Email:

alexandra.moussa-tooks@vumc.org

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Major:

Clinical Psychology; Neuroscience

Graduation year:

2020

Hometown:

Chicago, IL

Alexandra (Alex) is a former graduate student of the lab and incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences starting Fall 2023. She was awarded her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience in 2020. After successfully defending her dissertation in March 2020, Alex began a clinical internship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She completed her internship in the psychosis track, where she honed her assessment and CBT for psychosis skills under the supervision of Dr. Neil Woodward, Dr. Julia Sheffield, and Dr. Kimberly Brown. Alex continues to pursue research on cerebellar dysfunction in psychotic disorders and risk factors for atypical cerebellar development. She was formerly an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Vanderbilt University.