Areas of Focus
- Innovative Interventions for Anxiety Based on Digital Health & LLM
- Dynamic Risk Model
Work Experience
- Tsinghua University, School of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology - Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
- University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (CTSA) - Psychologist, Clinical Supervisor, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- Clinical Psychology Residency: State University of New York at Stony Brook
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Master of Science in Psychology: Peking University
- Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature: Peking University (Minor in Philosophy and Psychology)
Publications
- Exploring phenotypic overlap across schizotypy and autism spectrum conditions in American and Chinese young adults, Chirica, M. G., Zhu, Y., Mu, W., Zhou, H., Gong, J., Chan, R. C., ... & Berenbaum, H., 2024
- Developmental pathway for first onset of depressive disorders in females: from adolescence to emerging adulthood, Mu, W., Huang, C., Yao, N., Miao, J., Perlman, G., Watson, D., ... Kotov, R., 2024
- TNANet: A Temporal-Noise-Aware Neural Network for Suicidal Ideation Prediction with Noisy Physiological Data, Liu, N., Liu, F., Ji, W., Du, X., Liu, X., Zhao, G., ... & Liu, Y. J., 2024
- Dynamic risk for first-onset of depressive disorders in adolescence: Does change matter?, Mu, W., Li, K., Tian, Y., Perlman G., Michelini, G., Watson, D., Ormel, H., Klein, D. & Kotov, R., 2023
- Emotional clarity and awareness predict obsessive-compulsive disorder Symptoms during Exposure and Response Prevention in a naturalistic treatment sample, Bredemeier, K., Mu, W., Mayinja, L., & Brown, L.A., 2022
- Testing a Theory-Driven Factor Structure of the Autism- Spectrum Quotient, Zhu, Y., Mu, W., Chirica, M., & Berenbaum, H., 2022
- Changes in affect, physical activity, physical health, and sleep in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety: A pilot study, Brown, L. A., Narine, K., Asnaani, A., Bredemeier, K., & Mu, W., 2022
- The association of obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder with impairment related to eating pathology, Kaczkurkin, A. N., Mu, W., Gallagher, T., Lieblich, S., Tyler, J., & Foa, E. B., 2021
- The unique contribution of perfectionistic cognitions to anxiety disorder symptoms in a treatment-seeking sample, Tyler, J., Mu, W., McCann, J., Belli, G., & Asnaani, A., 2021
- Suicide risk among persons living with HIV, Brown, L. A., Majeed, I., Mu, W., McCann, J., Durborow, S., Chen, S., & Blank, M. B., 2021
- Under-documentation of psychiatric diagnoses among persons living with HIV in electronic medical records, Brown, L. A., Mu, W., McCann, J., Durborow, S., & Blank, M. B., 2021
- Trauma-related cognitions predict treatment response in smokers with PTSD: evidence from cross-lagged panel analyses, Mu, W., Narine, K., Farris, S., Lieblich, S., Zang, Y., Bredemeier, K., ... & Foa, E., 2020
- Machine learning algorithms in suicide prevention: clinician interpretations as barriers to implementation, Brown, L. A., Benhamou, K., May, A. M., Mu, W., & Berk, R., 2020
- Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for Chinese social anxiety: the role of shame-proneness, Wang, H., Zhao, Q., Mu, W., Qian, M., & Berger, T., 2020
- Meta-analysis in personality research, Nickle, L. B., & Mu, W., 2020
- Blossoming for Whom? Social Approval and Body Image, Mu, W., & Wu, F., 2020
- The relationship between self-esteem and depression when controlling for neuroticism, Mu, W., Luo, J., Rieger, S., Trautwein, U., & Roberts, B., 2019
- Negative self-conscious emotions: appraisals, action tendencies, and labels, Mu, W., & Berenbaum, H., 2019
- Automatic body image regulation and cued activation of social rejection or acceptance, Mu, W., Schoenleber, M., Castro, A. & Berenbaum, H., 2019
- Supervising ethical issues in couple and family therapy, Sher, T., Niznikiewicz, M., Mu, W., 2017
- Some stay the same: Personality change after treatment for eating disorder, Levallius, J., Mu, W., Norring, C., Clinton, D., & Roberts, B., 2017
- Generality or specificity? Examining the relation between personality traits and mental health outcomes using a bivariate bi‐factor latent change model, Mu, W., Luo, J., Nickel, L., & Roberts, B. W., 2016
- Shame aversion and maladaptive eating-related attitudes and behaviors, Manjrekar, E., Schoenleber, M., & Mu, W., 2013
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms among Wen-chuan Earthquake victims from different communities three months after the disaster, Li, S., Mu, W., Xu, K., Wang, Y., & Qian, M., 2010
Awards
- Youth Achievement Award, 9th Higher Education Scientific Research Excellent Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), 2024: Ministry of Education
- Zhongying Young Scholar, 2022: Tsinghua University
- HASS Doctoral Dissertation Fund, 2016-2017: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School
- Ed Scheiderer Research Award, 2016: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Clinical Psychology
- Kanfer Scholarship, 2015: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Clinical Psychology