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Jonathan Comer

Jonathan S. Comer. is an American psychologist who is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Florida International University.[1] He is currently the director of an interdisciplinary clinical research program called the Mental health Interventions and Novel Therapeutics (MINT) Program. The MINT program focuses on improving the quality, scope, and accessibility of mental health care. Comer also serves as director of the Network for Enhancing Wellness in Disaster-Affected Youth (NEW DAY), a SAMHSA-funded program in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) that provides trauma-informed training and consultation to youth-serving professionals in disaster-prone and disaster-hit regions. Comer is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a leader in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology.[2][3] The author of over 250 scientific papers and chapters, he has received early career awards from the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies for his work.[4][5][6][7] His research has been funded by federal agencies (such as the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration, and the National Science Foundation) and by several private foundations and non-profit organizations.[1] He has also received funding from the Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety.[8]

Jonathan S. Comer
Born
Princeton, New Jersey
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Known forresearch on anxiety disorders, telehealth for mental health challenges, the effects of disasters and terrorism on children and families, disruptive behavior problems, and child trauma.
TitleProfessor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Director of the Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) Program
Academic background
Alma materTemple University University of Rochester
Doctoral advisorPhilip C. Kendall
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
WebsiteJonathan Comer

Comer received his B.A. from the University of Rochester. He attended graduate school at Temple University where he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Concentration in Developmental Psychopathology.[9] Comer completed his clinical psychology internship training at the NYU-Bellevue Clinical Psychology Internship Program and at the NYU Child Study Center in the Child and Adolescent Track. After completing his clinical psychology internship training, Comer completed an NIH-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Columbia University. At Columbia, he also served as Chief Research Fellow in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.[1]

Research

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Comer's research examines four overlapping areas of study. First, his work focuses on the development of innovative methods to improve access to effective mental health treatments and services. He conducts research on new technologies (such as videoconferencing, mobile platforms, and A.I.) to meaningfully expand the reach of mental health care.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] He also uses epidemiologic datasets to determine problems in the quality and accessibility of mental health services.</ref>[22][23] Second, he has focused much of his career on exploring anxiety disorders and behavioral issues which appear early in life.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] Third, he studies the course of disorders that may develop in children and families following certain traumas.[39][40][41][42][43][44][45] He has published extensively, and received media attention, on the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks, the Boston Marathon bombing, Hurricane Irma and the COVID-19 pandemic.[46][47] [48][49][50][51][52][53][54] Additionally, Comer served as a consultant throughout the federal trial of United States v. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.[9] Fourth, Comer's work in recent years has expanded to study biological markers and neurocircuitry patterns associated with psychopathology and treatment response.[55][56][57][58]

Books

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Comer has authored several undergraduate and graduate textbooks and handbooks, including Psychopathology: Science and Practice, 12th edition (Comer & Comer, 2024),[59] "Fundamentals of Psychopathology, 11th edition" (Comer & Comer, 2025),[60] and The Oxford Handbook of Research Strategies for Clinical Psychology (Comer & Kendall, 2013).[61]

