Shannon Sauer-Zavala, PhD
Adjunct Research Associate Professor
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences
Psychological and Brain Sciences

PhD, University of Kentucky
MS, University of Kentucky
BA, Gettysburg College



Dr. Sauer-Zavala received her Ph.D. In clinical psychology from the University of Kentucky. She completed her predoctoral internship at Duke University and her postdoctoral fellowship at Boston University. Dr. Sauer-Zavala’s research is focused on identifying emotional factors that are important in the development and maintenance of a range of mental disorders. She is also interested in using information gleaned from her basic psychopathology research to develop streamlined, easily-disseminated interventions that directly target the factors that maintain disorder symptoms. In particular, Dr. Sauer-Zavala is interested in treatment development for borderline personality disorder.

Additionally, as the Director of Education and Training for the Unified Protocol, Dr. Sauer-Zavala is interested in identifying best practices for disseminating empirically-supported treatments.

Director
Unified Protocol Institute



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  1. Khoury JMB, Jamshidi L, Shields RE, Nisbet J, Afifi TO, Fletcher AJ, Stewart SH, Asmundson GJG, Sauer-Zavala S, Krätzig GP, Carleton RN. Putative risk and resiliency factors among Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets. Front Psychol. 2023; 14:1048573. PMID: 37008880; PMCID: PMC10053504; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1048573;
     
  2. Xie EB, Freeman M, Penner-Goeke L, Reynolds K, Lebel C, Giesbrecht GF, Rioux C, MacKinnon A, Sauer-Zavala S, Roos LE, Tomfohr-Madsen L. Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): an open-pilot and feasibility study of a digital mental health and parenting intervention for mothers of infants. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2023 Feb 18; 9(1):27. PMID: 36800982; PMCID: PMC9938356; DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01245-x;
     
  3. Andrews KL, Jamshidi L, Nisbet J, Brunet A, Afifi TO, Asmundson GJG, Fletcher AJ, Maguire KQ, Teckchandani TA, Lix L, Sauer-Zavala S, Sareen J, Keane TM, Patrick Neary J, Nicholas Carleton R. Potentially Psychologically Traumatic Event Exposure Histories of new Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets. Can J Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 05; 7067437221149467.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36740849
     
  4. Nisbet J, Jamshidi L, Maguire KQ, Afifi TO, Brunet A, Fletcher AJ, Asmundson GJG, Sareen J, Shields RE, Andrews KL, Sauer-Zavala S, Neary JP, Lix L, Stewart SH, Krätzig GP, Carleton RN. Suicidal Ideation, Planning, and Attempts Among new Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets. Can J Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 03; 7067437221149469. PMID: 36734146
     
  5. Sauer-Zavala S, Southward MW, Terrill DR, Semcho SA, Stumpp NE. Mechanism engagement as a potential evidence-based approach to personalized treatment termination. Psychother Res. 2023 Jan 20; 1-13. PMID: 36669132
     
  6. Sauer-Zavala S, Southward MW, Fruhbauerova M, Semcho SA, Stumpp NE, Hood CO, Smith M, Elhusseini S, Cravens L. BPD compass: A randomized controlled trial of a short-term, personality-based treatment for borderline personality disorder. Personal Disord. 2023 Jan 02. PMID: 36595435
     
  7. Carleton RN, McCarron M, Krätzig GP, Sauer-Zavala S, Neary JP, Lix LM, Fletcher AJ, Camp RD, Shields RE, Jamshidi L, Nisbet J, Maguire KQ, MacPhee RS, Afifi TO, Jones NA, Martin RR, Sareen J, Brunet A, Beshai S, Anderson GS, Cramm H, MacDermid JC, Ricciardelli R, Rabbani R, Teckchandani TA, Asmundson GJG. Assessing the impact of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) protocol and Emotional Resilience Skills Training (ERST) among diverse public safety personnel. BMC Psychol. 2022 Dec 09; 10(1):295. PMID: 36494748; PMCID: PMC9733219; DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-00989-0;
     
  8. Southward MW, Terrill DR, Sauer-Zavala S. The effects of the Unified Protocol and Unified Protocol skills on loneliness in the COVID-19 pandemic. Depress Anxiety. 2022 Dec; 39(12):913-921. PMID: 36372958; PMCID: PMC9877890; DOI: 10.1002/da.23297;
     
  9. Xie EB, Simpson KM, Reynolds KA, Giuliano RJ, Protudjer JLP, Soderstrom M, Sauer-Zavala S, Giesbrecht GF, Lebel C, Mackinnon AL, Rioux C, Penner-Goeke L, Freeman M, Salisbury MR, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Roos LE. Correction: Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a phase III randomized controlled trial of the BEAM app-based program for mothers of children 18-36 months. Trials. 2022 Sep 30; 23(1):832. PMID: 36180923; PMCID: PMC9524031; DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06760-5;
     
  10. Xie EB, Simpson KM, Reynolds KA, Giuliano RJ, Protudjer JLP, Soderstrom M, Sauer-Zavala S, Giesbrecht GF, Lebel C, Mackinnon AL, Rioux C, Penner-Goeke L, Freeman M, Salisbury MR, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Roos LE. Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a phase III randomized controlled trial of the BEAM app-based program for mothers of children 18-36 months. Trials. 2022 Sep 05; 23(1):741. PMID: 36064436; PMCID: PMC9441821; DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06512-5;
     
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2016 Association for Psychological Science: Rising Star of Clinical Science
2012-2016 NIH Loan Repayment Program Award in Clinical Research
2010 University of Kentucky Department of Psychology: Excellence in Clinical Service
2009 University of Kentucky Department of Psychology: Predoctoral Research Award
2009 University of Kentucky Department of Psychology: Scientist-Practitioner Award
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