Michelle Craske

Michelle Craske is a Distinguished Professor and the Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), specializing in Clinical Psychology. Her research focuses on fear, anxiety disorders, etiological models, risk factors, and translational research bridging fear learning and exposure treatments. She also emphasizes disseminating evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapies into clinical practice.

Research Interests:

• Fear and anxiety mechanisms
• Exposure therapy techniques
• Translational research linking neuroscience and clinical applications
• Digital mental health interventions
• Neuroimaging and reward processing

Scientific Awards:

• Distinguished Professor
• Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chair

Publication Trends: Recent work explores digital interventions for anxiety and depression, neuroimaging in fear extinction, reward processing in therapy outcomes, and personalized treatment using AI. Subfields include virtual reality, neuroreinforcement, peer mentor systems, and multimodal assessment.