Lara N. Moody, M.S.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Address Addiction Recovery Research Center (ARRC)

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Center
2 Riverside Circle
Roanoke, VA 24016

Office Phone: (540) 526-2144

Cell Phone: (413) 884-4495
Fax: (540) 985-3361
Email lamoody3@gmail.com
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EDUCATION & TRAINING

Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC August 2017-Present

APA-Accredited Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2015 Present

Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate

Dissertation: Reducing Substance Use via Implementation Intentions: A Treatment for Heath Risk
Behaviors. (April 28, 2017)
Advisor: Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D.
Committee: Christopher T. Franck, Ph.D., Robert S. Stephens, Ph.D., and George A. Clum, Ph.D.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2012 2014

Master of Science
Masters Thesis: Evidence of Executive Dysfunction in Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder and Major
Depressive Disorder or Antisocial Personality Disorder. (September 12, 2014)
Advisor: Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D.
Committee: Christopher T. Franck, Ph.D., Robert S. Stephens, Ph.D., and George A. Clum, Ph.D.

Davidson College, Davidson, NC 2005 - 2009

Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Concentration in Neuroscience Studies

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Determining selective predictors of treatment outcomes across substance use disorders and treatments using data-
driving approaches
Characterization of and treatment development for rural populations including use of ecological momentary
assessments and interventions
Distinguishing patterns of decision-making using computational methods between current, former, and never
substance users

GRANT FUNDING
 National Institute of Health (NIH). National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National
Research Service Award (F31 AA024368). The Selectivity of Working Memory Training on Self-Control
in Alcohol-Dependence. Principal Investigator, August 2015 August 2017. Direct Costs: $70,312.

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS

SSCP Student Poster Competition Distinguished Contribution 2017

Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology Student Poster Competition ($100) at APS, Boston, MA

Travel Award for Statistics Workshop at University of Michigan 2016

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Travel Award ($500), Ann Arbor, MI

Virginia Tech BEST Program Travel Award 2016

Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) Travel Award ($600), Roanoke, VA

Graduate Student Assembly Travel Fund Award 2016, 2017

Virginia Tech (~$1000 total awarded)

Addiction Recovery Research Center Impact Award 2016

Award in Recognition for Excellence, Roanoke, VA

Department of Psychology Travel Award 2012-2016

Virginia Tech ($2500 total awarded)

Medical Research Scholar 2012-2014

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute competitive scholarship awarded annually ($70,000 in total)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Affiliate August 2017 Present

Durham VAMC
Mentors: Jean Beckham, Ph.D. and Patrick Calhoun, Ph.D.

Graduate Student Research Assistant August 2012 - August 2017

Addiction Recovery Research Center, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Mentor: Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D.

Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow May 2011May 2012

Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics, George Mason University
Study: Effects of Oxytocin on Third-Party Punishment
Mentors: Frank Kruger, Ph.D and Kevin McCabe, Ph.D.

Post-Baccalaureate Research Scientist September 2010May 2012

Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, George Mason University
Study: Neural Characteristics of Free Will and Determinism
Mentors: Frank Kruger, Ph.D and Raja Parasuraman, Ph.D.

Laboratory Manager May 2009-June 2010

Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Davidson College
Study: Immunohistochemical Analysis of Axonal Sprouting in Mouse

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 Supervisor: Julio Ramirez, Ph.D.

Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant September 2008-May 2009

Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Davidson College
Study: Operant Learning in Rats Following Entorhinal Cortex Lesion
Supervisor: Julio Ramirez, Ph.D.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Moody, L.N.. Tegge, A.N., Poe, L.M., Koffarnus, M.N. & Bickel, W.K. (Revise and resubmit) To Drink More or
to Drink Less? Distinguishing between effects of implementation intentions on decisions to drink and
how much to drink. Addictive Behaviors.

Bickel, W.K., Moody, L. Koffarnus, M., Thomas, J.G., Wing, R. (Under review) Self-control as Measured by
Delay Discounting is Greater Among Successful Weight Losers than Controls. Obesity.