Professional roles

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Comer is Past President of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association).[9] He was also an elected Officer in the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology where he served on the board of directors.[2][9] Comer is Editor-in-Chief of Behavior Therapy and previously was Editor-in-Chief of the Clinical Psychologist.[62] He also serves as Chair of the Miami International Child and Adolescent Mental Health (MICAMH) conference, an annual interdisciplinary conference hosted at Florida International University that presents evidence-based practices in child and adolescent mental health.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ogle, Robert. "Jonathan Comer". Clinical Science in Child and Adolescent Psychology.
  2. ^ a b "Nominations and Elections - Society of Clinical Psychology". div12.org. 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ "APA Fellows". fellows.apa.org.
  4. ^ "Jonathan Comer - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.
  5. ^ "Division 12 Award Winners 2015 - Society of Clinical Psychology". div12.org. 26 March 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 Div. 37 award winners". apadivisions.org.
  7. ^ MUJIK.BIZ, Leonid Shiriaev -. "ABCT - Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy". abct.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  8. ^ Sanchez, Amanda L.; Cornacchio, Danielle; Poznanski, Bridget; Golik, Alejandra M.; Chou, Tommy; Comer, Jonathan S. (March 2018). "The Effectiveness of School-Based Mental Health Services for Elementary-Aged Children: A Meta-Analysis". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 57 (3): 153–165. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2017.11.022. ISSN 0890-8567. PMID 29496124.
  9. ^ a b c d "Alumni Spotlight: Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. - College of Liberal Arts". liberalarts.temple.edu.
  10. ^ Comer, J. S., Furr, J. M., Miguel, E. M., Cooper-Vince, C. E., Carpenter, A. L., Elkins, R. M., Kerns, C. E., Cornacchio, D., Chou, T., Coxe, S., DeSerisy, M., Sanchez, A. L., Golik, A., Martin, J., Myers, K. M., & Chase, R. (2017). Remotely delivering real-time parent training to the home: An initial randomized trial of Internet-delivered parent–child interaction therapy (I-PCIT). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(9), 909–917. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000230
  11. ^ Comer, J.S. (2021). Rebooting Mental Health Care Delivery for the COVID-19 Pandemic (and Beyond): Guiding Cautions as Telehealth Enters the Clinical Mainstream. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 28(4), 743-748. doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2021.09.002
  12. ^ Comer, J.S., Furr, J.M., del Busto, C., Silva, S., Hong, N., Poznanski, B., Sanchez, A., Cornacchio, D., Herrera, A., Coxe, S., Miguel, E., Georgiadis, C., Conroy, K., Puliafico, A. (2021). Therapist-Led, Internet-Delivered Treatment for Early Child Social Anxiety: A Waitlist-Controlled Evaluation of the iCALM Telehealth Program, Behavior Therapy, 52(5),1171-1187. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2021.01.004
  13. ^ Timmons, A. C., Duong, J. B., Simo Fiallo, N., Lee, T., Vo, H. P. Q., Ahle, M. W., Comer, J. S., Brewer, L. C., Frazier, S. L., & Chaspari, T. (2023). A Call to Action on Assessing and Mitigating Bias in Artificial Intelligence Applications for Mental Health. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(5), 1062-1096. doi:10.1177/17456916221134490
  14. ^ Bagner, D.M., Berkovits, M.D., Coxe, S., Frech, N., Garcia, D., Golik, A., Heflin, B.H., Heymann, P., Javadi, N., Sanchez, A., Wilson, M.K., & Comer, J.S. (2023). Telehealth Treatment of Behavior Problems in Young Children With Developmental Delay: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatriatrics, 177(3), 231–239. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.5204
  15. ^ Comer, J.S., Furr, J.M., Kerns, C.E., Miguel, E., Coxe, S., Elkins, R.M., Carpenter, A.L., Cornacchio, D., Cooper-Vince, C.E., DeSerisy, M., Chou, T., Sanchez, A.L., Khanna, M., Franklin, M.E., Garcia, A.M., & Freeman, J.B. (2017). Internet-delivered, family-based treatment for early-onset OCD: A pilot randomized trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(2), 178-186.
  16. ^ Comer, J.S., & Myers, K.M. (2016). Future directions in the use of telemental health to improve the accessibility and quality of children’s mental health services. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.
  17. ^ Comer, J.S. (2015). Introduction to the special section: Applying new technologies to extend the scope and accessibility of mental health care. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 22, 253-257.
  18. ^ Gallo, K.P., Comer, J.S., Barlow, D.H., Clarke, R.N., & Antony, M.N. (2015). Direct-to-Consumer marketing of psychological treatments: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 994-998.
