3/25/25 Iony Ezawa, University of Southern California: Early Insights from Starting a Tenure-Track Career in Clinical Science
Clinical Brown Bag
Iony Ezawa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Early Insights from Starting a Tenure-Track Career in Clinical Science
Iony D. Ezawa, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Depression Treatment Laboratory at the University of Southern California. She completed her doctoral training at The Ohio State University (mentored by Daniel R. Strunk, PhD), clinical internship at the University of California San Diego/Veterans Affairs Consortium, and T32 postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University (mentored by Steven D. Hollon, PhD). Iony is primarily interested in the treatment of depression. In line with this interest, her research focuses on investigating how treatments for depression achieve their effects and how they can be adapted to meet the needs of different patients. Iony will be visiting the clinical area brown bag via Zoom from noon until 1pm Tuesday March 25th,
Zoom Link: https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/96882292273?pwd=G3zeVaPsYWGy1e6p0IPIYap2c1SaT0.1
Meeting ID: 968 8229 2273
Passcode: 702697
Select publications:
Schmidt, I. D.*, Pfeifer, B. J., & Strunk, D. R. (2019). Putting the “cognitive” back in cognitive therapy: Sustained cognitive change as a mediator of in-session insights and depressive symptom improvement. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87, 446-456. *Schmidt is Iony Ezawa’s former last name.
Ezawa, I. D., & Strunk, D. R. (2022). Differences in the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression when therapists work with Black and White patients. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 46, 104-113.
Ezawa, I. D., Robinson, N., & Hollon, S. D. (2024). Prevalence increases as treatments improve: An evolutionary perspective on the treatment-prevalence paradox in depression. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 20, 201-228.