About

Carie Rodgers, PhD, ABPP

Selected Professional Activities

Current

Scientific Advisory Board, The Headstrong Project
Board of Directors, Strength in Service
Member, San Diego County Gun Violence Reduction Community Partnership Council

Past

Board of Directors, Clinical Readiness Project (2020 - 2025)
Gun Violence Reduction Advisory Group, County of San Diego (2022 - 2023)
Board of Directors, PsychArmor Institute (2015 - 2016)

Activities

Selected Accreditations & Certifications

Accreditations

Kirkpatrick Partners - Kirkpatrick Certified Training Evaluation Professional/Gold Level (2024)

Dare to Lead - Leadership Trained (2022)

IDEO U • Advanced Design Thinking (2022)

Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology (2011)

American Board of Professional Psychology, Board Certification in Clinical Psychology (2011)

Current Research Collaborations

Research Collaborations

Developing and Testing Innovative Care Pathways for Screening and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and PTSD in Jails

Role on Project: CPT Expert Consultant

Granting Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Major Goals: This the first trial to test an integrated model of screening and treatment for PTSD among incarcerated individuals who are eligible for opioid use disorder (OUD) services.

Effectiveness, Implementation, and Cost of Cognitive Processing Therapy in Prison

Role on Project: CPT Expert Consultant

Granting Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Major Goals: This grant is a multi-site study (10 sites across 5 states) will examine both implementation outcomes and barriers to providing Cognitive Processing Therapy in prisons.

Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial of VA S.A.V.E. Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training for Veterans’ Close Supports

Role on Project: Co-Investigator

Granting Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development

Major Goals: This hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of VA S.A.V.E. will use a targeted social media campaign to recruit close supports likely to have interactions with Veterans at risk of suicide, with added measures to reach BIPOC and low-income communities.

Personalizing Cognitive Processing Therapy with a Case Formulation Approach to Intentionally Target Impairment in Psychosocial Functioning Associated with PTSD

Positions

Role on Project: CPT Expert Consultant

Granting Agency: Department of Veteran Affairs Rehabilitation Research & Development Service

Major Goals: This RCT seeks to evaluate the benefit of integrating a case formulation approach to an evidence-based therapy for PTSD, namely Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). CF+CPT will be compared to traditional CPT on the primary outcomes of functioning, well-being, PTSD, and depression.

Positions

Psych/Armor

Executive Advisor, December 2023 - present
Chief Strategy and Impact Officer, January 2023 - December 2023
Chief Program Officer, May 2020 - January 2023
Education Director, July 2016 – May 2020

University of San Diego Telehealth Training Clinic for Veterans and Families

Consulting & Supervising Psychologist, December 2024 - present

A-G Associates

Executive Advisor/Subject Matter Expert/Consulting Clinical Psychologist, April 2025 - present
Senior Analyst/Chief Education Strategy Officer, January 2024 - March 2025

Department of Veterans Affairs

Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health

Associate Director, Education and Dissemination Unit, October 2007 – July 2016

Office of Mental Health Services

National Trainer & Consultant - Cognitive Processing Therapy, January 2007 - July 2016
National Consultant - Prolonged Exposure Therapy, November 2008 – November 2010

National Center for PTSD Consultation Program

National PTSD Consultant, January 2014 – July 2016

San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Director, Military Sexual Trauma & Women’s PTSD Program, May 2005 – July 2008
Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator, May 2004 – July 2008
Staff Psychologist, June 2003 – July 2016

The University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry

Clinical Professor, August 2016 - August 2024
Associate Clinical Professor, July 2011 – August 2016
Assistant Clinical Professor, July 2006 – July 2011
Clinical Instructor, June 2003 – July 2006

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology • 2000
The University of Oregon