Catherine R. Ayers, Ph.D., ABPP is the Program Director of the VASDHS Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Assistant Professor in the UCSD Department of Psychiatry, Co-Director of the VASDHS/UCSD Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Residency Evidence Based Psychotherapy Track, and faculty member in the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. Her research is focused on treatment outcome for anxiety disorders and geriatric hoarding disorder. She has been funded by the International OCD Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Ayers currently has 6 active research investigations at the VA and UCSD examining the characterization and treatment outcomes for hoarding disorder.