Professional Biography

Dr. Jami Furr is a Clinical Associate Professor and Senior Psychologist in the Mental Health Interventions and Novel Therapeutics (MINT) Program, and Developer of the Selective Mutism Program at Florida International University Center for Children and Families. Dr. Furr obtained her doctorate in clinical psychology from Temple University and completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital Program in New York. Dr. Furr has extensive expertise in cognitive-behavioral treatments of childhood anxiety, trauma, and disruptive behavior disorders, with a particular focus on preschool mental health and children with selective mutism. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Furr has served as the Clinical Director of several federally funded randomized trials evaluating the acceptability and utility of telehealth strategies for expanding the scope and reach of mental health care. She directed the first randomized clinical trial of the intensive group behavioral treatment for selective mutism in young children (published in the  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ) and one of the first long-term outcome studies on children with selective mutism. She is the Past-President of the Selective Mutism Association and has continued to serve on their Board of Directors for the last 9 years. Her selective mutism program has been featured in the media, including The New York Times .

Dr. Furr currently serves as a Trainer for the Network for Enhancing Wellness in Disaster-Affected Youth (NEW DAY), a SAMHSA-funded and National Child Traumatic Stress Network-affiliated program that provides large-scale training and consultation in disaster mental health to youth-serving professionals in disaster-hit and disaster-prone regions across the United States. Dr. Furr also has clinical expertise on the impact of and how to talk to youth about disasters, with numerous publications on the effects of disasters in children, trauma, and the cognitive and behavioral treatments of trauma, anxiety, and disruptive behavior in children and adolescents.

Dr. Furr currently provides training and supervision of graduate students conducting clinical services for anxiety, selective mutism, OCD, and/or disruptive behavior problems in youth. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications and chapters in the areas of trauma, anxiety, and selective mutism in youth.

Dr. Furr has received several awards for her research and practice, including the Florida International University College of Arts, Sciences, and Education Award for Community Engagement, Anne Marie Albano Early Career Award for the Integration of Science and Practice from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), the Florida International University College of Arts, Sciences, and Education Award for Research.

Dr. Furr received her B.A. from Trinity University and went on to receive her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Concentration in Developmental Psychopathology from Temple University. Dr. Furr completed her clinical psychology internship training in the Child and Adolescent Track of the NYU-Bellevue Clinical Psychology Internship Program and the NYU Child Study Center, after which we completed an NIH-funded Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child Psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center in the Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders. Prior to joining Florida International University, Dr. Furr served as Clinical Director of the Child Program of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) of Boston University.

Contact: jfurr@fiu.edu

Please note: Dr. Furr does not accept graduate students.

Publications

Recent and representative publications

Comer, J.S., Pincus, D.B., Adrian, M., McCreary, G., Miller, L., Munarriz, T., Myers, K., Pierre-Louis, K.X., Platt, R., Ripley, M.K., Spencer, A.E., Syeda, H.S., Alegría, M., Brandt, A., Costa, C., Cooper, L., Coxe, S., Dantowitz, A., Dick, A.S., Farley, A.M., Furr, J.M., Keller, A., Lejeune, J.A., McLellan, L.F., McMakin, D.L., Merson, R.A., Muñoz, R.F., Rapee, R.M., Read, K.L., Rivero-Conil, S., Poznanski, B., Janvier, M., Salem, H.N., Shumway, P., Sikov, J., Porche, M.V., & Fortuna, L.R. (in press). The Kids FACE FEARS pragmatic randomized trial of therapist-led versus guided internet CBT for pediatric anxiety: Rationale and methods. JAACAP Open.

Aziz, H., Vidal-Martinez, G., Onyeka, O.C., Anderberg, J.L., Vargas-Medrano, J., Sotelo, D., Kourtesi, D., Frederick, R.M., Muñoz, J.S., Berrones, D., Zavala Cruz, V., Thompson, P., Tonarelli, S., Latin American Trans-Ancestry INitiative for OCD genomics (LATINO), Brazilian Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder Working Group (GTTOC), Wiese, A.D., Crowley, J.J., Crowley, J.J., Storch, E.A. (in press). Frequency and Self-Reported Outcomes of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the U.S. and Latin America. Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría.

Avery, J. E., Pinciotti, C. M., Zhang, C., Muñoz, J. S., Berrones, D., Cruz, V. Z., Wiese, A. D., Anderberg, J. L., Frederick, R. M., Miño, T., Lanzagorta, N., Restrepo Castro, J. C., Ochoa-Panaifo, M. E., Goodman, W. K., Latin American Trans-ancestry INiative for OCD genomics (LATINO), Brazilian Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder Working Group (GTTOC), Crowley, J. J., Cervin, M., & Storch, E. A. (2025, November). Benchmarking empirical severity for the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-Second Edition. To be presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Mathai, D.S., Robinson, J.O., Wagner, K., Neitzke-Spruill, L., Berrones, D., Anderberg, J.L., Frederick, R.M., Zavala Cruz, V., Munoz, J.S., Latin American Trans-Ancestry INitiative for OCD genomics (LATINO), Brazilian Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder Working Group (GTTOC), Rodriguez, C.I., Averill, L.A., Crowley, J.J., Storch, E.A., & McGuire, A.J. (in press). Real-world use of classic and non-classic psychedelics in Hispanic/Latino adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: International findings from the LATINO Study. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry.

