Katina Rorex

Licensed Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience in therapeutic interventions and clinical assessments. Proficient in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, individual and group counseling, and crisis intervention. Recognized for strong interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport with diverse patient populations. Developed comprehensive treatment plans that significantly enhanced patient outcomes in previous roles.

State of Alabama, licensed Psychologist, Number 649

• Mark, Phillips, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Mark.Phillips@va.gov, (205)937-5529, Home Based Primary Care, Birmingham VA Medical Center, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL, 35233
• Kristi, Clements, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Kristi.Clements@va.gov, (205)292-8384, Administrative Medicine/C&P Clinic, Birmingham VA Medical Center, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL, 35233
• James, Flournoy, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, James.Flournoy@va.gov, (205)919-6476, Administrative Medicine/C&P Clinic, Birmingham VA Medical Center, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL, 35233
• Karen, Clarke, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Karen.Clark@va.gov, (205)789-3413, Administrative Medicine/C&P Clinic, Birmingham VA Medical Center, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL, 35233
• Daniel, Marson, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, dmarson@uab.edu, (205)934-2334, Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 625 19th Street South, JT 1216, Birmingham, AL, 35249-7340
• Brenda, Plassman, PhD, Director, plassman@psych.mc.duke.edu, (919)682-6722, Program in Epidemiology of Dementia, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3925 DUMC, Durham, NC, 27710

1990/1992-1994 Dean’s List, Auburn University, Academic Honor Roll, 1991 Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, 1994 Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, 2004 National Alumni Association license Tag Fellowship, 2005 Summer Training in Aging Research Topics - Mental Health (START-MH) Fellowship, 2005 Graduate Student Research and Travel Award, 2009 Outstanding Dissertation Award

• Gerstenecker, A. Martin, R. C., Hebert, K. Triebel, K., & Marson, D. C. (2022). Cognitive correlates of impaired testamentary capacity in Alzheimer's dementia. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37(6), 1148-1157.
• Hebert, K. & Marson, D. C. (2007). Assessment of financial capacity in older adults with dementia. In S. H. Qualls & M. A. Smyer (Eds.), Changes in Decision Making Capacity in Older Adults: Assessment and Intervention, pp.237-270, John Wiley & Sons.
• Hebert, K., Martin-Cook, K., Svetlik, D., & Weiner, M.F. (2002). Caregiver decision-making: driving What we say versus what we do. Clinical Gerontologist, 26(1-2), 17-29.
• Hebert, K., Allen, R.S., Lee, H., Morthland, M., Castillio, J., & Marson, D.C. (2006, February). A growing challenge: The need for functional assessment of decision capacity among older adults seeking legal services. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Hebert, K.R., Cullum, C.M., Frol, A.B., Chapman, S., Weiner, M.F., Hynan, L., & Allen, R.S. (2002, November). Decision-making capacity regarding research participation in persons with Alzheimer’s disease. In L. Burgio (Chair), Clinical geropsychology graduate student research at the University of Alabama Symposium conducted at the 55th annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, Illinois.
• Hebert, K.R., Plassman, B.P., Helms, M.J., Foster, S., & Steffens, D.C. (2004, February). Preclinical cognitive signs of Alzheimer’s disease in aging twins. Poster session presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Marson, D.C. & Hebert, K. (2005). Neuropsychological evaluation of civil competencies in the elderly. In G. Larabee (Ed.), Forensic neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach (pp. 334-377). New York: Oxford Press.
• Marson, D.C. & Hebert, K. (2006). Functional assessment. In D.K. Attix & K.A. Welsh-Bohmer (Eds.), Geriatric Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention (pp. 166-205). New York: Guilford Press.
• Marson, D. C., Hebert, K. R., & Solomon, A. C. (2012). Assessing civil competencies in older adults with dementia: Consent capacity, financial capacity, and testamentary capacity. In G.J. Larrabee (Ed.), Forensic neuropsychology: A scientific approach (2nd ed.), pp. 401-437. Oxford University Press.
• Marson, D.C., Huthwaite, S., & Hebert, K. (2004). Testamentary capacity and undue influence in the elderly: A jurisprudence therapy perspective. The Law and Psychology Review, 28, Spring.
• Martin, R.C., Gerstenecker, A., Hebert, K., Triebel, K., & Marson, D. (2022). Assessment of testamentary capacity in older adults. Description and validation of a standardized interview instrument. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37(6), 1133-1147.
• Potter, G., Hebert, K.R., Helms, M.J., Steffens, D.C., & Plassman, B.P. (2004, February). Contributions of occupational complexity to cognitive status with elderly twin pairs. Poster session presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Ward, L.C., Bergman, M.A., & Hebert, K. R. (2012). WAIS-IV subtest covariance structure: Conceptual and statistical considerations. Psychological Assessment 24(2), 328-340.

