Paula Bellini
Frederick,MD
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Treatment Foster Care Intern
San Mar Family and Community Services
Boonsboro, Maryland
09.2025 - Current
- Facilitated administrative tasks and streamlined document management processes for staff.
- Maintained and updated case reports, weekly reports, medication logs, and financial records for foster children.
- Supervised visits involving biological parents, social workers, foster parents, and foster children.
- Translated for undocumented foster children during case worker meetings.
Intake Coordinator
Capital Youth Services/Rathbone & Associates
Bethesda, Maryland
03.2023 - Current
- Coordinated intake process for new clients, including initial assessments to evaluate clients' and service eligibility.
- Supported and guided clients throughout the intake process to ensure seamless experiences.
- Communicated effectively with supervisors concerning caseloads and available resources.
- Created and implemented a new intake process to connect new clients with therapists at the practice.
Senior Clinical Associate
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Bethesda, MD
05.2018 - Current
- Study coordinator for randomized controlled trial assessing technology to assist in symptoms of mTBI through musical tones that reflect brain electrical activity, where responsibilities include:
- Involved in recruitment, screening and enrollment of participants.
- Responsible for scheduling participant assessments and maintaining participant tracking logs, record keeping, data entry and management.
- Assisting in maintaining current and accurate IRB documents (regulatory binders, continuing reviews).
- Secondary technologist responsible for sensor placement on participant scalp.
- Primary study therapist for randomized controlled trial comparing two psychotherapies (Prolonged Exposure; PE and Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories; RTM) for the treatment of PTSD, where responsibilities include:
- Conducting PE and RTM therapies to military study participants with PTSD.
- Assisting in IRB procedures (regulatory binders), data collection and recruitment.
- Primary study therapist for clinical trial of novel therapy (Multi-modular Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR) for PTSD and mTBI involving the combination of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) within a Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN), where responsibilities include:
- Conducting 3MDR intervention with military study participants with combat PTSD and mTBI.
- Responsible for ensuring proper data collection and management, recruitment, facilitating and organizing study procedures and communication among secondary therapists, CAREN engineer and principal investigator.
- In Support of Uniformed Services University - Bethesda, MD
Research Consultant
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
09.2017 - 12.2018
- Translating study documents and materials (e.g. consent forms; assessment interviews) from English to Spanish for multi-site lung cancer screening study protocol.
- Conducting follow up assessment interviews pertaining to multi-site smoking cessation intervention study.
- Washington, DC
Research Associate
General Dynamics Health Solutions (GDIT)
Bethesda, MD
05.2016 - 05.2018
- Supported two multi-site research projects as part of the Congressionally Mandated 15-Year study to examine outcome from TBI in a military population and the effect on caregivers and family members.
- Conducted comprehensive clinical interviews on participant's TBI history and medical record reviews.
- Administered telephone and web-based questionnaires and computerized neurocognitive tests.
- Accurately collected and processed all study related data, assisted with data export, data coding, and performed quality control procedures.
- Assisted in training of new associates on unstructured clinical interviews, study procedures, and medical record reviews.
- In support of Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) - Bethesda, MD
Research Assistant
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
09.2014 - 04.2016
- Conducted multi-site assessment interviews with participants from recruitment to follow up stages.
- Responsible for scheduling participant assessments and maintaining participant tracking logs.
- Assisted in qualitative data coding and analysis on physician assessment interviews.
- Created and managed datasets and performed preliminary statistical analysis of all physician assessments.
- Participated in manuscript and abstract writing for publication and conference submissions.
- Transcribed audio recorded interviews.
- Created presentations for scientific conferences.
- Conducted literature reviews, data entry, and quality checking of data.
- Washington, DC
Study Coordinator
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Bethesda, MD
12.2013 - 04.2016
- Conducted clinical phone interviews with participants diagnosed with heart failure to assess for psychosocial and physical health concerns for longitudinal study on heart failure.
- Scheduled participant follow-up interviews and updated participant tracking logs of 150 patients.
