Background
Najavits, Lisa M. was born in 1961 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Joseph Samuel and Magdalena Najavits.
researcher clinical psychologist
Najavits, Lisa M. was born in 1961 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Joseph Samuel and Magdalena Najavits.
Bachelor cum laude, Columbia University, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1990.
Public policy intern New York City Board Education, 1983. Research assistant Payne Whitney Clinic, New York City, 1983-1985. Research rater Center for Psychotherapy Research Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1986-1988.
Research assistant McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, since 1990. Project director, assistant psychologist McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, 1992—2005. Assistant professor Harvard University Medical School, Boston, since 1992.
Professor psychiatry Boston University School Medicine, since 2006. Research psychologist VA Boston Healthcare Syss, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, since 2005. Psychological examiner Assessment and Consultant for Schools, Nashville, 1988-1989.
Project consultant Vancerbilt University, Nashville, 1991. Presenter American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, 1990, American Psychological Association, Boston, 1990, Atlanta, 1988, Society for Psychotherapy Research, Pittsburgh, 1993, Wintergreen, Virginia, 1990, Santa Fe, 1994, Toronto, Canada, 1989, Lyons, France, 1991, Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego, 1994, among others.
Vice chair Cape Cod Commission, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Member American Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Society for Psychotherapy Research.