Pollard CV 5-3-16

Jessica Pollard, PhD
Office for Faculty Affairs 05-03-2013 1
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Revision: 05/03/2016
Name: Jessica Pollard, Ph.D.
Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Term: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019
School: Yale University School of Medicine
Education:
B.A. University of Maine at Farmington (Psychology and Interdisciplinary) 2001
M.A. University of Connecticut (Clinical Psychology) 2004
Ph.D. University of Connecticut (Clinical Psychology) 2006
Career/Academic Appointments:
2005-06 Psychology Intern, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT
2006-07 Postdoctoral Fellow, STEP Program, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT
2007-2013 Adjunct Faculty, Husson University, Psychology Department, Bangor, ME
2008- 2013 Adjunct Faculty, University of Maine, Psychology Department, Orono, ME
2012-2013 Assistant Professor in Residence, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut,
Hartford, CT
2013-present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT
Administrative Positions:
2006-2007 Project Director, STEP Program, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University School of
2008-2010 Director, Aware Program, Psychology Dept., The Acadia Hospital, Bangor, ME
2011-2013 Director, The Aware Center for Early Intervention, Bangor, ME
2013-present Clinical Director, STEP Program, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University School of
Certification:
State of Maine, Licensed Psychologist, 2007
State of Connecticut, Licensed Psychologist, 2014
Professional Honors & Recognition
International/National/Regional
2009: American Public Health Association, Mental Health Section Award
2000: Psi Chi, University of Maine at Farmington

University
2000: University of Maine at Farmington Above and Beyond Leadership Award
1999: University of Maine at Farmington Above and Beyond Leadership Award
Grant/Clinical Trials History:
Current Grants
Agency: NIH/CMHS
I.D.# 1H79SM061971-01
Title: CT Strong (Seamless Transition and Recovery Opportunities through Network Growth)
P.I. Dawn Grodzki
Role on Project: Consultant
Percent effort: 0.025%
Total costs for project period: $5,000,000
Project Period: 09/30/2014-09/30/2019
Agency: NIH/NIMH
I.D.# 1R01MH103831-01
Title: STEP-ED:Reducing Duration of Untreated Psychosis and its Impact in the U.S.
P.I. Vinod Srihari, MD
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Percent effort: 0% (10% in kind)
Direct costs per year: $639,651
Total costs for project period: $3,690,680
Project period: 09/26/2013 – 08/31/2018
Past Grants
Agency: Bingham Program Foundation
I.D.# Program Grant (AC290)
Title: “Acadia Early Psychosis Detection, Assessment, and Treatment: The Aware Program.”
P.I.: Jessica Pollard, PhD
Percent effort: 10%
Total costs for project period: $60,040
Project period: 07/01/2010-06/30/2011
Agency: Bingham Program Foundation
I.D.# Program Grant (AC290)
Title: “Acadia Prodromal Treatment, Education, Assessment, and Management”
Percent effort: 10%
Project period: 07/01/2008-06/30/2010

Agency: JTG Foundation
I.D.# Program Grant
Title: “Implementation of an Evidence Based Early Psychosis Detection, Assessment and
Treatment Program”
Percent effort: 10%
Project period: 12/09/2008-12/09/2009
Agency: The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
I.D.# DF07-014
Title: “Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP): A pragmatic randomized trial of
specialized, phase specific care vs. treatment as usual for ‘first episode’ psychosis”
P.I.: Vinod Srihari, MD
Percent effort: 100%
Project period: 07/01/2007-06/30/2010
Agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
I.D.# 1T26 0A000079-01 (Dissertation Grant)
Title: “Effects of Differing Types of Perceived Coercion”
P.I.: Jessica Pollard, M.A.
Percent effort: 50%
Project period: 07/01/2004-06/30/2005
Invited Speaking Engagements, Presentations, Symposia & Workshops Not Affiliated With Yale:
International/National
2005: Centerforce, Inside/Out Summit: Partnering with Corrections, Millbrae, CA, Workshop,
“Coercion in Jail Diversion Programs: Who Does Well?”
Regional
2016: CT STRONG, Advanced Behavioral Services, Middletown, CT, Workshop, “Recognizing
Early Warning Signs of Psychosis and Engaging Young People Into Treatment”
University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology, Clinical Graduate Program Symposium
“Predicting Psychosis and Intervening Early”
Branford Counseling Center, Branford, CT, Workshop “Evidence Based Treatments Early in
Psychosis”
2015: BH Care, Branford, CT, Workshop “Recognizing Early Warning Signs of Psychosis”
Connecticut Pediatric Neuropsychology Associates, Glastonbury, CT, Workshop “Differential
Diagnosis of Early Stage Psychosis”
University of Maine at Augusta, Bangor, ME, Leadership Conference, Presentation “Changing
Minds Through Innovative Collaboration”

