Hello
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
I direct the Personality, Mental Health, and AI research laboratory,
teach graduate and undergraduate courses in psychology, and provide empirically supported psychotherapy.
Before my career as a psychologist, I was a DJ for six years.
My Education
Postdoctoral Research
Stony Brook University Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Internship: University of Kentucky Internship Consortium
M.S. Villanova University, Villanova, PA
General Experimental Psychology
B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Music Business
Recent Publications
* = student mentee
Martin, E. A., Lian, W., Oltmanns, J. R., Jonas, K. G., Samaras, D., Hallquist, M. N., Ruggero, C. J., Clouston, S. A. P., & Kotov, R. (2024). Behavioral measures of psychotic disorders: Using automatic facial coding to detect nonverbal expressions in video. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 176, 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.05.056
* Mays, A., * Mills, C., & Oltmanns, J. R. (2024). Two-year retest reliability and predictive validity of the Self- and Informant-Personality Inventory for ICD-11 in older adults. Psychological Assessment, 36, 433-439. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001316
Oltmanns, J. R., Ruggero, C., Miao, J., Waszczuk, M., * Yang, Y., Clouston, S. A. P., Bromet, E. J., Luft, B. J., & Kotov, R. (2023). The role of personality in the mental and physical health of World Trade Center responders: Self- versus informant-reports. Clinical Psychological Science, 11, 1075-1089. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026221132552.
Slavish, D. C., Ruggero, C. R., Briggs, M., Messman, B. A., Contractor, A. A., Miao, J., Oltmanns, J. R., Waszczuk, M., Luft, B. J., & Kotov, R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between PTSD and sleep disturbances among World Trade Center responders. Sleep Medicine, 101, 269-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.11.021
Oltmanns, J. R., Schwartz, H. A., Ruggero, C., Son., Y., Miao, J., Waszczuk, M., Clouston, S. A. P., Bromet, E. J., Luft, B. J., & Kotov, R. (2021). Artificial intelligence language predictors of two-year trauma-related outcomes. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 143, 239-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.015
Oltmanns, J. R. (2021). Personality Traits in the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11). Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 34, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000656
Awards and Honors
2021 NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
2021 Emerging Scholar Award, Association for Research in Personality
2020 Michael T. Nietzel Award for Outstanding Graduate Student,
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
2017 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institute on Aging
2017 Poster Award, International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
2016 Outstanding Pre-Doctoral Research Award, Department of Psychology,
University of Kentucky
Courses Taught
Graduate: Personality Assessment, Research Design and Analysis
Undergraduate: Psychopathology, Psychological Disorders
Research Grants
NARSAD Young Investigator Award 01/2022 — 11/2025
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
"Detecting PTSD in Natural Language"
Role: Principal Investigator
This project will develop AI-based language scores for PTSD in 3,000 World Trade Center (WTC) responders. These tools may facilitate screening and care by providing behavioral PTSD markers and informing prognosis and monitoring of treatment response, while simultaneously reducing assessment time demands.
F31 AG055233 05/2017—05/2020
National Institute on Aging
"A Longitudinal Investigation of Maladaptive Personality Traits as Reported by the Self and Others in the Prediction of Physical Health"
Role: Principal Investigator
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Fellowship
This study examines the predictive utility of maladaptive personality traits for physical health in a longitudinal study of a representative sample of older adults. The goal is to develop scientific understanding of the relationships between maladaptive personality traits and health across time.