Lauren H Carter, PhD

Dr. Melissa Milanak is a licensed clinical psychologist and an instructor in the sleep and anxiety treatment and research program (SATRP) as well as the associate director for continuing education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC. She received her doctorate in clinical and community psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, completed her internship through the Charleston Consortium at MUSC, and completed a two-year NIMH research postdoctoral fellowship at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) at MUSC. Her current work focuses on the nature of etiology and treatment of PTSD and comorbid sleep disorders as well as examining how sleep can play a role in the onset, maintenance, and/or prevention of PTSD. She also has conducted significant research examining the relationship between PTSD symptoms factors and the processing of emotional information, both in the United States as well as in Northern Ireland.Dr. Milanak supervises clinical trainees in the SATRP, supervises PGY-3's in CBT techniques, and serves as one of the faculty advisors for the medical student psychiatry interest group (SPIG).

Dr. Amanda Gilmore received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Washington in 2015. She completed her clinical internship training at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division and her postdoctoral training in child and adult trauma research at the National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center (NCVC) at MUSC. She joined the MUSC faculty in 2016 and currently holds a joint appointment in the College of Nursing and the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences as a research assistant professor. Dr. Gilmore is a licensed clinical psychologist and sees patients at Comprehensive Psychiatric Care Specialists. Her clinical work focuses on the use of cognitive-behavioral therapies for post traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and sexual dysfunction. Dr. Gilmore was trained by Dr. Marsha Linehan, the treatment developer of DBT and has served as a consultant for implementing DBT in community mental health and conducts DBT training for community mental health professionals.

Dr. Jennifer Dahne received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2016. She completed her predoctoral internship at the Medical University of South Carolina/Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and her postdoctoral fellowship via MUSC's National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) T32 training program. Dr. Dahne subsequently joined the MUSC faculty in 2018 and she is currently an Associate Professor, affiliated both with the Addiction Sciences Division of the Department of Psychiatry and with the Hollings Cancer Center, Cancer Control Program. The overarching goal of Dr. Dahne's research program is to significantly reduce the public health impact of tobacco use, with a specific focus on cigarette smoking among vulnerable populations (e.g. socioeconomically disadvantaged adults, individuals with additional physical and mental health comorbidities). The majority of Dr. Dahne's work centers around development and evaluation of technology-based remote interventions for the treatment of smoking cessation and common comorbidities (e.g. depression). Dr. Dahne also currently serves as Co-Director of MUSC's Remote & Virtual Trials Program and has interests in developing methods to improve the feasibility and rigor of remote trials. Dr. Dahne is a current NIDA K23 recipient and is also PI of a NIDA-funded R41, a National Cancer Institute-funded R21, and a National Institute of Mental Health-funded R42. She is also an active collaborator on several NIH-funded projects focused on smoking cessation and telehealth intervention delivery.