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An Oskarsson, PhD
A.EDUCATION
Completion
Institution and Location Degree Field of Study
Date
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) B.A. 03/1997 Psychology
University of Washington, Seattle WA M.S. 08/2001 Cognitive Psychology
University of Colorado, Boulder CO Ph.D. 08/2006 Social Psychology
B.WORK EXPERIENCE
Current Position
2017- present Special Project Associate, Dept of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic
In 2017, Dr. Oskarsson began working for the Healthy Actions to Benefit Independence and
Thinking (HABIT) Program at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. The HABIT Program is a
behavioral intervention program designed to help patients diagnosed with Mild Cognitive
Impairment and their caregivers.
Dr. Oskarsson provides cognitive rehabilitation therapy, wellness instruction, and support group
therapy for the program. She is also the lead content developer for a toolkit and manual that would
allow other healthcare systems to implement the HABIT Program at sites across the country.
Prior Positions
2015 - 2016
Oversight & Accountability Commission, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Oskarsson worked for an oversight committee that appropriated taxpayer funds from Prop
63, the Mental Health Services Act, to every county in the State of California, with the aim of
improving access and quality of community mental services across the state. She managed
several research and development contracts totaling over $2,000,000 and coordinated several
projects aimed at evaluating program effectiveness.
Her responsibilities included collecting and synthesizing information from stakeholders (patients,
caregivers, providers, counties, advocacy groups, and community organizations) and making
recommendations to the Commission. Dr. Oskarsson also supported the submission process for
how counties applied for funding under the Innovation Program, a program designed to facilitate
inter-agency collaboration and implementation of novel ideas to improve community mental health
services.
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2008 - 2015 Lead Scientist, AlphaTRAC, Inc., Westminster, CO
As the lead scientist for a small consulting firm, Dr. Oskarsson played an integral role in the
design and development of web-based software applications for use by emergency responders. Her
work was funded by government agencies such as the Department of Energy, U.S. Marine Corps,
Office of Naval Research, Department of Homeland Security, and Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA).
Her responsibilities included eliciting knowledge from subject matter experts & target end
users and developing the design and content of software applications and program materials.
1996 2009 Lecturer and Researcher at Various Universities
Since 1996, Dr. Oskarsson has conducted rigorous systematic research which involves study
design and implementation (interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, literature reviews), data
analysis and interpretation, and reporting results.
She has taught university courses on various psychology topics (e.g., research methodology,
statistics, and judgment and decision making) at the University of Washington, Metropolitan State
College of Denver, University of Colorado Boulder, and University of California at Davis.
C. HONORS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND SERVICE
Honors
1998-1999 University of Washington Graduate School Merit Award Scholarship, Seattle, WA
1999-2002 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
2001-2006 University of Colorado Graduate School University Fellowship, Boulder, CO
2003 Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics, Participant
Travel Grant, Poster Award, Max Planck Institute, Center for Adaptive Behavior and
Cognition, Berlin, Germany
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2004 Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Meeting, 1 Place Poster
Award, Minneapolis, MN
Memberships
2001-2010 Society for Judgment & Decision Making (SJDM)
2004-2009 Society for Personality & Social Psychology (SPSP)
2008-2010 Emergency Management Issues Special Interest Group (EMI SIG)
2010-2011 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
2011-2012 North American Mycological Association (NAMA)
Service
2007 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
2007 Conference Coordinator, Center for Research on Judgment & Policy, University of
Colorado
2008 Proposal Reviewer, American Psychological Association Division 8 Conference, Boston
2011 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychology of Sport and Exercise
2011 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Acta Psychologica
2012-13 Course Instructor & Volunteer, San Francisco Bay Area Urban Areas Security
Initiative (UASI). Urban Shield Regional Anti-Terrorism Exercise
2019- Cub Scouts of America, Pack 37 (Atlantic Beach), Programs & Communications Lead
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