Lab News

We are excited for Amelia publishing her first-authored paper in Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders! Her paper is titled "A multi-method evaluation of trait and state-sensitivity impulsivity in relation to impulsiveness of suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury in an adolescent clinical sample." You can read more about her paper here.

Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Burke on receiving her second NIH R01 award, shared with Dr. Brooke Ammerman as Multi-Principal Investigators. A Mechanistic Analysis of the Transition from Nonsuicidal to Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescent Girls seeks to identify the mechanisms linking nonsuicidal self-injury to suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescent girls. We are thrilled to celebrate this achievement and look forward to the important contributions this new project will

Please join us in welcoming our newest Clinical Research Coordinators, Katelynn Cooper, Savannah Sedlock, and Vanessa Assaf, to the lab! We are excited to have them join the team and look forward to working with them as they contribute to our research and support our participants. Welcome aboard!

Congratulations to Rachel on receiving an NIH K23 Award and on completing her postdoctoral fellowship a full year ahead of schedule! Rachel’s K23, “Sleep and Circadian Timing Irregularities as Short-term Risk Factors for Adolescent Suicide: An Intensive Longitudinal Study,” focuses on improving short-term prediction of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents by examining how sleep and circadian rhythm disruptions contribute to suicide risk. Using intensive longitudinal

Dr. Richard Liu has been promoted to Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations on this achievement, Dr. Liu!

Ella has accepted an offer from the Master of Public Health program at Columbia University. She has also received The Ray E. Trussell, MD, Fellowship, a prestigious insitutional fellowship. Congratulations to Ella for her accomplishments and this great news!

Dev has accepted an offer from the doctoral program at the National University of Singapore to study under the mentorship of Dr. Hani Zainal. Congrats to Dev on this exciting news!

Congratulations to Taylor on her promotion to Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School!

Congratulations to Taylor on receiving her first NIH R01 grant on March 6! Her R01 is titled “ Enhancing suicide risk detection through computer vision: a novel approach to tissue damage analysis in emergency care. ”

Ethan has accepted an offer from the clinical psychology doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to study under the mentorship of Dr. Brooke Ammerman. Congratulations Ethan on this wonderful news!