Rinad Beidas

Rinad S. Beidas (January 1, 1982) is an American clinical child psychologist. She is an associate professor of Psychiatry and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of Implementation Research.

Rinad Beidas
Beidas 2018 PISCE meeting
Born (1982-01-01) January 1, 1982
Amman, Jordan
Academic background
EducationBA, psychology, 2003, Colgate University
MA, PhD, 2011, Temple University
Academic work
InstitutionsPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Early life and education

Beidas was born on January 1, 1982, in Amman, Jordan.[1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University in 2003 and her Master's degree and PhD from Temple University.[2] While completing her doctoral degree, she received the 2008 Assembly of Scientist/Practitioner Psychologists award.[3] She also worked under the guidance of Philip C. Kendall at his Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic, wherein she treated children with anxiety using a cognitive-behavioral approach.[4]

Career

Upon completing her PhD, Beidas joined the faculty at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012.[5] In her early years at the school, one of her family members committed suicide using a firearm and her son was born, causing her to re-assess the safety of her house. This led her research firearm safety evidence-based practices and study firearm safety in pediatric primary care.[6] In her role as an assistant professor of psychiatry, Beidas lead a study titled A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of an Evidence-Based Exercise Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors which aimed at finding barriers to implementation of the evidence-based exercise and education program for breast cancer survivors.[7] The following year, she was the recipient of the 2015 President's New Researcher Award of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.[5]

In 2017, Beidas was the senior author on the longest known study looking at suicidal ideation following cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment in youth. The results of the study found that patients who did not respond to CBT in their childhood as a treatment for anxiety were more likely to endure suicidal thoughts seven to 19 years after treatment.[8] She also received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health for her project to encourage therapists to use evidence-based practices more often in their sessions.[9] In 2020, Beidas was the principal investigator of a National Institute of Mental Health funded research project aimed at improving the implementation of an evidence-based firearm safety program.[10]

Selected publications
  • Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (co-edited)

References
  1. "RINAD S. BEIDAS, PH.D." citeseerx.ist.psu.edu. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.661.6992. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  2. "Rinad Sary Beidas". med.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  3. "Personalities". apa.org. November 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  4. "Psychology Alum Honored for Research Accomplishments". liberalarts.temple.edu. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  5. Levins, Hoag (September 2015). "Rinad Beidas Receives National 'New Researcher' Award". ldi.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  6. "Team Awarded R01 to Study Gun-Safe Interventions in Pediatric Primary Care". chibe.upenn.edu. September 11, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  7. Delach, Katie (November 4, 2014). "Penn Medicine Studies Show New Evidence that Exercise Therapy, Acupuncture Benefit Breast Cancer Survivors". penntoday.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  8. "Successful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Youth Leads to Decreased Thinking about Suicide, Penn Medicine Study Finds". pennmedicine.org. March 2, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  9. "Penn receives $6.4 million from NIMH for new mental health center". medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  10. "Penn Medicine Receives $3.6 Million National Institute of Mental Health Grant for Firearm Safety Research". pennmedicine.org. September 9, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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