Fellowship Place, New Haven, CT, Staff Training “Early Detection of Psychosis”
Parents Foundation, New Haven, CT, Staff Training “Early Detection of Psychosis”
2014: University of Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, CT, Primary Care Week, Presentation,
“Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP)”
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, Social Justice Panel: Stigma &
Mental Illness
University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT, Presentation, “Specialized
Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP)”
2013: Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Residency Program, Bangor, ME, Seminar, “Indications
for Psychological and Neuropsychological Evaluation”
University of Maine, Department of Psychology, Orono, ME, Seminar, “From Grad Student to
Businesswoman: Starting a Practice”
Bangor Chapter, National Alliance for Mental Illness, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Services at
Aware Center for Early Intervention”
Maine Health Access Foundation Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care Conference,
Bangor, ME, Workshop, “Referring for Psychological and Neuropsychological Evaluation”
2012: Husson Pediatrics, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Early detection of psychotic disorders”
Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Residency Program, Bangor, ME, Seminar, “Predicting
and Preventing Psychosis”
Department of Health and Human Services, Regional Meeting, Bangor, ME, Workshop,
“Predicting and Preventing Psychosis”
Maine State Bar Association Conference, Bangor, ME, Workshop, “Making It Work: Tools for
Creating Successful Parenting Plans”
Bangor Chapter, National Alliance for Mental Illness, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Recognizing
Early Warning Signs of Psychosis”
2011: Bay Counseling Seminars, Rockland, ME, Workshop, “Predicting and Preventing Psychosis”
Penobscot Pediatrics, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Early Detection and Intervention Services at
Aware Center”
Community Care, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Predicting and Preventing Psychosis”

Bangor Area Psychological Society, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Services at Aware Center for
Early Intervention”
University of Maine, Department of Psychology, Orono, ME, Seminar, “Predicting and
Preventing Psychosis”
Regional School Union 13 Mental Health Series, Rockland, ME, Workshop, “Predicting and
Preventing Psychosis”
Catholic Family Charities, Staff Training, Bangor, ME, Workshop, “Predicting and Preventing
Psychosis”
2010: Acadia Hospital, Aware Conference on Early Detection, Characteristics, and Treatment of
Psychosis, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Early Psychosis Intervention in the Greater Bangor
Area: What Can I Do?”
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor Maine, Emergency Department Staff Training,
“Talking with People who Talk to Voices”
Bangor Area Psychological Society, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Predicting and Preventing
Psychotic Disorders”
Bangor Chapter, National Alliance Mental Illness, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Recognizing
Early Warning Signs of Psychosis.
Bangor Chapter, National Alliance Mental Illness, Bangor, ME, Workshop, “Coping with
Stress Around the Holidays”
Bangor School District Teacher Workshop Day, Bangor, ME, Workshop, “Recognizing Early
Warning Signs of Psychosis”
Penobscot Regional School Counselors Association, Monthly Meeting, Bangor, ME,
Workshop, “Recognizing Early Warning Signs of Psychosis”
2009: Penobscot Community Health and Counseling, Education Night, Bangor, ME, Workshop,
“Predicting and Preventing Psychotic Disorders”
Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Residency Program, Bangor, ME, Seminar, “Predicting
and Preventing Psychosis”
Hampden Academy, Staff Education Night, Hampden, ME, Workshop, “Recognizing Early
Warning Signs of Psychosis”
Eastern Maine HealthCare Systems, Employee Brown Bag Series, Bangor, ME, Presentation,
“Recognizing Early Warning Signs of Psychosis”
Acadia Hospital, Ethics Brown Bag, Bangor, ME, Presentation, “Assessment and Treatment of
the Prodrome: Navigating Treacherous Ethical Waters”

