Gwendolyn Carlson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in the Women's Health Clinic at the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center within the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno. She completed her pre-doctoral internship and a VA Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health at the VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center. Her research interests include: health risk behaviors, risk factors for experiencing potentially traumatic events, insomnia, and posttraumatic responses.