Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor of Urology
Director, Division of Psychology
Trudy and Lester Reed Endowed Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Fuller provides psychological assessment for a number of referral questions including ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning, and intellectual disability. She sees children and adolescents for therapy, including cognitive/behavioral therapy for a variety of issues. She specializes in Collaborative and Proactive Solutions, which is an individualized, skill-building intervention for children with concerning behaviors. Since 2020, Dr. Fuller has been part of a group of therapy providers offering Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) groups for the parents of very anxious children. Dr. Fuller also sees children with voiding dysfunction through the Voiding Improvement Partnership Clinic, together with medical providers from Pediatric Urology, and is a core member of the team treating individuals with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD). She works more in-depth with some children and families with psycho-urologic issues. Her work with Pediatric Urology includes research on DSD treatment and psychological characteristics of children with voiding dysfunction and effective treatment options. Dr. Fuller’s services activities include the Iowa Psychological Association, the Iowa Board of Psychology (the licensing board), the credentialing committee for psychologists and other professionals in the hospital, and the international nonprofit organization, Lives in the Balance.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Caraher provides neuropsychological assessments for adults from diverse backgrounds with various neurological, complex medical, and psychiatric conditions. She also enjoys teaching and supervising students and residents. Dr. Caraher's clinical and research interests involve obesity, bariatric surgery + cognitive/emotional outcomes, cognitive decline and the aging population, and other neurological conditions.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Garvin is a clinical psychologist who completed specialized training, education, and clinical fellowship in clinical health psychology. She provides assessments and interventions for adults. Dr. Garvin's clinical and research interests include adjustment to and living with chronic health conditions, cystic fibrosis, adherence, and end of life concerns, among others. A primary research area of interest for her is collaboratively developing and delivering interventions remotely (via telemedicine) for people living with chronic health conditions, including chronic pain. She is also actively engaged in teaching and enthusiastic about fostering opportunities for supportive environments in which colleagues (interprofessional and intraprofessional) can connect.
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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Espe-Pfeifer directs the Child Psychology and Pediatric Neuropsychology Services within the Child Psychiatry Clinic. Her areas of clinical interest include traumatic brain injury, sports-related concussions, epilepsy, stroke, Tourette’s Disorder and Juvenile Huntington’s Disease. In addition, she specializes in neuropsychological assessment of patients with complex medical histories, including brain injuries as a result of an accident, a stroke, or an infection of the brain, and comorbid psychiatric disorders. Dr. Espe-Pfeifer also provides therapy interventions through the Outpatient Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Program. Her areas of research interest include traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, neurocognitive aspects of diabetes, and Juvenile Huntington’s Disease.
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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Hart provides psychotherapy for those with mood and anxiety disorders.
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Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Hoth is a clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in aging and cognitive changes associated with chronic cardiopulmonary medical illnesses, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], heart failure, and obstructive sleep apnea. She was recently awarded a 5-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to lead a multidisciplinary team that will look at how lung and blood vessel change, which are often linked to COPD, affect brain structure and function. She also studies psychological adjustment, particularly anxiety and depression, in chronic lung disease. Click here to learn more about her research.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Elizalde is a child and adolescent psychologist with a specialization in school psychology. She provides evaluations and outpatient therapy for children and adolescents. Her specialty areas include anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and Tourette Syndrome. Dr. Elizalde also facilitates Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills groups for adolescents. Dr. Elizalde is certified through the Tourette Association of America and has completed advanced training for treatment of OCD through the International OCD Foundation.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Moel is a licensed psychologist who provides psychotherapy services in the Women's Wellness & Counseling Service. She has worked in the area of women's mental health and reproductive mood and anxiety disorders for over 15 years and is a certified Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) provider by Postpartum Support International. She is also certified as a therapist, supervisor, and trainer by the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy, an evidenced-based treatment for perinatal mood disorders which focuses on role transitions, grief and loss, relationship and attachment concerns. Dr. Moel also utilizes Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and has experience working with birthing persons experiencing work-life conflict, perinatal trauma, and OCD. Dr. Moel takes a strengths-based and collaborative approach to psychotherapy with the whole person in mind. Outside of the office, Dr. Moel loves to spend time with her partner and children and taking walks on their restored prairie.
