Chloe Hudson

Dr. Chloe Hudson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech and Director of the Mental State Processing and Psychopathology Lab. Her research focuses on understanding mental state processing (theory of mind, emotion regulation) and its implications for mental illness, bridging clinical science, cognitive science, and social psychology. She investigates how these processes influence daily functioning, psychotherapy outcomes, and psychopathology structure.

Dr. Hudson holds a Ph.D. (2021) and M.S. (2015) from Queen’s University and a B.A. (2012) from the University of Guelph. Her work employs transdiagnostic approaches to study depression, anxiety, suicide risk, and interpersonal dysfunction. Current research priorities include assessing mental state processing trajectories during psychotherapy and developing reliable measurement tools for cognitive and emotional processes.

Recent publications emphasize attentional control’s role in depression treatment outcomes, the relationship between emotion malleability and suicidal ideation, and the psychometric properties of autism screening tools in psychiatric populations. She is also investigating virtual partial hospital programs’ efficacy and the role of perspective-taking in interpersonal dysfunction.

Dr. Hudson is accepting graduate students (application deadline December 1, 2024) for her lab, which explores innovative interventions targeting mental state processing deficits across disorders. Her research integrates behavioral, cognitive, and clinical methodologies to advance understanding of psychopathology mechanisms.