Professor Borkovec's research and clinical practice have focused on adult anxiety disorders. His empirical work has involved both basic and applied research, and the National Institute of Mental Health has funded his therapy outcome investigations on the cognitive behavioral treatment of generalized anxiety disorder for 20 years.
In the past, he has served on NIMH's psychotherapy grant review committee, the DSM-IV Generalized Anxiety Disorder Subcommittee, and several journal editorial boards. He is currently co-founder of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association's Practice Research Network and a Fellow in the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society.
His contributions to basic research and clinical practice were recognized in 1998 by the APA (Division 12, Section 3) with the Distinguished Scientist Award and in 2007 by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies with the Outstanding Researcher Award. In September of 2003, he received an honorary doctorate of philosophy degree from Stockholm University.