Wagner, K. M., Cervin, M., Cheng, J. S. C., Arriaga, J., Zavala Cruz, V., Berrones, D., Muñoz, J. S., Frederick, R. M., Anderberg, J. L., Núñez Bracho, B. E., Adorno, V. R., Fontenelle, L. F., Wiese, A. D., Latin American Trans-Ancestry Initiative for OCD genomics (LATINO), Brazilian Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder Working Group (GTTOC), Crowley, J. J., & Storch, E. A. (in press). Transdiagnostic links of reward processing in OCD and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Pinciotti, C.M., Avery, J., Zhang, C.C., Munoz, J.S., Berrones, D., Zavala Cruz, V., Wiese, A.D., Anderberg, J.L., Frederick, R.M., Miño, T., Lanzagorta, N., Restrepo Castro, J.C., Ochoa-Panaifo, M.E., Latin American Trans-ancestry INitiative for OCD genomics (LATINO), Brazilian Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Work Group (GTTOC), Goodman, W.K., Crowley, J.J., Storch, E.A., & Cervin, M. (in press). Benchmarking empirical severity for the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-Second Edition. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Moore, H. C., Li, D., Wagner, K. M., Cheng, J. S., Ahmad, M., Tonarelli, S., Nicolini, H., Moyano, M. B., Zavala Cruz, V., Berrones, D., Muñoz, J. S., Frederick, R. M., Anderberg, J. L., Latin American Trans-ancestry Initiative for OCD genomics (LATINO), Brazilian Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder Working Group (GTTOC), Crowley, J. J., Storch, E. A. (2025, July). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Profiles and Perceived Effectiveness: A Comparison Between Adults with and without Co-occurring Tics. International OCD Foundation. Chicago, Illinois.

Furr, J.M., Cornacchio, D., Hong, N., del Busto, C., Herrera, A., Lorenzo, N., Kurtz, S.M.S., & Comer, J.S. (In Press) Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment for Children with Selective Mutism: The Brave Bunch Program Manual. New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA. 

Hong, N., Herrera, A.,Furr, J.M., Georgiadis, C., Cristello, J., Heymann, P., Dale, C., Heflin, B., Silva, K., Conroy K., Cornacchio, D., & Comer, J.S. (2022). Remote Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment for Families of Children with Selective Mutism.Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2022.2062688

Comer, J.S.,Furr, J.M., del Busto, C., Silva, K., Hong, N., Poznanski, B., Sanchez, A.L., Cornacchio, D., Herrera, A., Coxe, S., Miguel, E., Georgiadis, C., Conroy, K., & Puliafico, A.C. (2021). Therapist-led, internet-delivered treatment for early child social anxiety: A waitlist-controlled evaluation of the iCALM Telehealth Program.Behavior Therapy, 52, 1171-1187. DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2021.01.004

Conroy, K., Salem, H., Georgiadis, C., Hong, N., Herrera, A., Furr, J.M., Green, J.G., & Comer, J.S. (2021). Gauging perceptions and attitudes about student anxiety and supports among school mental health providers. School Mental Health. DOI: 10.1007/s12310-021-09470-6

Lorenzo, N.E., Cornacchio, D., Chou, T., Kurtz, S.M.S., Furr, J.M., & Comer, J.S. (2020). Expanding treatment options for children with Selective Mutism: Rationale, principles, and procedures for an Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment (IGBT). Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2020.06.002

Fleming, G.E., Kimonis, E.R., Furr, J.M., & Comer, J.S. (2020). Internet-delivered parent training for preschoolers with conduct problems: Do callous-unemotional traits moderate efficacy and engagement? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,48, 1169-1182. DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00660-5

Cornacchio, D., Furr, J.M., Sanchez, A.L., Hong, N., Feinberg, L., Tenenbaum, R., Del Busto, C., Bry, L.J., Poznanski, B., Miguel, E., Ollendick T., Kurtz, S.M.S., & Comer, J.S. (2019). Intensive group behavioral treatment (IGBT) for children with selective mutism: A preliminary randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87, 720-733. DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000422

Kovac, L. M., & Furr, J. M. (2019). What teachers should know about selective mutism in early childhood. (1), 107-114. DOI: 10.1007/s10643-018-0905-y

Carpenter, A.E., Pincus, D.B., Furr, J.M., & Comer, J.S. (2018). Working from home: An initial pilot examination of videoconferencing-based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxious youth delivered to the home setting. Behavior Therapy. DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2018.01.007

Comer, J.S.,Furr, J.M., Miguel, E., Cooper-Vince, C.E., Carpenter, A.L., Elkins, R.M., Kerns, C., Cornacchio, D., Chou, T., Coxe, S., DeSerisy, M., Sanchez, A.L, Golik, A., Martin, J., Myers, K., & Chase, R. (2017). Remotely delivering real-time parent training to the home: An initial randomized trial of Internet-delivered Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (I-PCIT). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(9), 909-917. DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000230

Comer, J.S., Furr, J.M., Kerns, C.E., Miguel, E., Coxe, S., Elkins, R.M., Carpenter, A.L., Cornacchio, D., Cooper-Vince, C.E., DeSerisy, M., Chou, T., Sanchez, A.L., Khanna, M., Franklin, M.E., Garcia, A.M., & Freeman, J.B. (2017). Internet-delivered, family-based treatment for early-onset OCD: A pilot randomized trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 178-186. DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000155

Cooper-Vince, C., Chou, T., Furr, J.M., & Comer, J.S. (2016). Videoteleconferencing early child anxiety treatment: A case study of the Internet-delivered CALM (I-CALM) Program. Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health, 1(1), 24-39. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2016.1191976

Furr, J.M., Comer, J.S., Edmunds, J., & Kendall, P.C. (2010). Disasters and youth: A meta-analytic examination of posttraumatic stress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 765-780. DOI: 10.1037/a0021482