Valerie La Buissonniere Ariza, Ph.D.
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Valerie La Buissonniere Ariza, Ph.D.
Research Scholar
Positions
- Research Scholar
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Psychiatry and Behav Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Education
- BSc from University of Montreal
- 06/2009 - Montreal, Quebec Canada
- Psychology
- PhD from University of Montreal
- 09/2016 - Montreal, Quebec Canada
- Psychology / clinical neuropsychology
Certifications
- Psychologist
- #12845-16
- Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
- Neuropsychologist
- #12845-16
- Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
Professional Interests
- Child psychology
- Neuropsychology
- parent-child relationships
- anxiety-related disorders
- neuroimaging
- child psychiatry
Professional Statement
My objective as a clinician and scientist is to promote sound mental health in children and their families by investigating the psychosocial, cognitive, and neural correlates of psychological functioning and treatment response.Selected Publications
- La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Séguin, J. R., Nassim, M., Boivin, M., Pine, D. S., Lepore, F., Tremblay, RE., Maheu, F. "Chronic Harsh Parenting and Anxiety Associations with Fear Circuitry Function in Healthy Adolescents: A Preliminary Study." Biol Psych. 2019 145 : 198-2010. Pubmed PMID: 30935991
- La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Schneider, S.C., Storch, E.A "Cognitive remediation of executive functioning in youth with neuropsychiatric conditions: current knowledge on feasibility, effectiveness, and personalization." Expert Rev Precis Med Drug Dev. 2017 2 (2): 133-144.
- La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Schneider, S.C., Højgaard, D., Kay, B.C. Riemann, B.C., Eken,S.C., Lake, P., Nadeau, J.M., Storch, E.A "Family Accommodation of Anxiety Symptoms in Youth Undergoing Intensive Multimodal Treatment for Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Nature, Clinical Correlates, and Treatment Response." Compr. Psychiatry. 2018 80 : 1-13. Pubmed PMID: 28892781
- Schneider, S.C., La Buissonniere-Ariza, V., Cepeda, S.L., Coy, L., and Storch, E.A "Improving Knowledge About Chronic Tic Disorders Among Child Welfare Professionals. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders." 2018 49 (3): 6-7.
- Selles, R., La Buissonnière Ariza, V., McBride, N., Damman, J., Whiteside, S., Storch E.A. "Initial psychometrics and correlates of the Repetitive Body Focused Behavior Scale: Examination in a sample of youth with anxiety and/or obsessive compulsive disorder.." Compr. Psychiatry. 2018 81 : Pubmed PMID: 29195104
- Schneider, S.C., La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Højgaard, D., Kay, B.C. Riemann, B.C., Eken,S.C., Lake, P., Nadeau, J.M., Storch, E.A. "Multimodal Residential Treatment for Adolescent Anxiety: Outcome and Associations with Pre-Treatment Variables." JOCRD. 2017 49 (3): Pubmed PMID: 28988322
- Højgaard, D.,Schneider, S.C., La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Kay, B.C. Riemann, B.C., Eken,S.C., Lake, P., Nadeau, J.M., Storch, E.A. "Predictors of Treatment Outcome for Youth Receiving Intensive Residential Treatment for Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD)." Cogn. Behav. Ther.. 2019 : Pubmed PMID: 31203735
- La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Wood, J., Kendall, P.C., McBride, N.M., Cepeda, S.L., Small, B.J., Lewin, A.B., Kerns, C., and Storch, E.A. "Presentation and Correlates of Hoarding Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Comorbid Anxiety or Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms." JADD. 2018 48 (12): 4167-4178. Pubmed PMID: 29974314
- La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Hart, D., Schneider, S.C., McBride, N.M., Cepeda, S.L., Haney, B., Tauriello, S., Glenn, S., Ung, D., Huszar, P., Tetreault, L., Petti, E., Winesett, P., and Storch, E.A. "Quality and correlates of peer relationships in youths with chronic pain." Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 2018 49 (5): 1-10. Pubmed PMID: 29637480
- Chauret, M.*, La Buissonnière Ariza, V.*, Lamoureux-Tremblay, V., Suffren, S., Servonnet, A., Pine, D.S., Maheu, F.S. "The conditioning and extinction of fear faces in adolescents: What’s sex got to do with it?, Biological Psychology." Biol Psych. 2014 100 : 94-105. Pubmed PMID: 24929048
- Davis, M.L., Fletcher, T., McIngvale, E., Cepeda, S.L., Schneider, S.C., La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Egberts, J., Goodman, W., and Storch E.A. "Clinicians’ perspectives of interfering behaviors in the treatment of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders in adults and children." Cogn Behav Ther. 2019 : Pubmed PMID: 30862251
- La Buissonnière Ariza, V. and Storch, E.A. "Introduction: Unique manifestations of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder." Compr. Psychiatry. 86 : Pubmed PMID: 30041078
- Cepeda, S.L., McKay, D., Schneider, S.C., La Buissonniere-Ariza, V., Egberts, J.T., McIngvale, E., Goodman, W.K., and Eric A. Storch "Politically-focused intrusive thoughts and associated ritualistic behaviors in a community sample." J Anxiety Disord.. 2018 56 : 35-42. Pubmed PMID: 29631796
- Zhang, C.C, Gong, H., Zhang, Y., Jin, H., Yang Y., Li, B., Li, Y., Luo, X., Liu, W., Fang, F., Li, B., Sun, B., Fletcher,T., La Buissonnière Ariza, V., Goodman, W.K., and. Storch, E.A. "Development and psychometric evaluation of the Mandarin Chinese version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale – Second Edition." Braz J Psychiatry.. 2019 : Pubmed PMID: 30785537
Memberships
- Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
- member (07/2016)
- Association Québécoise des Neuropsychologues du Québec
- member (02/2016)
Funding
- CIHR postdoctoral research fellowship
- $105,000.00 (11/01/2016 - 10/31/2020) Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Canada Frederick Banting and Charles Best Award
- $17,500.00 (09/01/2012 - 08/31/2015) Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Masters research award
- Research Grant
- $3,000.00 (07/01/2018 Grant funding from Strake Foundation
- Mobility scholarship for abroad internship
- $4,000.00 (09/01/2014 - 03/01/2015) MESRT
- Travel award
- $500.00 (04/23/2014 - 04/24/2014) Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion
- Institute Community Support Travel Award
- $1,000.00 (02/06/2013 - 02/09/2013) Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Master's training award
- $30,000.00 (09/01/2010 - 08/31/2012) Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec
- First Cycle research award
- $5,600.00 (05/01/2009 - 08/31/2009) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Languages
French, Spanish
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