Author: Katherine J. Pierce

Dr. Zand is a clinical psychologist and Research Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Medical School, Department of Psychiatry.  For the past 14 years, her work has focused on child and adolescent mental health and resilience. During this time, she has been responsible for writing, designing,  and directing multiple federally funded longitudinal grants. Her most recent project focuses on fostering bonding between medically fragile, developmentally disabled young children and their caregivers. Dr. Zand has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in research methods and mental health policy, mentored graduate students and junior faculty, published in peer reviewed journals, and presented findings in local, state, and national forums. Recently, she was accepted into the American Psychological Association’s Leadership Institute for Women In Psychology. Dr. Kathy Pierce, a clinical psychologist at Washington University’s School of Medicine – Department of Psychiatry, specializes in novel interventions for persons with treatment resistant depression.  Over the past 6 years, Dr. Pierce has worked on both industry and federally funded clinical trials, serving as a supervisor, psychometrician, treater, statistician, co-author, and/or grant writer.   Prior to working at Washington University, Dr. Pierce was the Evaluation Director for a non-profit agency providing care for AIDs patients, and co-led Missouri’s “Deaf Mental Health PAH, ” a statewide deaf mental health advocacy group.