Research Interests

Areas: Child development, prevention/intervention

Interests: Developmental neuroscience of externalizing psychopathology (ADHD, conduct disorder, aggression, substance use, antisocial personality disorder); the neurobiological underpinnings of disinhibition, sensation seeking, and emotion regulation in individuals spanning from age four through adulthood; environmental factors that influence the neural development of these vulnerabilities as well as the environmental factors that exacerbate risk for developing psychiatric disorders

Education

  • Post-doctoral fellowship, University of Washington (Beauchaine Lab), 2003-2007
  • Ph.D., Psychology: Clinical Neuroscience, University of Southern California, 2003