Acadia Hospital, Multidisciplinary Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Bangor, ME, Presentation,
“Predicting and preventing psychosis: Updates, Sleep, and Cognition”
2008: Acadia Hospital, Multidisciplinary Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Bangor, ME, Presentation,
“Predicting and preventing psychosis: Assessment, treatment, and implications”
North Central Regional Mental Health Board Annual Dinner, Glastonbury, CT, Keynote
Speaker, “STEP Up to the Plate: Intervening Early in Psychosis and Involving Families”
Peer-Reviewed Presentations & Symposia Given at Meetings Not Affiliated With Yale:
International/National
2015: 123rd
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada,
Symposium “Emerging Adulthood – Science, Practice, and Education”
19th
Annual International Society for Psychological and Social Treatments of Psychosis, New
York, NY, Paper, “Specialized Early Treatment: In Work or School, Not the Hospital”
145th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA, Poster
Presentation, “Use of Social Marketing Strategies to Reduce Duration of Untreated Psychosis”
2010: 7th
International Conference on Early Psychosis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Poster, “Sleep
Dependent Memory Consolidation in Prodromal and First Episode Schizophrenia”
National Association of Social Work – Maine Chapter Annual Conference, Rockport, ME,
“The Ethics of Early Detection and Treatment of Psychotic Disorders: Prospective Diagnosing
and Family Involvement in Treatment”
2009: 137th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, Panel
Presentation, “Early Intervention and Prevention for Serious Mental Illness”
2008: 6th
International Conference of Early Psychosis, Melbourne, Australia, “Initiating a First-
Episode clinic in the U.S. Public Health Sector: The first two years’ experience”
6th
International Conference of Early Psychosis, Melbourne, Australia, Poster Presentation,
“Age and Social Support Moderate The Relationship Between Geographical Location and
Access To Early Intervention Programs For First-Episode Psychosis”
2007: 135th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C.,
“Starting an Early Psychosis Treatment Program in the US: Catching up with the rest of the
world?”
2006: 5th
International Conference of Early Psychosis, Birmingham, UK, Poster Presentation, “A
multi-disciplinary team approach to first-episode psychosis in a U.S. Community Mental
Health Center”
National GAINS Center Conference. Boston, MA, “Evaluation of a Women’s

