Committee Student Representative (2012) City University of New York Clinical Psychology: Neuropsychology Subprogram Supervisor of Undergraduate Research Assistant (January 2009 August 2010) Provided instruction on literature review, computer programming, data analysis using SPSS, scientific writing, and preparation of poster presentation. Awards, Grants, and Honors University Teaching Fellowship (September 2008 Present) City University of New York Doctoral Student Research Grant (January 2012 - December 2012) The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY Daniel Caputo Award (May 2007) Given to a Queens College undergraduate committed to pursuing doctoral education in clinical psychology Howard Hughes Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (June 2006 - August 2006) Queens College Membership in Academic Societies American Psychological Association New York Neuropsychological Group International Neuropsychological Society Society for Neuroscience