Moody, L. Poe, L. & Bickel, W.K. (In press) Toward a Laboratory Model for Psychotherapeutic Treatment
Screening: Implementation intentions and incentives for abstinence in an analogue of smoking relapse.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Moody, L., Satterwhite, E., & Bickel, W. (In press) Substance use in rural Central Appalachia: Current status and
treatment considerations. Journal of Rural Mental Health.

Moody, L.N., Tegge, A.N. & Bickel, W.K. (2017) Cross-commodity discounting of alcohol and money in alcohol
users: Evidence of differential valuation systems across commodities. The Psychological Record. Doi:
10.1007/s40732-017-0245-0

Bickel, W., Moody, L., Eddy, C. & Franck, C. (2017) Neurocognitive dysfunction in addiction: Testing
hypotheses of diffuse versus selective phenotypic dysfunction with a classification-based approach.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Bickel, W.K., Pope, D., Moody, L. Stein, J., Mellis, A., Snider, S. (2017) Decision-based disorders: The
challenge of dysfunctional health behavior and the need for the science of behavior change. Policy
Insights from Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1-8. doi: 10.1177/2372732216686085

Bickel, W.K., Moody, L. & Higgins, S. (2016). Current Dimensions of Behavioral Economics in Health Behavior
Change. Preventative Medicine, 92, 16-23.

Bickel, W.K., Mellis, L., Snider, S., Moody, L., Stein, J. & Quisenberry, A. (2016). Novel Therapeutics for
Addiction: Behavioral- and Neuro-economic Approaches. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry.
3(3):277-292. doi:10.1007/s40501-016-0088-3

Moody, L., Franck, C., & Bickel, W. (2016) Comorbid depression, antisocial personality, & substance dependence:
Effects on delay discounting. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 160: 190-196.

Moody, L., Franck, C., Hatz, L. & Bickel, W. (2015) Impulsivity and polysubstance use: A systematic comparison
of delay discounting in mono, dual, and tri-substance use. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
24(1): 30-37.

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 Glass, L., Moody, L., Grafman, J. & Krueger, F. (2015) Neural signatures of third-party punishment: Evidence
from penetrating traumatic brain injury. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience. 1-10. doi:
10.1093/scan/nsv105

Bickel, W., Moody, L. & Quisenberry, A. (2015) Computerized working-memory training as a candidate adjunctive
treatment for addiction. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews. 36(1), 123-126.

Bickel, W., Moody, L., Quisenberry, A., Ramey, C. & Sheffer, C. (2014) A Competing Neurobehavioral Decision
System Model of SES-Related Health and Behavioral Disparities. Preventive Medicine. doi:
10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.032

Bickel, W., Quisenberry, A., Moody, L., Wilson, A. (2014) Therapeutic opportunities for self-control repair in
addiction and related disorders: Change and the limits of change in trans-disease processes. Clinical
Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/2167702614541260

Bickel, W., Wilson, A., Moody, L. & Koffarnus, M. (2014) The behavioral- and neuro- economic process of
temporal discounting: A candidate behavioral marker for addiction. Neuropharmacology. 76(B): 518-527.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.06.013

Feeney, E., Stephenson, D., Kleiman, R., Bove, S., Cron, C., Moody, L. & Ramirez, J. (2013)
Immunohistochemical characterization of axonal sprouting in mouse. Restorative Neurology and
Neuroscience. 31(5): 517-531. doi: 10.3233/RNN-130311

Krueger, F., Parasuraman, R., Moody, L., Twieg, P., de Visser, E., McCabe, K. & Lee, M. (2012) Oxytocin
selectively increases empathy for victims but not perpetrators of criminal offenses. Social Cognitive and
Affective Neuroscience. 8(5): 494-498. doi: 10.1093/scan/nss026

BOOK CHAPTERS

Bickel, W., Moody, L., Snider, S., Mellis, A., Stein, J. & Quisenberry, A. (2017) The behavioral economics of
tobacco products: Innovations in laboratory methods to inform regulatory science. In Y. Hanoch, T. Rice
and A. Barnes (Eds.), Behavioral Economics and Health Behaviors: Key concepts and current research.