  19. ^ Comer, J.S., Furr, J.M., Cooper-Vince, C., Madigan, R.J., Chow, C., Chan, P.T., Idrobo, F., Chase, R.M., McNeil, C.B., & Eyberg, S.M. (2015). Rationale and considerations for the Internet-based delivery of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 22, 302-316.
  20. ^ Comer, J.S., & Barlow, D.H. (2014). The occasional case against broad dissemination and implementation: Retaining a role for specialty care in the delivery of psychological treatments. American Psychologist, 69, 1-18.
  21. ^ Comer, J.S., Furr, J.M., Cooper-Vince, C., Kerns, C., Chan, P.T., Edson, A.L., Khanna, M., Franklin, M.E., Garcia, A.M., & Freeman, J.B. (2014). Internet-delivered treatment for early-onset OCD: A preliminary case series. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43, 74-87.
  22. ^ Comer, J.S., Olfson, M., Mojtabai, R. (2010). National Trends in Child and Adolescent Psychotropic Polypharmacy in Office-Based Practice, 1996-2007. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 49(10),1001-1010. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2010.07.007
  23. ^ Comer, J.S., Mojtabai, R., & Olson, M. (2010). National Trends in the Antipsychotic Treatment of Psychiatric Outpatients With Anxiety Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(1), 1057-1065. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.1101008
  24. ^ Cornacchio, D., Crum, K.I., Coxe, S., Pincus, D.B., & Comer, J.S. (2016). Irritability and severity of anxious symptomatology among youth with anxiety disorders Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55, 54-61.
  25. ^ Thompson-Hollands, J., Edson, A., Tompson, M.C., & Comer, J.S. (2014). Family involvement in the psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 287-298.
  26. ^ Carpenter, A.L., Puliafico, A.C., Kurtz, S.M.S., Pincus, D.B., & Comer, J.S. (2014). Extending Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for early childhood internalizing problems: New advances for an overlooked population. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 17, 340-356.
  27. ^ Thompson-Hollands, J., Kerns, C.E., Pincus, D.B., & Comer, J.S. (2014). Parental accommodation of child anxiety and related symptoms: Range, impact, and correlates. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28, 765-773.
  28. ^ Barlow D.H., & Comer, J.S. (2013). What are the optimal treatment courses for geriatric anxiety, and how do we find out? American Journal of Psychiatry, 170, 707-711.
  29. ^ Barlow, D.H., Bullis, J.R., Comer, J.S., & Armetaj, A.A. (2013). Evidence-based psychological treatments: An update and the way forward. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 9, 1-27.
  30. ^ Comer, J.S., Chow, C., Chan, P., Cooper-Vince, C., & Wilson, L.A.S. (2013). Psychosocial treatment efficacy for disruptive behavior problems in young children: A meta-analytic examination. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 52, 26-36.
  31. ^ Comer, J.S., Puliafico, A.C., Aschenbrand, S.G, McKnight, K., Robin, J.A., Goldfine, M., & Albano, A.M. (2012). A pilot feasibility evaluation of the CALM Program for anxiety disorders in early childhood. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 40-49.
  32. ^ Comer, J.S., Mojtabai, R., & Olfson, M. (2011). National trends in the antipsychotic treatment of psychiatric outpatients with anxiety disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 1057-1065.
  33. ^ Comer, J.S., Blanco, C., Grant, B., Hasin, D., Liu, S.M., Turner, J.B., & Olfson, M. (2011). Health-related quality of life across the anxiety disorders: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 72, 43-50.
  34. ^ Comer, J.S., Olfson, M., & Mojtabai, R. (2010) National trends in child and adolescent psychotropic polypharmacy in office-based practice, 1996-2007. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, 1001-1010.
  35. ^ Comer, J.S., Roy, A.K., Furr, J.M., Gotimer, K., Beidas, R.S., Dugas, M.J., & Kendall, P.C. (2009). The Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale for Children: A psychometric evaluation. Psychological Assessment, 21, 402-411.
  36. ^ Kendall, P.C., Comer, J.S., Marker, C.D., Creed, T.A., Puliafico, A.C., Hughes, A.A., Martin, E., Suveg, C., & Hudson, J.L. (2009). In-session exposure tasks and therapeutic alliance across the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 517-525.
  37. ^ Comer, J.S., & Kendall, P.C. (2004) A symptom-level examination of parent-child agreement in the diagnosis of anxious youths. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43, 878-886.
  38. ^ Comer, J.S., Kendall, P.C., Franklin, M.E., Hudson, J.L., & Pimentel, S.S. (2004). Obsessing/worrying about the overlap between obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder in youth. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 663-683.
