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Quantitative Methods

Adolescent Depression & Affective Health
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Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas
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Risk and protective factors influencing the development of psychopathology.
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Wilson Hall 604
Faculty Advisor: Antonia Kaczkurkin
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Risk factors for psychopathology, such as early adversity, including familial and environmental factors, that influence the course of internalizing symptoms in youth.
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(615) 343-5915
307 Wilson Hall
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Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience

vocal communication, including laughter, vocal expression of emotion, and indexical cues in speech
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634 Wilson Hall
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park
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Studying cross-cultural differences in psychosis / schizophrenia, with a focus on disruptions in sense of self and emotional embodiment.
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mental health services for children, evaluation research, applied research methods
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Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Humphreys
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Parenting and the early caregiving environment
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Depression, Peripartum Health, and Early Life Stress.
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas
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(615) 343-8712
108A Jesup
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Quantitative Methods
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(615) 322-8306
309A Hobbs
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Interdisciplinary
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615.936.0280
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Neuropsychology, autism, stress, social interaction, and neurodevelopmental disorders
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Hobbs 301
Faculty Advisor: Elisabeth Dykens
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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and comorbid psychopathology
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Wilson Hall 205
Faculty Advisor: Antonia Kaczkurkin
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Internalizing symptoms, dimensional psychopathology, brain development, hierarchical modeling, symptom classification, brain structure
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(615) 322-8945
406B MRL
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Developmental Science
Interdisciplinary
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(615) 322--8421
Hobbs 303
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Peabody
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615-343-8417
313B Hobbs
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Developmental Science
Neuroscience

developmental psychopathology; prevention science; depression and anxiety in youth
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(615) 322-3369
306 Wilson Hall
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Cognitive theory and therapy for depression
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Developmental Science
Neuroscience

developmental psychopathology; early experience; child abuse and neglect
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615-322-8676
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Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroscience

cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mechanisms affecting neuropsychological functioning, including mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer
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Faculty Advisor: Antonia Kaczkurkin
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615-343-5476
Wilson 312
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji
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Exposure, inhibitory learning, anxiety, OCD
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615-343-6987
508 Wilson Hall
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Neuroscience

Dr. Kaczkurkin’s research integrates neuroimaging, psychophysiology, and behavior to develop a comprehensive understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying anxiety and depressive disorders.
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emotion, mood disorders, developmental psychopathology, psychophysiology, affective neuroscience
Email Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park
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Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park
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Schizophrenia, Self concept, Cognition, Social cognition, Interoception, Peripersonal space
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Quantitative Methods
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Hobbs 307a
Faculty Advisor: Autumn Kujawa
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Risk and resilience factors of depression and anxiety disorders among sexual minority adolescents; interpersonal stress and social support; identity-based stress model
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615-343-4985
Hobbs 319b
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Working with communities to prevent youth violence, including gun injuries, and to promote positive youth development.
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Wilson Hall 313
Faculty Advisor: Ashley Watts
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Distal and Proximal Mechanisms underlying Harmful Alcohol Use
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(615) 322-0060
302 Wilson Hall
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Emotion and psychopathology, cognitive-behavioral theory and therapy for anxiety disorders
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(615) 322-3435
525 Wilson Hall
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Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroscience

Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Psychosis-Spectrum, Self Disorders
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Faculty Advisor: Autumn Kujawa
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Mood disorders, emotion and reward processing
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Hobbs 301
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas
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634 Wilson Hall
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park
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Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders; Cross-Cultural Validity; Racial/Ethnic Trauma
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210 Wilson Hall
Faculty Advisor: Antonia Kaczkurkin
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Faculty Advisor: Steven Hollon
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Perinatal Mental Health; Neurocognitive Function and Coping in Children with Chronic Medical Conditions
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Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
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(615) 322-7800
323 Wilson Hall
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Nutrition and behavior in chronic disease, health disparities
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615-322-6613
311 Hobbs
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas
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Stress, trauma, and adversity, risk for psychopathology, and the development and implementation of interventions in at-risk youth and families
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(615) 668-7294
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Quantitative Methods

Statistics and Quantitative Methods
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Faculty Advisor: Autumn Kujawa
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Neural measures of adolescent suicidality and treatment responsivity
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936-8006
11128 Doctor
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615-322-8290
208 Jesup
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Peabody
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615-322-7311
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Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Neuropsychology and neuroimaging, functions of the orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala and their relationship to psychiatric conditions