Nice to meet you! My name is Chase DuBois, and I’m a post-baccalaureate researcher in clinical psychology. I received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Currently, I work as a Research Assistant in the UNC Anxiety and Stress Lab under Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz, and as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist in the Duke Behavioral Technology Research Lab under Dr. Eric Elbogen.

My research is focused on anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, peripartum mental health, chronic pain, evidence-based assessment, and interventions using mobile technology. I am also an advocate for open science and widely-accessible dissemination of psychological research.

Research Assistant

The Anxiety Lab | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz

Studies:

• Predictors and Course of Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD; #R01 MH118249)
  

Senior Clinical Research Specialist

Duke Behavioral Health & Technology Lab | Duke University School of Medicine

Advisor: Dr. Eric Elbogen

Studies:

• Neuromodulatory Treatments for Pain Management in Veterans With Complex TBI Using Mobile Technology (#W81XWH-17-1-0591)
  
• Using Mobile Devices for Neurofeedback to Reduce Opioid Use in Chronic Pain (#R41 DA053011)
• Promoting Effective Self-Management of Chronic Pain with mHealth Neurofeedback (#R01 NR019788)
• Adapting and Piloting Behavioral Activation for Veterans with Co-Occurring AUD and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (#R34 AA030820)

Langfus, J. A., Youngstrom, E. A., DuBois, C. M., Findling, R. L., & Stepanova, E. (2023). Scoping Review: Evidence-Based Assessment of Reactive Aggression in Children. JAACAP Open, 1(4), 246-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaacop.2023.08.005

Ojalehto, H. J., Pinciotti, C. M., Hellberg, S. N., Myers, N. S., DuBois, C. M., Rodriguez, C. S., Abramowitz, J. A. (2023). Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Profiles Vary by Index Trauma Type in a Trauma-Exposed Community Sample. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 38, 100827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100827

Elbogen, E. B., DuBois, C. M., Finlay, A. K., Clark, S., Kois, L. E.., Wagner, H. R., Tsai, J. (2023). How Often Does Homelessness Precede Criminal Arrest in Veterans? Results from the U.S. Survey of Prison Inmates. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(6), 486–493. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000693

Hellberg, S. N., DuBois, C. M., Myers, N. S., Rodriguez, C. S., Butcher, M. W., Ojalehto, H. J., Rieman, B., & Abramowitz J. S. (2023). The Contribution of Guilt Sensitivity in the Prediction of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Dimensions: Replication and Extension. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 97, 102728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102728

Myers, N. S., Juel, E. K., Friedman, J. B., Ojalehto, H. J., Tadross, M. E., DuBois, C. M., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2023). The contribution of inferential confusion and fear of self to psychological models of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: A dimensional approach [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Myers, N. S., Ojalehto, H. J., DuBois, C. M., Tadross, M. E., Rodriguez, C. S., Hellberg, S. N., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2023). Contrast avoidance and anxiety sensitivity mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and psychological distress in young adulthood [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

DuBois, C. M., Falls, A. F., Serrano, B., Wagner, H. R., Tsai, J., Elbogen, E. B. (2023). Social Determinants of Suicidal Ideation in Military Veterans: Examining the Interaction of Homelessness and Financial Debt [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine.

Ojalehto, H. J., Hellberg, S. N., Myers, N. S., DuBois, C. M., Rodriguez, C. S., Abramowitz, J. A. (2023). The Complex Relationship Between Trauma and Health Anxiety: Mediating Roles of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Body Vigilance. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Elbogen, E. B., DuBois, C. M., Finlay, A. K., Clark, S., Kois, L. E.., Wagner, H. R., Tsai, J. (2024, March 21-23). How Often Does Homelessness Precede Criminal Arrest in Veterans? Results from the U.S. Survey of Prison Inmates [Submitted paper presentation]. American Psychology Law Society Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Serrano, B.N., DuBois, C.M., Dennis, P., Beckham, J., Calhoun, P., & Elbogen, E.B. (2023, November 1-4). Neuromodulatory treatments for pain management delivered with mobile technology in military veterans: results from a single-blind, three-armed randomized controlled trial [Accepted paper presentation]. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 39th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Abramowitz, J. A., Hellberg, S. N., DuBois, C. M., Butcher, M. W., Myers, N. S., Ojalehto, H. J., Riemann, B., Rodriguez, C. S. (2022, November 17-20). Sensitivity to Guilt in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In M. M. Norberg (chair), The Role that Emotions Play in OCD: It's Not Just an Anxiety Disorder [Symposium]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York, NY, United States.

DuBois, C. M., Youngstrom E. A., Youngstrom, J. K., Feeny, N. C., Findling, R. L. (2022, August 4-6). Does Type of Trauma History Predict PTSD Symptoms in Youth? In J. Langfus (chair), Common yet challenging: Using free assessment tools to scout for key issues clients often omit [Symposium]. American Psychological Association 130th Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN, United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PQGFB

Little, G.A., Kang, R.M., Miller, J.V., DuBois, C.M., Youngstrom, E.A. (2022, August 4-6). The Effects of Age on Life Impact Factors Assessed Through the Hypomania Checklist (HCL-R2-R1). In J. Langfus (chair), Common yet challenging: Using free assessment tools to scout for key issues clients often omit [Symposium]. American Psychological Association 130th Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN, United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/X7ZAH

Miller, J. V., Kang, R. M., DuBois, C. M., Little, G. A., Pitts, L. M., Youngstrom, E. A. (2022, August 4-6). Item Response Theory Validation of the Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32-R1) for Male, Female, and Trans Gender Identities. In J. Langfus (chair), Innovative ways to increase access and engagement with psychological assessment via open teaching [Symposium]. American Psychological Association 130th Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN, United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/MVBHQ