  39. ^ La Greca, A.M., Comer, J.S., & Lai, B. (2016). Trauma and child health: An introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41, 1-4.
  40. ^ La Greca, A.M., Comer, J.S., & Lai, B. (2016). Commentary: Key issues, concluding thoughts, and future directions for the study of trauma and child health. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41, 149-158.
  41. ^ Furr, J.M., Comer, J.S., Edmunds, J., & Kendall, P.C. (2010). Disasters and youth: A meta-analytic examination of posttraumatic stress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 765-780.
  42. ^ Dick, A.S., Silva, K., Gonzalez, R., Sutherland, M.T., Laird, A.R., Thompson, W.K., Tapert, S.F., Squeglia, L.M., Gray, K.M., Nixon, S.J., Cottler, L.B., La Greca, A.M., Gurwitch, R.H., & Comer, J.S. (2021). Neural vulnerability and hurricane-related media are associated with post-traumatic stress in youth. Nature Human Behavior, 5, 1578–1589. doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01216-3
  43. ^ Malloy, L.C., Dykstra, V.W., Steen, L.A.R., Filoso, D., Salem, H., Comer, J.S., Peris, T.S., Pincus, D.B., Ehrenreich-May, J., & Evans, A. (2024). Avoidant Parent-Child Communication About COVID-19: A Longitudinal Investigation of Associations with Youth Adjustment Across the First 6 Months of the Pandemic. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 253–266. doi:10.1007/s10802-023-01133-1
  44. ^ Comer, J.S., Furr, J.M., Beidas, R.S., Weiner, C.L., Kendall, P.C. (2008). Children and terrorism-related news: Training parents in coping and media literacy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 568-578.
  45. ^ Comer, J.S., & Kendall, P.C. (2007). Terrorism: The psychological impact on youth. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 14, 179-212.
  46. ^ "Boston Bomb Attack Triggered PTSD in Local Kids, Study Finds". NBC News. 3 June 2014.
  47. ^ "Eye On Education: BU Studies Effects Of Marathon Bombings On Children". 7 April 2014.
  48. ^ "Researchers Question Effects of Hurricanes on Kids' Brains". FIU News. 26 May 2018.
  49. ^ "Disaster news can trigger Posttraumatic stress in kids thousands of miles away". Washington Post. 20 February 2022.
  50. ^ "Jonathan Comer studies family life during COVID-19". American Psychological Association. 20 August 2020.
  51. ^ Comer, J.S., Dantowitz, A., Chou, T., Edson, A.L., Elkins, R.M., Kerns, C., Brown, B., Green, J.G. (2014). Adjustment among area youth after the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt. Pediatrics, 134, 7-14.
  52. ^ Kerns, C.E., Elkins, R.M., Carpenter, A.L., Chou, T., Green, J.G., & Comer, J.S. (2014). Caregiver distress, shared traumatic exposure, and child adjustment among area youth following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Journal of Affective Disorders, 167, 50-55.
  53. ^ Comer, J.S., Kerns, C., Elkins, R.M., Edson, A.L., Chou, T., Dantowitz, A., Miguel, E., Brown, B., Coxe, S., & Green, J.G. (2014). Adjustment among children with relatives who participated in the manhunt following the Boston Marathon attack. Depression and Anxiety, 31, 542-550.
  54. ^ Comer, J.S., Fan, B., Duarte, C., Wu, P., Musa, G., Mandell, D., Albano, A.M., & Hoven, C. (2010). Attack-related life disruption and child psychopathology in New York City public schoolchildren 6-months post-9/11. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39, 460-469.
  55. ^ "Researchers Question Effects of Hurricanes on Kids' Brains". FIU News. 26 May 2018.
  56. ^ Dick, A.S., Silva, K., Gonzalez, R., Sutherland, M.T., Laird, A.R., Thompson, W.K., Tapert, S.F., Squeglia, L.M., Gray, K.M., Nixon, S.J., Cottler, L.B., La Greca, A.M., Gurwitch, R.H., & Comer, J.S. (2021). Neural vulnerability and hurricane-related media are associated with post-traumatic stress in youth. Nature Human Behavior, 5, 1578–1589. doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01216-3
  57. ^ Merrill SM, Hogan C, Bozack AK, Cardenas, A., Comer, J.S., Bagner, D.M., Highlander, A., & Parent, J. (2024). Telehealth Parenting Program and Salivary Epigenetic Biomarkers in Preschool Children With Developmental Delay: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program. JAMA Network Open, 7(7):e2424815. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.24815
  58. ^ Sullivan, A. D. W., Bozack, A. K., Cardenas, A., Comer, J. S., Bagner, D. M., Forehand, R., & Parent, J. (2023). Parenting Practices May Buffer the Impact of Adversity on Epigenetic Age Acceleration Among Young Children With Developmental Delays. Psychological Science, 34(10), 1173-1185. doi:10.1177/09567976231194221
  59. ^ "Psychopathology: Science and Practice". Macmillan Learning. 1 January 2024.
  60. ^ "Fundamentals of Psychopathology". Macmillan Learning. 1 August 2024.
  61. ^ "Fundamentals of Psychopathology". Macmillan Learning. 1 August 2024.
  62. ^ Behavior Therapy Editorial Board.
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