Baylor University Medical Center - Dallas, Texas
Research team
Leadership
Mark Powers, PhD
Research Center Director
Dr. Mark B. Powers is a licensed clinical psychologist and Research Center Director of the Trauma Research Center (TRC) at Baylor Scott & White Research Institute. The TRC conducts clinical research to improve the quality of life among those impacted by trauma across 51 hospitals and 15 designated Trauma Centers. His research focuses on: a) treatment and prevention of PTSD, b) resilience training, and c) non-opioid pain management. Funding sources include NIH, DoD, DARPA, HHS, and private foundations. He has held positions at UCLA, Pepperdine University, University of Texas at Austin, Harvard University, Boston University, University of Washington, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), University of Pennsylvania, and Southern Methodist University.
Dr. Powers was certified in prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD and Exposure with Ritual Prevention for OCD at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders with Dr. Edna Foa and he was a Beck Scholar at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. He served on the APA Division 12 Presidential Task Force on Empirically Supported Treatment Dissemination and was a member of the Scientific Council at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. He works closely with trauma medical providers, survivors of traumatic injury, first responders/law enforcement, and the military. He conducts international (US, Canada, The Netherlands) workshops in Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) for PTSD and EX/RP for OCD.
Dr. Powers has over 180 publications including books, book chapters, and journal articles. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Dr. Powers received the 2019 D CEO magazine Excellence in Healthcare Award for Achievement in Medical Research. He now serves on the American Psychological Association National PTSD Treatment Guidelines Panel.
Ann Marie Warren, PhD, ABPP
Research Center Director
Ann Marie Warren, PhD, ABPP is a licensed psychologist and a Research Center Director for the Trauma Research Center at Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and the focus of both her clinical and research work over the past 20 years has been on the psychological experience of individuals with significant medical conditions including physical injury, organ transplantation, and chronic disease.
As a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in Rehabilitation Psychology, her clinical and research interests have centered around the psychological consequences of conditions that result in subsequent disability including spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. Additionally, she has a strong interest in physician and provider well-being and has served in both a clinical and research capacity to help address these issues at BSWH.
Dr Warren has served as a Principal Investigator, Site Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on funded grants with support from the Department of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Institute of Mental Health Care Systems Collaboratory, National Institute of Health, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the WW. Caruth, Jr. Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas, Cardiovascular Research Review Committee at Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and the Baylor Scott & White Foundation.
In her clinical role as a licensed psychologist, she has provided psychological services in a variety of settings at Baylor Scott & White Health including our inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation hospital, our Level I Trauma center as well as inpatient consult liaison and outpatient services for Baylor University Medical Center. Dr. Warren is a frequent lecturer at both regional and national conferences and has over 100 peer reviewed publications.