Miller, J. V., Little, G. A., DuBois, C. M., Kang, R. M. (2021, November 16-21). Mentorship in the Dissemination and Implementation Space: What I Did With my Summer with HGAPS. In E.A. Youngstrom (Panelist), Sharing Our Psychological Science Better: How to Use Creative Commons Licensing, Social Media, Open Science, and Wiki to Reach the Biggest Audience [Conference session]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 55th Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Myers, N. S., Moldow, R., DuBois, C. M., Hellberg, S. N., Ojalehto, H. J., Rodriguez, C. S., Abramowitz, J. S. (2023, November 16-19). Comparison of Inference-Based and Cognitive-Behavioral Models of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [Accepted poster]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 57th Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, United States.

McGinty, K. F., Little, G. A., Miller, J. V., DuBois, C. M., Kang, R. M., Youngstrom, E. A. (2023, November 16-19). The Effects of Symptom Impact and Reactions from Others on Assessment of “Sunny” and “Dark” Features of Hypomania [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 57th Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, United States.

Langfus, J. A., DuBois, C. M., Youngstrom, E. A (2023, August 3-5). Content Overlap of Reactive Aggression Measures [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association 131st Annual Convention, Washington D.C., United States. https://osf.io/ngxvt/

DuBois, C. M., Rodriguez, C. S., Tadross, M. E., Persia, J. R., Lung, C. G., Hellberg, S. N., Ojalehto, H. J., Myers, N. S., Follet, L. E., Abramowitz, J. S. (2022, November 17-20). The Relationship between OCD, Depression, and Interpretations of Intrusive Thoughts [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York, NY, United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XBQ37

Miller, J. V., Kang, R. M., DuBois, C. M., Little, G. A., Pitts, L. M., Youngstrom, E. A. (2022, November 17-20). Comparison of Hypomania Checklist Psychometrics in Pre-COVID Pandemic and Pandemic-Era Samples [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York, NY, United States. https://osf.io/72wcv/

Ojalehto, H. J., Hellberg, S. N., Myers, N. S., DuBois, C. M., Rodriguez, C. S., Abramowitz, J. S. (2022, November 17-20). Sexual Assault and Health Anxiety: The Role of Body Vigilance, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York, NY, United States.

Ojalehto, H. J., Hellberg, S. N., Myers, N. S., DuBois, C. M., Rodriguez, C. S., Abramowitz, J. S. (2022, November 17-20). Examining the Comorbidity of PTSD and OCD: Symptoms and Cognitions [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York, NY, United States.

Myers, N. S., Colvin, A. A., Ojalehto, H. J., Hellberg, S. N., Rodriguez, C. S., DuBois, C. M., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2022, November). The relationship between contrast avoidance and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York City, NY.

Myers, N. S., Tadross, M. E., Hellberg, S. N., Ojalehto, H. J., Rodriguez, C. S., DuBois, C. M., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2022, November). The relationship between dissociative experiences and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York City, NY.

Myers, N. S., Ojalehto, H. J., Hellberg, S. N., DuBois, C. M., Rodriguez, C. S., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2022, November). The relationship between tolerance of uncontrollability and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 56th Annual Convention, New York City, NY.

DuBois, C. M., Youngstrom, E. A., Youngstrom, J. K., Feeny, N. C., Findling, R. L. (2022, October 17-22). Trauma types as predictors of childhood PTSD symptom severity: Comparing effects across two reporters and three scales [Poster presentation]. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 69th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5MWJ9

DuBois, C. M., Elbogen, E. B. (2022, September 8). How Often Does Homelessness Precede Criminal Arrest in Veterans? [Poster presentation]. Duke University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 3rd Annual Psychiatry Research Day, Durham, NC, United States.

DuBois, C. M., Ojalehto, H. J., Adams, L., Colvin, A., Agarwal, R., Butcher, M. W., Hellberg, S. N., Buchholz, J. L., Abramowitz, J. S. (2021, November 16-21). Associations between trauma type and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 55th Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/NMTYV

Miller, J. V., DuBois, C. M., Little, G. A., Kang, R. M., Youngstrom, E. A. (2021, November 16-21) Examining a Three-Factor Model of the Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32) in an International Sample [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 55th Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4ZBK6

Butcher, M., Ojalehto, H. J., Ataei, S., Hellberg, S. N., DuBois, C. M., Al-Omari, L., Buchholz, J. L., Abramowitz, J. S. (2021, November 16-21). Individual and psychological predictors of health anxiety in medical students [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 55th Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States.

DuBois, C. M., Youngstrom, E. A., Youngstrom, J. K., Feeny, N. C., Findling, R. L. (2021, June 17-19). Sexual abuse and female identity significantly predict PTSD symptom presentation in children and adolescents [Poster presentation]. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 5th Annual Future Directions Forum, Washington D.C., United States. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UD6YB

Sachdeva, N., DuBois, C. M., Hockenberry, H., Betts, J., Penton, R. E. (2021, May 3). Molecular Mechanisms Behind the LSD-5-HT2A Interaction [Poster presentation]. University of North Carolina 22nd Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.

DuBois, C. M., Dumont, E., Griffith, O., Johnson, M., Halverson, T., & Sathy, V. (2019, December 3). Influence of gender on feelings of safety and respect at UNC-Chapel Hill [Poster presentation]. University of North Carolina Fall Research and Making Expo, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.