• October 2005-December 2005, May 2006-Present: Graduate Student Advance Practicum, Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Supervisor: Daniel C. Marson, Ph.D. (205)934-2334
• Responsibilities included administration and scoring of a broad spectrum of neuropsychological measures used in diagnosing dementias, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and brain tumors in addition to psychometric measures of specific competencies including medical decision-making, financial capacity, and testamentary capacity.
• September 2004-May 2006: Graduate Student Advance Practicum, Elder Law Clinic, School of Law, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Supervisor(s): Hugh M. Lee, J.D. (205)348-7896, Rebecca S. Allen, Ph.D. (205)348-9198
• Responsibilities included consulting with attorneys and law students regarding the cognitive and competence status of their elderly clients. Clinical interviews and psychometric measures were used to assess the degree to which clients met legal criteria for capacity, specifically related to financial management, medical decision-making, and executing will or durable power of attorney. Formal reports are submitted to the legal team.
• September 2004-May 2005: Graduate Student Advance Practicum, Forensic Psychology Private Practice, Birmingham, AL. Supervisor: Kim Ackerson, Ph.D. (205)324-8499
• Responsibilities included conducting under the direct supervision of a licensed forensic psychologist pre-trial assessments of mental status at the time of offense and capacity to stand trial, attending court hearings, and observing eye-witness testimony and consultative services provided to a legal team. Assessments were conducted within a private office and within correctional facilities.
• May 2004-November 2004: Graduate Student Advance Practicum, Capstone Rural Health Center, Walker County, University of Alabama, Parrish, AL. Supervisor: Forrest Scogin, Ph.D. (205)348-1924
• Responsibilities included providing individual psychotherapy services, cognitive assessment, suicide risk assessment, crisis intervention and feedback to nurses and physicians specific to geriatric patients presenting at a rural primary care clinic.
• September 2003-August 2004: Graduate Student Advance Practicum, Psychological Testing Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Supervisor: Charles Ward, Ph.D. (205)554-2705
• Responsibilities included neuropsychological assessment, interpretation, and report writing involving demented adult outpatients, psychiatric inpatients, acute medical, and long-term care populations for purposes of differential diagnosis, determining eligibility for benefits and/or program assistance, and periodic monitoring of cognitive status.
• September 2002-May 2003: Graduate Student Advance Practicum, Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Supervisor: Michael Mundy, Ph.D. (205)759-0898
• Responsibilities included facilitation of orientation sessions for new inpatients and group therapy on mental health issues for longer-term patients; individual therapy using interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive restructuring approaches that focus on issues of diagnosis and treatment compliance, basic problem-solving and communication skills, patient-staff interaction, and discharge planning; development and implementation of health behavior action plans; reporting status of interventions to a multidisciplinary treatment team.
• June 2002-December 2002: Graduate Student Basic Practicum, Psychology Clinic, University of Alabama. Supervisor: John Lochman, Ph.D. (205)348-7678
• Responsibilities included providing weekly interpersonal therapy services to clients seeking services through the outpatient Psychology Clinic; therapy approaches are person-centered cognitive-behavioral with guidance and supervision of department faculty; completing task interview requests for service by telephone to assist the clinician staff in determining individual suitability for receiving service through the Psychology Clinic.
• August 1999-August 2000: Graduate Student Counselor, University Rehabilitation Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX. Supervisor: Clark Stevens, Ph.D. (214)648-1750
• Responsibilities included providing weekly rehabilitation counseling services to clients with impaired physical and/or cognitive functioning resulting from stroke and congenital or malformation pressure hydrocephalus; therapy approaches included person-centered cognitive-behavioral and family systems therapy with the guidance and supervision of department faculty.
• January-May 2000: Graduate Student Practicum, University Rehabilitation Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX. Supervisor: Clark Stevens, Ph.D. (214)648-1750
• Project Coordinator, Comprehensive Adjustment Program for Individuals with Amputations; responsibilities included development of policies and procedures manual, patient scheduling, supervising student test administration and completion of reports, and presenting patient information at multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Facilitator, Personal and Social Adjustment Group; responsibilities included preparing and conducting sessions relating to the development of interpersonal and work-related skills; exposure to group therapy approaches with a heterogeneous population including personality disorders, mood and affective disorders, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, developmental and physical disabilities.
• August-December 1998, June-August 2000: Graduate Student Practicum, Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX. Supervisor: C. Munro Cullum, Ph.D. (205)348-3353
• Responsibilities included psychometric testing with a wide variety of populations including patients from UTSW Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Parkland Hospital’s Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Zale Lipshy University Inpatient Psychiatric Ward, and private referrals.