Diversion Program for Trauma Survivors”
2005: 133rd
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Philadelphia, PA, “Mental
health symptom improvement and coercion in jail diversion programs”
113th
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC,
“Interventions with parents and families of children with intersex conditions”
113th
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC, Poster
Presentation, “Perceived coercion in jail diversion programs: Help or hindrance?”
2004: 46th
Annual Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics. New Orleans, LA,
“Women’s Support Program: Hartford’s Jail Diversion Program”
2nd
Conference of the National GAINS Center for Persons with Co-occurring Disorders in the
Criminal Justice System. Las Vegas, NV, “Effects of perceived coercion on
outcomes for participants in Jail Diversion Programs”
2003: 54th
Annual Scientific Program of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis,
Chicago, IL, “Posthypnotic versus nonhypnotic suggestions to obviate Stroop interference”
111th
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada,
“Effect of nonhypnotic suggestion on Stroop performance”
111th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada,
“Evaluation of an audiotaped hypnotic intervention to enhance weight loss”
5th
Biennial Conference of the Society for Applied Research on Memory and Cognition.
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, “The effect of suggestion on Stroop performance”
Professional Service
Peer Review Groups/Grant Study Sections:
Advisory Boards
2015-present Member, Training Workgroup, Prodrome and Early Psychosis Program Network
National Steering Committee
Journal Service:
2016 Reviewer, Current Psychiatry Reviews
Reviewer, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
2015 Reviewer, Neuroscience Letters
Reviewer, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
2014 Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Professional Service for Professional Organizations:
Meeting Planning/Participation
2016 American Public Health Association
Reviewer: Mental Health Section
2015 American Public Health Association
Reviewer: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Liaison for to Yale School of Medicine for Mental Health Section
2010 Conference Chair, Aware Conference—Early Detection, Characteristics, and Treatment
of Psychosis
2009 Program Chair, Mental Health Section, 138th
Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association
2008 Deputy Program Chair, 137th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association
2007-2010 American Public Health Association, Reviewer: Mental Health
2010-2012 Maine Psychological Association Conference, Student Poster Reviewer
Yale University Service:
Hospital Boards & Committees
2014-present Member, Steering Committee, Trauma and Gender Informed Care Initiative;
subcommittee Chair, Training and Education
2016-present Co-chair, Ambulatory Redesign Clinical Process Supports Work Group; Member,
Ambulatory Redesign Steering Committee
Public Service:
2015 Team Organizer, (I’m)Possible Road to Recovery 5k
Speaker, Break the Silence (Anti-Stigma event), (I’m)Possible Project
Speaker, Choices Day, Career High School
Mentor, Stonehill student
Team Organizer, CHC Meriden Race for Mental Health
2014 Volunteer, The Future Project
Volunteer, Kid’s Central Festival
2013-present Volunteer, Downtown Bangor Arts Collaborative
2013 Volunteer, Children and Family Opportunities
2010 Fundraising, National Alliance for Mental Illness, Maine Chapter
Mentor, University of Maine student
2009 Fundraising, National Alliance for Mental Illness, Maine Chapter
Mentor, John Bapst High School student
2005 Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
Bibliography:
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

1. Raz, A., Kirsch, I., Pollard, J., & Nitkin-Kaner, Y. Suggestion Reduces the Stroop Effect.
Psychological Science 2006, 17: 91-95.
2. Frisman, L., Lin, H., Sturges, G., Levinson, M., Baranoski, M., & Pollard, J. Outcomes
of Court-Based Jail Diversion Programs for People with Co-Occurring Disorders. Journal of
Dual Diagnosis 2006, 2: 5-23.
3. Pollard, J., Schuster, J., Lin, H., & Frisman, L. Evaluation of a Gender and Trauma Specific
Jail Diversion Program for Female Offenders. American Jails 2007, 53-63.
4. Srihari, V., Dixon, L., Pollard, J., & Hepburn, B. Public-Academic Partnerships:
Early Intervention for Psychotic Disorders in a Community Mental Health Center. Psychiatric
Services 2009, 60:1426-1428.
5. Breitborde, N., Srihari, V., Pollard, J., Addington, D., & Woods, S. Mediators and Moderators
in Early Intervention Research. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2010, 4:143-152.
6. Srihari, V.H., Tek, C., Pollard, J., Zimmet, S., Keat, J., et al. Reducing the Duration of
Untreated Psychosis and Its Impact in the U.S.: the STEP-ED Study. BMC Psychiatry 2014,
14(1):335.
7. Srihari, V.H., Tek, C., Kucukgoncu, S., Phutane, V.H., Breitborde, N.J., Pollard J, Ozkan, B.,
Saksa, J., Walsh, B.C., & Woods, S.W., First-Episode Service for Psychotic Disorders in the
U.S. Public Sector: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychiatric Services 2015, 66(7):
705-712.
Scholarship In Press
8. Pollard, J., Tek, C., Woods, S., McGlashan, T., & Srihari, S. Early Intervention and Prevention
for Psychotic Disorders. In The Yale Textbook of Public Psychiatry, Eds. J. Steiner and S.
Jacobs, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2016.
9. Pollard, J., Cahill, J., & Srihari, V. Building Early Intervention Services for Psychotic
Disorders: A Primer for Early Adopters in the U.S. Current Psychiatry Reviews.

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