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David Moscovitch is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo, where he directs a research lab, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, and trains doctoral students in Clinical Psychology. His research focuses on social anxiety and the self, with particular emphasis on autobiographical memory and self-schema processes. Dr. Moscovitch earned an Honours BSc in Psychology from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Boston University. He joined the University of Waterloo faculty in 2006 and held a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Research until 2016. His work has been supported by provincial, national, and international funding agencies, and he publishes widely in high-impact journals. He is a frequent invited speaker at academic and clinical institutions, and his research has been featured in major media outlets. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the British Journal of Clinical Psychology and is an Elected Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Canadian Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. His honours include the 2009 ABCT Early Career Award for Outstanding Research in Anxiety Disorders and the 2016 CPA Scientist-Practitioner Early Career Award. In 2008, Dr. Moscovitch founded the UW Anxiety Studies Research Group to advance community-based clinical research. From 2014 to 2020, he served as Executive Director of the UW Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment, leading its growth into a state-of-the-art facility. A strong advocate of the scientist-practitioner model, he maintains an active clinical practice specializing in CBT for adult anxiety. For more information about Dr. Moscovitch’s research and activities, please visit his faculty website.