Graduate Student

Clinical Science

Office: 310 Hobbs
Phone: (615) 343-8720
Fax: (615) 343-9494
Email:

Degrees

B.A., Tufts University, 2000
M.A., Vanderbilt University, 2004

Research Area

Health Psychology, Women's Health, Stress and Coping, Behavioral Endocrinology

Current Research

Psychological and Biological Stress During Mother-Daughter Communication About Breast Cancer Risk (dissertation title)

Professional Societies

American Psychological Association
Society of Behavioral Medicine

Professional Honors

National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship Award
National Institute of Mental Health - Predoctoral Intramural Research Training Award

Representative Publications

Bloch, M., Rubinow, D. R., Berlin, K., Kevala, K. R.,Kim, H., & Schmidt, P.J. (2006) Monoamines and Neurosteroids in Sexual Function During Induced Hypogonadism in Healthy Men. Archives of General Psychiatry, (63), 450-456.
Schmidt, P. J., Berlin, K. L., Danaceau, M. A., Neeran, A., Haq, N. A., Roca, C. A., & Rubinow, D. R. (2004) The Effects of Pharmacologically Induced Hypogonadism on Mood in Healthy Men. Archives of General Psychiatry, (61), 997-1004.
PRESENTATIONS:
Berlin, K., Chont, M., Grau, A., & Compas, B. (2007, March). Measurement of Baseline Stress Hormones in Women at Risk for Breast Cancer. Poster session to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.
Berlin, K.L., Chont, M., Elzey, J.D., Grau, A.M., & Compas, B.E. (2006, November). Coping Style and Internalizing Symptoms in Daughters at Risk for Breast Cancer. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
Grau, A. M., Malin, A., Elzey, J., Berlin, K., Arutiunov, M., Ornelas, M., Compas, B. (2005, September). Mother-daughter communication about breast cancer. Poster session presented at National Cancer Institute meeting on U54 grant funded projects, Washington, DC.

Miscellaneous

Clinical Placements:

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic

VA Hospital of Nashville, TN Valley Health Care System

Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

Vanderbilt Psychological and Counseling Center

Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt Medical Center

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital