Matthew T. Tull, PhD

Assistant Professor
Director, Anxiety Disorders Research
The Personality and Emotion Research and Treatment (PERT) Laboratory

• 1998: BA, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
• 2000: MA, Experimental Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• 004-2005: Clinical Internship at the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology (Rotations at the Boston VA Outpatient Clinic, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Center, and the National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Sciences Division)
• 2005: PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
• 2005-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• 2006-2008: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, and Director of Emotion Research, Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, University of Maryland College Park
• 2008: Assistant Professor, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Dr. Tull's research broadly focuses on understanding the role of difficulties in emotion regulation (particularly in regard to emotional avoidance) in the development and maintenance of the anxiety disorders, especially PTSD, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. His current research focuses on examining the emotionally avoidant function of substance use among individuals with PTSD, as well as the negative clinical outcomes associated with the presence of co-occurring PTSD among substance users (including substance abuse treatment drop-out and engagement in HIV-risk behaviors). Dr. Tull currently serves as Principal Investigator on a grant funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Co-Investigator on a grant funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (PI: Kim L. Gratz, PhD).