Moody, L. & Bickel W.K. (2016). Substance Use and Addictions. In J. Luiselli & A. Fisher (Eds.), Computer-
Assisted and Web-Based innovations in Psychology, Special Education, and Health (pp. 157-186). Oxford:
Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-802075-3

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION

Moody, L. & Bickel, W.K. (In prep) The predictive value of risk perceptions in tobacco regulator science. Target
journal: Nicotine and Tobacco Research.

Bickel, W.K., Moody, L. Koffarnus, M. & Tegge, A. (In prep) Constricted Discounting in Chronic Cocaine Users
Compared to Recreational Users and Community Controls. Target journal: Biological Psychiatry.

Moody, L. Sheffer, C., Tegge, A. & Bickel, W.K. (In prep) Delay Discounting as a Classification Tool for
Treatment Outcomes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Target journal: Biological Psychiatry.

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 Bellucci, G., Moody, L., Feng, C., Walter, H. & Krueger, F. (In prep) Neural correlates of belief in free will:
Functional MRI and connectivity evidence. Target journal: Social and Cognitive Neuroscience.

INVITED TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Moody, L. Suicide Assessment in the Research Setting. Addiction Recovery Research Center, Roanoke, VA, May
2017.

Moody, L. The selectivity of working memory training on self-control in alcohol-dependence: An F31 proposal.
Developmental Psychology Datapalooza, Blacksburg, VA, October 2015.

Moody, L. Self-control, substance use, and avenues for repair. Multidepartment Professional Development
Meeting, Berkshire Medical Center. Pittsfield, MA, July 2014.

Moody, L. Franck, C., Hatz, L. & Bickel, W.K. Clarifying the relationship between delay discounting and
polysubstance users. Clinical Science Research Fair. Blacksburg, VA, August 2014.

PRESENTATIONS

Moody, L., Poe, L., Petrusky, O. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) An analogue of relapse: Comparing
monetary incentives, episodic future thinking, and implementation intentions. College on Problems of Drug
Dependence, Montreal, Canada. June 2017.

Moody, L., Poe, L. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Remote alcohol monitoring for behavioral interventions:
Implementation intentions as a strategy to reduce drinking. Association for Psychological Science, Boston,
MA. May 2017.

Moody, L., Poe, L. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Remote alcohol monitoring for behavioral interventions:
Implementation intentions as a strategy to reduce drinking. Transdisease Decision Processes and
Therapeutics Conference, Boston, MA. May 2017.

Moody, L., Poe, L., & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Experimental test of implementation intentions in a
laboratory analogue of relapse. Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Florence, Italy. March 2017.

Turner, J., Poe, L, Satterwhite, E. & Moody, L. (Poster presentation) Addiction in rural central Appalachia:
Utilizing local values to consider effective treatment avenues. Extreme Appalachia Conference,
Blacksburg, VA. March 2017.

Moody, L., Poe, L. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Implementation intentions and remote alcohol monitoring:
A behavioral intervention to reduce alcohol drinking. Association on Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
New York City, NY. Planned for October 2016.

Moody, L., Franck, C. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Are eating patterns indicative of addiction? Cross-
commodity discounting differentiates food and money. American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Planned for August 2016.

Moody, L. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Similarities across addiction processes: Cross-commodity
discounting of food, alcohol, and money. College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Palm Springs, CA.
Planned for June 2016.

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 Moody, L., Seymour, N., Eddy, C. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) The anatomy of risk between smokers and
non-smokers: Nicotine product risk perceptions. Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Chicago,
IL. March 2016.

