Philip Watson, M. Phil.
Curriculum Vitae
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phil.watson@yahoo.com
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Education
The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) (Anticipated 2014)
New York, NY
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology with Emphasis in Neuropsychology
The Graduate Center, CUNY (September 2011)
New York, NY
Master of Philosophy in Psychology
Queens College, CUNY (February 2011)
Flushing, NY
Master of Arts in Psychology
Queens College, CUNY (June 2007)
Flushing, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (summa cum laude)
Clinical Experience
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (July 2012 – Present)
Neuropsychology Extern
Supervisor: Denise Correa, Ph.D., ABPP-cn
Responsibilities: Conduct neuropsychological evaluations with adult outpatients
with current or past history of cancer; score neuropsychological tests; write
comprehensive neuropsychological reports.
Common Ground Alliance (October 2011 – Present)
Group Leader
Supervisor: Deborah Benson, Ph.D., ABPP-rp
Responsibilities: Facilitate discussion in a group of adult males recovering from
traumatic brain injury. Facilitate discussion in a reading group comprised of adults
recovering from traumatic brain injury.
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New York University Medical Center (July 2011 – June 2012)
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Neuropsychology Extern
Supervisors: Bill Barr, Ph.D., ABPP-cn
Chris Morrison, Ph.D., ABPP-cn
Bill MacAllister, Ph.D., ABPP-cn
Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological evaluations with adult outpatients
and inpatients on the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Psychiatry Unit, and Neurology Unit;
scored neuropsychological tests; wrote comprehensive neuropsychological reports;
participated in Wada procedures.
Zucker Hillside Hospital (October 2010 - June 2011)
Psychology Extern
Supervisor: Stewart Lipner, Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Provided individual and group therapeutic interventions to adults
with first episode schizophrenia; wrote clinical progress notes; participated in
weekly case conferences with treatment team.
Transitions of Long Island (July 2010 - June 2011)
Psychology Extern
Supervisor: Rosanne Pachilakis, Psy.D.
Deborah Benson, Ph.D., ABPP-rp
Kristen Demertzis, Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological assessments with adult outpatients;
scored neuropsychological tests; wrote comprehensive neuropsychological reports.
Provided individual and group therapeutic interventions to adults with traumatic
brain injury; wrote clinical progress notes; supervised other students in group
therapy interventions.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (January 2010 – June 2010)
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Neuropsychology Extern
Supervisor: Sarah Schaffer, Ph.D., ABPP-cn
Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological evaluations with adult outpatients
and inpatients on the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit; scored neuropsychological tests;
wrote comprehensive neuropsychological reports; observed Wada and neurosurgical procedures.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (July 2009 – December 2009)
Movement Disorders Program
Neuropsychology Extern
Supervisor: Paul Mattis, Ph.D., ABPP-cn
Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological evaluations with adult and children
outpatients;
scored
neuropsychological
tests;
wrote
comprehensive
neuropsychological reports; observed neuro-surgical procedures.
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Research Experience
Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (September 2010 – Present)
Graduate Center/Queens College, CUNY
Department of Psychology
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Justin Storbeck, Ph.D.
Dissertation Topic: Examining Cognitive and Emotional Processing Deficits in
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Neuropsychological Laboratory of Aging and Dementia (February 2006 – August 2010)
Graduate Center/Queens College, CUNY
Department of Psychology
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Nancy Foldi, Ph.D.
Master’s Thesis: Visual Search for Meaningful Line Drawings: The Effects of TopDown and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms and Efficiency of Search
Publications
Journal Articles
Storbeck, J. and Watson, P. (2012). Verbal Makes it Positive, Spatial Makes it
Negative: Working Memory Mind-Sets Influence Affective Processing. (Submitted for
Publication)
Watson, P.; Storbeck, J.; Mattis, P.; and Mackay, M. (2012) Cognitive and Emotional
Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Evidence for Amygdala
Dysfunction. Neuropsychology Review 22(3), 252-270.
Poster Presentations
Paul, D.; Watson, P.; and Storbeck, J. (2012) Differential Processing of Emotional
Expressions and Images in a Visual Search Task. 42nd annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience.
Watson, P.; Allen, P.J.; Eidelberg, D.; Feigin, A., Mattis, P. (2012) Early Deficits in
Executive Functioning Identify Presympomatic Huntington’s Disease. 40th annual
meeting of the InternationalNeuropsychological Society.
Watson, P.; Lacoste, A.; Foldi, N.S. (2011). Visual Search for Meaningful Line
Drawings: The Effects of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms and
Efficiency of Search. 39th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological
Society.
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Lacoste, A.; Huynh, N.; Watson, P.; Foldi, N.S. (2011) Investigating Top Down
and
Bottom-Up Attentional Mechanisms. Queens College Regional Sigma XI Conference
Annual Meeting.
Lacoste, A., Watson, P., Foldi, N.S. (2010). Assessing Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Attentional Mechanisms. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority
Students.
Lacoste, A.; Watson, P.; Foldi, N.S. (2010). Assessing Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Attentional Mechanisms. Queens College Regional Sigma XI Conference Annual
Meeting.
Lacoste, A.; Watson, P.; Foldi, N.S. (2009). Assessing Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Attentional Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease. Queens College Undergraduate
Research Day Conference Annual Meeting.
Watson, P.; Foldi, N. S. (2006). Top-Down Guidance in Selective Attention in
Alzheimer's Disease. Queens College Undergraduate Research Day Conference
Annual Meeting.
Oral Presentations
Watson, P. (2009). Assessing Top-Down Attention Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s
Disease. Queens College Neuropsychology Research Day
Teaching Experience
Introduction to Statistics (September 2008 – Present)
Queens College, CUNY
Department of Psychology
Flushing, NY
Introduction to Statistics Laboratory (January 2008 – Present)
Queens College (CUNY)
Department of Psychology
Flushing, NY
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Academic Experience
Mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2011 – May 2012)
Supervised the development of a research project; provided instruction on
computer programming, data analysis using SPSS, and scientific writing; provided
instruction on the administration and scoring of neuropsychological tests.
Admission Committee Student Representative (2012)
City University of New York
Clinical Psychology: Neuropsychology Subprogram
Supervisor of Undergraduate Research Assistant (January 2009 – August 2010)
Provided instruction on literature review, computer programming, data analysis
using SPSS, scientific writing, and preparation of poster presentation.
Awards, Grants, and Honors
University Teaching Fellowship (September 2008 – Present)
City University of New York
Doctoral Student Research Grant (January 2012 - December 2012)
The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
Daniel Caputo Award (May 2007)
Given to a Queens College undergraduate committed to pursuing doctoral education
in clinical psychology
Howard Hughes Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (June 2006 - August 2006)
Queens College
Membership in Academic Societies
American Psychological Association
New York Neuropsychological Group
International Neuropsychological Society
Society for Neuroscience