- Responsible for all multi-site IRB protocol procedures (e.g. continuing reviews, modifications, amendments, CITI and HIPAA training and certifications of new study team members).
- Managed data entry, quality checking, and organization of major datasets as well as all major lab administrative needs (e.g. ordering lab materials and scheduling lab meetings).
- Assisted with data analysis and writing of manuscripts and abstracts for publication purposes.
- Created poster presentations for scientific conferences.
- Trained new study team personnel on standard operating procedures and administering assessment interviews.
- In Support of Uniformed Services University - Bethesda, MD
Research Intern
Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
Arlington, VA
01.2013 - 05.2013
- Conducted literature reviews and searches on important autism-related developments for monthly newsletter.
- Reviewed and summarized research grant proposals for website.
- Developed survey to determine efficacy of OAR's Kid for Kids autism educational program.
- Developed new archival system for all previously published articles based on specific behavioral symptoms and strategies for families dealing with children with autism.
- Arlington, VA
Education
Master of Social Work -
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD06-2027
Master of Arts - Psychology
American University
Washington, DC08.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA05.2012
Skills
- Research coordination and case management
- Public speaking
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Collaboration
- Strong academic record
- Professionalism and etiquette
- Research and analysis
- Patient assessment and client intake
- Therapeutic intervention
- Report writing and presentations
- Recordkeeping and quality control
- Flexible scheduling
- Dependability and reliability
- Database management
- Attention to detail
- Spanish fluency
Publications
- Keith, F., Krantz, D.S., Chen, R., Harris, K.M., Ware, C.M., Lee, A.K., Bellini, P.G. and Gottlieb, S.S.,(2017). Anger, hostility, and hospitalizations in patients with heart failure. Health psychology, 36(9), p.829.
- Hagerman, C. J., Bellini, P. G., Davis, K. M., Hoffman, R. M., Aaronson, D. S., Leigh, D. Y., ... & Taylor, K. L. (2017). Physicians’ perspectives on the informational needs of low-risk prostate cancer patients. Health education research, 32(2), 134-152.
- Davis, K., Bellini, P., Hagerman, C., Zinar, R., Leigh, D., Hoffman, R., ... & Taylor, K. (2017). Physicians' perceptions of factors influencing the treatment decision-making process for men with low-risk prostate cancer. Urology, 107, 86-95.
- Taylor, K. L., Hagerman, C. J., Luta, G., Bellini, P. G., Stanton, C., Abrams, D. B., ... & Ramsaier, M. (2017). Preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based smoking cessation intervention in the lung cancer screening setting: a randomized clinical trial. Lung Cancer, 108, 242-246.
- Roy, M. J., Bellini, P., Kruger, S. E., Dunbar, K., Atallah, H., Haight, T., & Vermetten, E. (2022). Randomized controlled trial of motion-assisted exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder after mild traumatic brain injury, with and without an eye movement task. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 3, 1005774.
- Cole, W. R., Tegeler, C. L., Choi, Y. S., Harris, T. E., Rachels, N., Bellini, P. G., ... & Roy, M. J. (2024). Randomized, controlled clinical trial of acoustic stimulation to reduce postconcussive symptoms. Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 11(1), 105-120.
- Bellini, P., Raboy, A. L., Fu, A., Haight, T., Vermetten, E., & Roy, M. J. (2025). Motion-Assisted, Multi-Modal Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women with a History of Sexual Trauma. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 35(Suppl1), S20.
- Vermetten, E., Barcaro, S., Espejo, E., Bellini, P., Roy, M. J., & Bremault-Phillips, S. (2025). Linguistic Analysis of Patients’ Labels During 3MDR Psychotherapy. Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology, 35(Suppl1), S29.
- Tegeler, C.L., Haight, T.J., Cole, W.R., Shaltout, H.A., Choi, Y.S., Harris, T.E., Rachels, N., Bellini, P.G., Roy, M.J. and Tegeler, C.H., (2025). Acoustic neuromodulation with or without micro-voltage tACS reduces post-concussive symptoms. Brain Injury, 39(6), pp.496-508.