Moody, L. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Delay discounting across time: Mental time travel and monetary
delay discounting from the future and past in heavy alcohol users. Research Society on Alcoholism, San
Antonio, TX. June 2015.

Moody, L., Franck, C. & Bickel, W.K. (Poster presentation) Delay discounting provides robust classification of
substance using and non-using individuals. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada. August
2015

Moody, L. & Bickel, W.K. (Oral presentation) Symmetrical discounting of the future and the past in heavy smokers
and alcohol drinkers. College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Phoenix, AZ. June 2015.

Bickel, W., Moody, L, & Quisenberry, A. (Poster presentation) Reinforcement pathology: A comparison among
polysubstance users. Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH, Gaithersburg, MD, May 2015.

Moody, L. & Bickel, W. (Poster Presentation) Clarifying the relationship between executive function in combined
substance dependence with major depressive disorder or antisocial personality disorder. Association of
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Philadelphia, PA, November 2014.

Moody, L., Washington, J. & Bickel, W. (Poster presentation) Executive function in comorbid substance
dependence, major depressive disorder, or antisocial personality disorder. American Psychological
Association. Washington, DC, August 2014.

Moody, L. & Bickel, W. (Poster presentation) Increased delay discounting in comorbid substance dependence and
major depressive disorder or antisocial personality disorder. American Psychological Association.
Washington, DC, August 2014.

Moody, L. Franck, C., Hatz, L. & Bickel, W.K. (Oral presentation) Delay discounting in polysubstance users. The
College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2014.

Bickel, W., Moody, L., Hatz, L. & Franck, C. (Poster presentation) Valuation of future rewards in alcohol users
with and without smoking dependency. Research Society on Alcoholism. Bellevue, WA, June 2014.

Moody, L. Franck, C., Mueller, E., Carter, A., Jarmolowicz, D., Gatchalian, K., Koffarnus, M. & Bickel, W. (Poster
Presentation) Executive functioning deficits in alcohol-dependent and alcohol- and cocaine-dependent
individuals. American Psychological Association. Honolulu, HI, August 2013.

Moody, L. Franck, C., Mueller, E., Carter, A., Jarmolowicz, D., Gatchalian, K., Koffarnus, M. & Bickel, W. (Poster
presentation) Executive functioning deficits in cocaine-dependent individuals. The College on Problems of
Drug Dependence. San Diego, CA, June 2013.

Bickel, W., Franck, C., Mueller, E., Carter, A., Jarmolowicz, D., Gatchalian, K., Koffarnus, M. & Moody, L. (Poster
presentation) Executive functioning differences in individuals with alcohol use disorders. Research Society
on Alcoholism. Orlando, FL, June 2013.

Moody, L., Parasuraman, R., Twieg, P., de Visser, E., McCabe, K., O'Hara, M., Lee, M. & Krueger, F. (Poster
presentation) Oxytocin increases empathy for victims of criminal offenses. Cognitive Neuroscience
Society. Chicago, IL, March 2012.

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 Moody, L., Parasuraman, R., Twieg, P., McCabe, K. & Krueger, F. (Poster presentation) Oxytocin increases
perspective taking and decreases trust in advantageous circumstances. Social and Affective Neuroscience
Society. Washington, DC, November 2012.

Bleda, M., Moody L., and Ramirez, J. (Poster presentation) Fimbria-fornix transection results in impaired
performance on a delayed non-matching-to-sample task. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.
Washington, DC, November 2009.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Cognitive Behavioral Tobacco Cessation Lead Therapist February 2015-April 2016

Addiction Recovery Research Center, Roanoke, VA

Trauma-Focused Treatment Advanced Practicum Graduate Clinician August 2015-May 2016

Psychological Services Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Substance Abuse Treatment Program Student Clinician Fall 2014-Fall 2015

Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA

Substance Use and Mental Health Practicum Student Summer 2014

Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Practicum Graduate Clinician August 2013-May 2014

Psychological Services Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Trauma-Focused Treatment Advanced Practicum Graduate Clinician August 2012-August 2013

