Graduate Student

Clinical Science

Office: 313 Wilson Hall
Phone: 615.343.2094
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Degrees

• MA, Clinical Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 2008
• BA, (Honors) in Musicology, Columbia University, 2000

Research Area

• Neuroeconomics and Effort-based decision-making. Dopamine, stress and anhedonia. Neural bases of legal decision-making.

Professional Honors

• 2009 APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship
• 2009 National Research Service Award (NRSA) Pre-doctoral Fellowship
• 2009 Trainee Abstract Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping
• 2009, 2008, 2007 Vanderbilt Travel Award
• 2008 Trainee, Vanderbilt Developmental Psychopathology Training Grant
• 2008, 2007 Wisconsin Health Emotions Research Institute Fellow
• 2006 University Fellowship, Vanderbilt University
• 2001 cum laude, Columbia University

Representative Publications

• Treadway MT, Buckholtz JW, Lambert WE, Schwartzman AN, Zald DH (2009). Worth the 'EEfRT'? The Effort Expenditure for Rewards Task as an objective measure of motivation and anhedonia PLoS One, Epub Aug 11.
• Treadway MT, Grant MM, Ding Z, Hollon SD, Gore JC, Shelton R (2009). Early adverse events, HPA activity and anterior cingulate volume in MDD, PLoS One, Epub Mar 26.
• Treadway MT, Lazar SL (in press). Meditation and neuroplasticity. In Baer (Ed.), Assessing Mindfulness and Acceptance: Illuminating the Processes of Change. New Harbinger: Oakland, CA.
• Treadway MT, Lazar SL (2008). The neurobiology of mindfulness. In F Didonna (Ed.), Mindfulness and its Clinical Application. New York: Springer.
• Lazar SW, Kerr C, Wasserman RJ, Gray JR, Greve D, Treadway MT, et al (2005) Meditation Experience is Associated with Increased Cortical Thickness. Neuroreport 16(17):1893-1897.