NYC Grant
Appalachian Mountain Club
Matthew Banghart, Ph.D.
Jayeeta Basu, Ph.D.
Katie L. Burkhouse, Ph.D.
PROJECT TITLE Targeting Biomarkers of Risk among Offspring of Depressed Parents through Family Cognitive Behavioral Preventive Intervention PROJECT SUMMARY Offspring of depressed parents, a population at extremely high risk for developing major depressive disorder (MDD), are characterized by deficits in reward and social-emotional processing at the neural level. Specifically, the reward positivity (RewP), an event-related…
Richard Daneman, Ph.D.
Benjamin De Bivort, Ph.D.
Gul Dolen, M.D., Ph.D.
Jeff Donlea, Ph.D.
Dunk The Junk
Harrison W. Gabel, Ph.D.
Girls on the Run
Catherine Hartley, Ph.D.
Tiffany C. Ho, Ph.D.
PROJECT TITLE Understanding the Course of Adolescent Depression: Cytokines, Glutamate, and Glutathione PROJECT SUMMARY Inflammatory cytokines play a critical role in normal brain development and function; moreover, they influence neurotransmitter systems, which are responsible for chemical communication between brain cells. In the face of acute stress, cytokines are produced by the immune system to promote…
Michael Hoppa, Ph.D.
Elaine Y. Hsiao, Ph.D.
Heather M. Joseph, D.O.
PROJECT TITLE Reaction time variability in Infants at risk for ADHD PROJECT SUMMARY Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often identified in school-aged children after impairment in school performance has occurred. Earlier identification of individuals with impaired attention could allow for interventions targeting executive functioning enhancement during a critical time in brain development, thereby reducing the negative…
Kennebec Behavioral Health
KidsPeace Maine
Autumn Kujawa, Ph.D.
PROJECT TITLE Neural Predictors of Response to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Depression PROJECT SUMMARY Depression is a prevalent disorder in adolescents and often leads to long-term impairments in functioning and risk of suicide. Although cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment, many depressed youth fail to respond to CBT and few established measures…