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Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Moser’s primary research interest involves finding better ways to identify people at greatest risk for vascular cognitive decline and, ultimately, finding ways to prevent or at least diminish this process. A secondary line of research involves the assessment of decision-making capacity for informed consent in various vulnerable populations, determining what factors, such as cognitive dysfunction or mental illness, are most likely to impair this capacity, and finding new ways to improve this capacity in those who are unable to make informed decisions on their own behalf.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Child Psychotherapy Training and Services
Dr. Olufs has specialized training in behavioral pediatrics and pediatric psychology. She runs an ADHD Treatment Clinic with Dr. Carissa Gunderson and has a joint Pain Clinic with the Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care team. She conducts psychoeducational evaluations and provides interventions for children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors disorders, anxiety, and depression. She is also interested in Turner Syndrome, the treatment of functional neurological symptom disorder, and orthostatic intolerance. She is a member of the Pediatric Workgroup of the American Autonomic Society.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology & Quantitative Foundations
Dr. Pawlak has been a psychotherapist for over 30 years. She helped found the Women's Wellness & Counseling Service, a multidisciplinary perinatal mental health care clinic, in 2007. She has been Director since 2017. Dr. Pawlak has also served as the Health Psychologist for the UIHC Center for Advanced Reproductive Care since 2009, providing third-party reproduction consultations and infertility counseling. Dr. Pawlak offers clinical services at the UIHC main campus and at the North Dodge clinic location, with specialty care in perinatal loss and infertility. She is a mentor to reproductive health care trainees, educating and supporting the next generation of leaders at the University of Iowa, nationally, and globally. Her clinical research focuses on maternal mental health and infertility, with recent publications in NICU care, group treatment for patients undergoing IVF, and antepartum hospitalization, and she is an ad hoc reviewer for several research journals. Dr. Pawlak serves on the Board of Directors for Postpartum Support International-Iowa, where she is also the Treasurer of the Board, and on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Mental Health-Linn County, where she is also Web Manager. She is active in the International Marce Society, Resolve, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Professional Group, and the Iowa Psychological Association, where she also serves on the Ethics Committee. She has been a member of the International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy since 2009, and is an Interpersonal Psychotherapy certified therapist, educator, and trainer.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology
Dr. Schoen is a licensed psychologist who provides adult outpatient psychotherapy services in the UI Behavioral Health Clinic. She has expertise in the treatment of eating disorders, complex trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder. She is actively engaged in teaching, supervision, and research in her areas of expertise. In addition, she provides individual and group psychotherapy for a wide range of adult mental health concerns. Dr. Schoen has specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR).
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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Troutman trains providers in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, an evidence-based practice developed to reduce disruptive behavior. She has developed a modification of PCIT called Integration of Working Models of Attachment into Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (IoWA-PCIT), which integrates findings from attachment theory research into PCIT. Click here to learn more about the PCIT program at the University of Iowa.
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Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Epidemiology
Dr. Turvey is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of mood disorders, with a focus on the the treatment of depression. She helps clients develop more satisfying personal relationships, develop more regular meaningful activities in their lives, and identify repetitive maladaptive patterns in relationships that can deplete social support and lead to isolation and depression.
Dr. Turvey is also an active researcher and has developed an intervention to address coping with irreversible functional decline in elderly people suffering chronic lung or heart disease. She also has an active research interest in telemedicine and e-health, exploring the use of videoconferencing to improve access to care, and the use of patient portals to improve treatment of depression.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Clinical Director, Behavioral Health Inpatient Psychiatry
Co-Director Intellectual Disability/Mental Illness (IDMI) Program
Dr. Vinquist is the co-director of the Intellectual Disability-Mental Illness program which provides interdisciplinary inpatient and outpatient care to patients with an intellectual disability, mental illness and severe challenging behaviors. The goal of the program is to identify the etiology of challenging behavior in individuals with complex psychiatric and behavior needs and develop comprehensive treatment plans. She has specialized training in assessment and intervention severe challenging behaviors which is based primarily on principles of Applied Behavior Analysis. Additional interests include ECT for patients with intellectual and developmental disorders, adapted therapy models and therapy groups for adults with intellectual disabilities, behavior analysis and therapy on inpatient units, and interdisciplinary models of care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She is also interested in Dialectal Behavior Therapy, staff training, program development, and crisis management.
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