Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., ABPP, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. She led design and now serves as Deputy Director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and Director of Mental Health Research and Program Evaluation at the VA Atlanta Healthcare System. Dr. Rauch has been developing programs, conducting research and providing PTSD and Anxiety Disorders treatment for over 25 years. Her research focuses on examination of mechanisms involved in the development and treatment of PTSD and improving access to effective interventions. She has led several PTSD treatment outcome and mechanisms trials funded through VA/DOD and other sources. She has been training providers in PTSD treatment since 2000 including training in PE and leading the VA’s current training in PE for Primary Care. She has published scholarly articles, chapters, and books on anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) focusing on neurobiology and factors involved in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders, psychosocial factors in medical settings, and the relation between physical health and anxiety. She is an author of the new Prolonged Exposure manual to be released by Oxford University Press in August of 2019. Dr. Rauch has been involved in the modification and adaptation of proven psychotherapeutic interventions for anxiety disorders for various populations and settings, including primary care. Her role in VHA focuses on growing VA Program Evaluation and Research and establishing new and effective treatment programs. She served on the VA/DOD PTSD Clinical Practice Guideline Committee for the 2010 and 2017 guidelines. She is a fellow of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. She serves on the Scientific Council of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. In 2017, she was awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Emory University School of Medicine.