• May-August 2005: Civil Capacity Assessment in Cognitively Intact Older Adults, Summer Training in Aging Research Topics - Mental Health Fellowship, University of California San Diego Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
• Responsibilities included independent research collecting normative data on functional measures of medical decision-making, financial capacity, and testamentary capacity in older adults; identifying cognitive predictors of functional performance; development of a new measure of testamentary capacity; recruiting subjects; administering test batteries; data entry and analysis; and presenting findings at the START-MH benefit in August 2005.
• May-August 2003: Graduate Student Research Externship, Duke University Memory and Aging Studies, Durham, NC
• Responsibilities included independent research examining patterns of neuropsychological test performance in twin pairs participating in a longitudinal study of memory and aging; administering structured telephone interviews to assess cognitive status every day functioning; exposure to potential risk factors of dementia; completing reliability ratings for a grant studying the association between job complexity and differences in onset of dementia in twin pairs; reviewing scoring of neuropsychological test batteries; data entry.
• August 2002-December 2002: Competency to Stand Trial in an Inpatient Forensic Population, Independent Research: Patricia Zapf, Principal Investigator
• Responsibilities included conducting series of semi-structured interviews (McArthur Competency Assessment Test, Criminal Adjudication, McArthur Competency Assessment Test, Research, Fitness Interview Test, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, etc.) and cognitive measures (subtests of the WAIS-III) to assess the capacity of patients receiving treatment at Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility to stand trial.
• August 2001-May 2002: Care Integration Team Intervention During Hospice Care, Funded by the NIA Mentor Research Scientist Development Award R.S. Allen, Principal Investigator
• Responsibilities included conducting semi-structured interviews (MCCAT-T) to assess the capacity of hospice patients and their caregivers to make end-of-life treatment decisions; reviewing with families the Alabama Natural Death Act; and assisting with baseline and follow-up assessments and caregiver interventions.
• June 2000-June 2001: Thesis Research: Decision Making Capacity Regarding Participation in Research Patients with Mild to Moderate Memory Deficits
• Responsibilities included designing, administering, scoring, and analyzing data on a new measure to assess the capacity of demented patients to consent to participate in clinical drug trials research.
• September 1999-June 2001: National Hockey League Concussion Study - Dallas Stars Franchise, UTSW Medical Center at Dallas
• Responsibilities included conducting and scoring neuropsychological tests, providing feedback to coaching staff, assisting in the maintenance of player information, and working in collaboration with other team sites.
• April 1993-April 1994: Student Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Auburn University
• Responsibilities included subject orientation, conducting scoring tests, and coding data for a study examining differences in parent and self-report of depressive symptoms in children eight to twelve years of age.

• September-December 2003: Instructor, PY 101 Introduction to Psychology, University of Alabama
• Instructed students in basics of psychology as a science; created and presented lessons and examinations; graded coursework; advised students regarding study skills and course performance.
• November-December 2002: Teaching Assistant, PY 609 Psychological Assessment, University of Alabama
• Instructed and supervised doctoral students in the administration and scoring of the WAIS-III with geriatric psychiatry inpatients.
• February 2003-2004: Teaching Assistant, PY 611 Neuropsychological Assessment, University of Alabama
• Instructed and supervised doctoral students in administration and scoring of a wide variety of neuropsychological measures using small-group training sessions.
• August-December 1999 & June-August 2000: Teaching Assistant, PY 5350 Neuropsychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
• Provided weekly tutoring for doctoral students beginning practicum rotation in the neuropsychology laboratory; instruction focused on administering and scoring a wide variety of neuropsychological measures.

• January-May 2002: Neuropsychological Technician, Neuropsychology Clinic Private Practice, Tuscaloosa, AL
• Job Responsibilities: Administering and scoring neuropsychological tests to a variety of in-patient and community-dwelling populations; diagnostic categories consist primarily of dementias, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, head injury, affective & mood disorders, and attention deficit disorder.
• June 2000-June 2001: Research Assistant/Project Manager, Alzheimer Disease Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX
• Project Involvement: Norm and Abnormal Cognitive Processes Underlying Decision-Making in Cognitively Intact Older Adults, Decision Making Capacity Regarding Participation in Research Patients with Mild to Moderate Memory Deficits
• January 1996-May 1998: Neuropsychological Technician, Duke Memory and Aging Studies/Program in Epidemiology of Dementia, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Project Involvement: National Academy of Sciences Twin Study of Memory and Aging, America Health Assistance Foundation Volunteer Twin Study and Familial Aggregation Sub-Study, National Institute on Aging Veteran’s Study of Memory and Aging, North Carolina State Appointed Study of the Effects of Pfiesteria on Human Cognition
• Job Responsibilities: Administering/scoring a variety of neuropsychological tests for assessment of dementia, administering structured and semi-structured telephone interviews regarding dementia symptoms and exposure to environmental risk factors, preparing and presenting subject information in case staffing conferences, conducting literature reviews for research papers and grant submissions/renewals.
• June 1994-September 1995: State Professional Trainee, Alabama Commission on Aging (ACOA), Montgomery, AL
• State Coordinator of 1995 White House Conference on Aging
• Job Responsibilities: Establishing criteria for delegate selection, serving as liaison to the Governor’s office, creating media releases and delegate training materials, supervising delegate travel arrangements.
• Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Services
• Job Responsibilities: Public speaking, information and referral, technical support for AD Legislative Study Committee, liaison to the Bureau of Geriatric Psychiatry.
• General Assistance to Older Americans Act Title VII Programs: Ombudsman, Legal Assistance, and Planning and Service Area Assessments.