Nichole Baker, MA

Psychology
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

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Professional Summary

Nichole Baker, MA, is a predoctoral intern in the Behavioral Pediatrics and Integrated Care Program in the department of psychology at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute. She joins us from the University of Texas at Austin School Psychology Program in Austin, TX. Prior to internship, Nichole provided clinical services to children, adolescents and families across a variety of settings including schools, community based mental health centers, private practice, hospital-based clinics and Early Head Start/Head Start programs. Nichole takes an integrated cognitive behavioral and systems approach to treatment and assessment and has been trained in the use of the Modular Approach to the Treatment of Children – Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Conduct Problems (MATCH) and the Principal-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents (FIRST). Her research interests center on implementing and disseminating evidence-based therapies to improve the access to and the quality of care for underserved children and families.

Specialty Certifications

• CANS Certification (2021)
• CLASS Assessment Certification (2019)

Education

• PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, in process - expected 2023
• MA, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2019
• BA Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 2010

Teaching

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (University of Texas at Austin)
  • Biological Bases of Behavior (Spring 2022)
  • Adolescent Development (Fall 2021)
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Spring 2020)
  • Research Design and Methods of Psychology and Education (2017-2019)
• Teaching Fellow (Number 11 High School, Nanjing, Peoples Republic of China)
  • Conversational English (2010-2011)

Research Interests and Projects

• Implementation and dissemination of evidence-based therapies to underserved communities
• Measuring implementation fidelity in community-based care

Selected Publications

• Baker, N., Bowling, A., Sale, R., Woo, R. & Bearman S. K. (under review). Refining how we Define Retention Failure. American Journal of Psychotherapy.
• Bearman, S. K., Jamison, J. M., Lopez, M. A., Baker, N. M. & Sanchez, J. E. (in press). Testing the Impact of a Peer-Delivered Family Support Program: A Randomized Clinical Effectiveness Trial. Psychiatric Services.
• Sale, R., Bearman, S.K., Woo, R. & Baker, N. (2021). Introducing a Measurement Feedback System for Youth Mental Health: Predictors and Impact of Implementation in a Community Agency. Administration and Policy Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 48(2), 327-342.

Professional Affiliations

• American Psychological Association Division 53: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
• Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• ABCT Dissemination and Implementation Special Interest Group
• Association of Psychological Science

Awards

• UT Austin Graduate Dissertation Fellowship (2021)
• Christine W. Anderson Scholarship (2016)
• Iowa Sociological Association Steve Wieting Award (2010)