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Edna B. Foa

Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry

Contact information
3535 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 746-3327
Education:
B.A. (Psychology, Literature)
Bar Ilan University , 1962.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology and Personality)
University of Missouri, 1970.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
University of Illinois , 1970.
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Description of Research Expertise

Edna B. Foa, Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Personality, from University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1970. Dr. Foa devoted her academic career to study the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety disorders, primarily obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social phobia and is currently one of the world leading experts in these areas.
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Last updated: 04/23/2009
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