- Raboy, A. L., Van Dehy, J., Bellini, P., Ordek, V., Sessoms, P., Vermetten, E., & Roy, M. J. (2025). Augmented Reality 3MDR Therapy for the Treatment of PTSD and Comorbid Moral Injury: A Case Study. Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology, 35(Suppl1), S176.
Certification
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification, Yoga Alliance, 08/01/15
Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy, Center for Deployment Psychology, USUHS, 05/01/18
Multi-modular Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR) therapy, Eric Vermetten, MD, 12/01/18
Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM), Research and Recognition Project; Richard Gray, PhD and Frank Bourke, PhD, 03/01/19
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Center for Deployment Psychology, 03/01/24
Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy, Center for Deployment Psychology, USUHS, 05/01/18
Multi-modular Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR) therapy, Eric Vermetten, MD, 12/01/18
Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM), Research and Recognition Project; Richard Gray, PhD and Frank Bourke, PhD, 03/01/19
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Center for Deployment Psychology, 03/01/24
Conference Presentations
- Prospective Study of Sleep, Perceived Stress, and Self-reported Cardiac Symptoms among Patients with Heart Failure, 03/01/16, Washington, DC
- Sleep, stress, and hospitalizations in patients with heart failure, 03/01/16, Denver, CO
- A randomized pilot study of a smoking cessation intervention in the lung cancer screening setting, 03/01/16, Washington, DC
- An assessment of factors influencing physicians' treatment recommendations for low-risk prostate cancer, 04/01/16, Washington, DC
- The mediating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between trait mindfulness and posttraumatic stress symptom severity, 04/01/16, Washington, DC
- Physicians' perceptions of recommending active surveillance for men with low-risk prostate cancer: A qualitative study, 04/01/16, Washington, DC
- Service Needs and Health Outcomes Among Caregivers of Service Members or Veterans Following Traumatic Brain Injury, 06/01/18, Washington, DC
- The Influence of Caregiver Burden on Health Status and Appraisal of Caregiving among Caregivers of U.S. Military Service Members and Veterans Following Traumatic Brain Injury, 08/01/18, Kissimee, FL
- Caregiver Report of the Impact of Deployment and Traumatic Brain Injury of the Health and Behavior of Children of U.S. Military Service Members, 08/01/18, Kissimee, FL
- Postconcussion Symptom Reporting within the First 5-years of the Recovery Trajectory following Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cross-sectional Perspective, 10/01/18, New Orleans, LA
- Ten Year Neurobehavioral Outcome Following Mild, Moderate, Severe, and Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Military Service Members, 10/01/18, New Orleans, LA
- Randomized Controlled Trial of Allostatic Neurotechnology to Treat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 06/01/19, Norfolk, VA
- Randomized Controlled of Allostatic Neurotechnology to Treat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 08/01/19, Orlando, FL
- Randomized Controlled of Allostatic Neurotechnology to Treat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 11/01/19, Boston, MA
- RECONsolidation of Traumatic memories to ResOLve Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (RECONTROL), 03/01/20, Bethesda, MD
- Allostatic Neurotechnology to Improve Symptoms after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 08/01/20, Bethesda, MD
- Allostatic Neurotechnology, a Novel Approach for Re-setting the Brain to Relieve Symptoms after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 11/01/20
- Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Acoustic Stimulation, an Allostatic Neurotechnology to Reduce Postconcussive Symptoms after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 09/01/22, Orlando, FL
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Treatment Foster Care Intern
San Mar Family and Community Services
09.2025 - Current
Intake Coordinator
Capital Youth Services/Rathbone & Associates
03.2023 - Current
Senior Clinical Associate
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
05.2018 - Current
Research Consultant
Georgetown University
09.2017 - 12.2018
Research Associate
General Dynamics Health Solutions (GDIT)
05.2016 - 05.2018
Research Assistant
Georgetown University
09.2014 - 04.2016
Study Coordinator
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
12.2013 - 04.2016
Research Intern
Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
01.2013 - 05.2013
Master of Social Work -
University of Maryland
Master of Arts - Psychology
American University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
James Madison University