Psychological Services Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Lecture Addiction and the Brain April 2017

Nervous Systems and Behavior
Blacksburg, VA

Instructor July 2011

Experimental Economics in Virtual Worlds High School Workshop
Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics, George Mason University

Teaching Assistant September 2009-May 2010

Behavioral Neuroscience Course and Functional Neuroanatomy Course
Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, Davidson College

Instructor Spring 2010

Introduction to Neuroscience Course
Davidson Middle School, NC

MENTORSHIP

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 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Amanda Patterson Neuroscience Major Summer 2015
Olivia Petrusky - Neuroscience Major January 2015-May 2017

Post-baccalaureate Clinical Psychology

Lindsey Poe, B.A. December 2015-May 2017

SPECIALIZED CLINICAL TRAINING

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Workshop September 2017

Trainers: Kelly Caron, Ph.D. & Sara Boeding, Ph.D., Durham VAMC

Prolonged Exposure Training August 2017

Trainers: Kelly Caron, Ph.D. & Kate Berlin, Ph.D., Durham VAMC

Cognitive Processing Therapy Training August 2017

Trainers: Sara Tiegreen, Ph.D. & Carolina Clancy, Ph.D., Durham VAMC

Motivational Interviewing Certification Spring 2015

Trainers: Steven Lash, Ph.D. and Phil Lehman, Ph.D., Salem VAMC

Interviewing Children with Anxiety Fall 2014

Instructor: Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Certified Tobacco Training Specialist Fall 2014

Instructors: Tomas Payne, M.D. and Christine Scheffer, Ph.D.,
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Suicide and Risk Assessment Interviewing June 2014

Instructor: Don Scherling, Psy.D., Connecticut Valley Hospital

CBT in Pediatric OCD March 2014

Instructor: Martin E. Franklin, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

SPECIALIZED RESEARCH TRAINING

Eastern Shoshone Recovery Center, Wind River Reservation August 2016

Director: Kellie Webb, LAT, Ft. Washakie, WY

Exploratory Data Mining via SEARCH Strategies August 2016

Instructor: Kevin J. Grimm, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Model Selection in R Using the Lasso July 2013

Instructor: Christopher T. Franck, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIEITES

Student Member, APA Division 12: Society of Clinical Psychology

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 Student Member, APA Division 28: Society of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse
Student Member, APA Division 31: State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs
Student Member, APA Division 50: Society of Addiction Psychology, Advocacy Committee Member
Student Member, Association on Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
Member in Training, College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Student Member, Research Society on Alcoholism
Student Member, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Student Member, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology

OUTREACH & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Coordinator, Transdisease Decision Processes and Therapeutics Conference January 2016-May 2017
Big Sister, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Virginia 2013Present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Appalachian Studies Association Conference Fall 2016
Instructor, Oliver Hill Mentoring Program STEM Workshops Fall 2015 Spring 2017
Co-Leader, Clinical Psychology Peer Mentorship Program Co-leader, Fall 2015Fall 2016

AD HOC JOURNAL REVIEWS

The Psychology Record

Behavioral Analysis: Research and Practice

REFERENCES

Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D.

Behavioral Health Research Professor
Director, Addictrion Recovery Research Center
Co-Director, Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors
2 Riverside Circle
Roanoke, VA 24016
wkbickel@vtc.vt.edu
(540) 526-2088

Christopher T. Franck, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
403-E Hutcheson Hall
250 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
chfranck@vt.edu
(540) 231-4375

Jesse Murray McNiel, Ph.D.

Psychologist

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 Substance Use Clinic
Hillandale II Clinic
Durham VA Medical Center
1824 Hillandale Road
Durham, NC 27705
Jesse.McNiel@va.gov

Robert Keith Shaw, Ph.D.

Director of Psychology
Durham VA Medical Center
508 Fulton Road
Durham, NC 27705
Robert.Shaw12@va.gov

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