• Ph.D., University of California , Los Angeles , Psychology, 2000.
• M.A., University of California , Los Angeles , Psychology, 1995.
• B.A., Linfield College , Psychology, 1993.

• Faculty Scholar, William T. Grant Foundation, 2004-2009.
• Beck Scholar, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2005-2006.
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Youth Depression, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, 2002-2004.
• Michael J. Goldstein Distinguished Dissertation Award in Clinical Psychology, UCLA, 2000.
• Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award, NIMH, 1997-1999.
• Pauley Fellowship, Pauley Family Foundation, UCLA, 1994-1998.
• University Fellowship, Psychology Department, UCLA, 1994-1995.

My research interests include the development and dissemination of effective treatments for internalizing disorders in children and adolescents.  More specifically, I am interested in how comorbidity might affect functioning and treatment course of youths with both anxious and depressed symptoms.  In addition, I have become increasingly interested in how cognitive processes might contribute to the development and maintenance of internalizing psychopathology, as well as what experimental methods might be used to treat maladaptive information processing in youths.

Prior research has shown that a substantial number of patients seeking mental health care fail to meet diagnostic criteria for depression, anxiety, or disruptive disorders.  This raises an important research question: Why are these undiagnosed patients seeking clinical treatment, despite sub-threshold symptom levels?  The focus of my master's thesis is to generate hypotheses and test plausible explanations for why these undiagnosed patients present at the clinic. Results may have implications for matching patients to effective treatments and the successful dissemination of evidence-based treatments into practice.

A recent graduate of SDSU, I plan to apply to clinical psychology programs in the fall. My primary research interest is youth internalizing disorders. I also have a developing interest in treatment research.

Erin Warnick, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Associate
Yale University Child Study Center
Email: erin.warnick@yale.edu

Melanie Dirks, M. Phil.
Clinical Intern
University of Illinois at Chicago, Dept. of Psychiatry
Email: melanie.dirks@yale.edu

Elizabeth Halsted
Research Assistant
Yale University Child Study Center
Email: eh349@email.med.yale.edu

Laura Skriner
Master's Student
SDSU Master's Progam in Psychology
Email: lskriner@gmail.com