Clinical Psychology at Queens College

The 17th Annual #Neuropsychology #Research Day is taking place today (February 28th, 2020), featuring talks from students and faculty in CUNY and Clinical Psychology at Queens College and a #keynote address by Dr. Nim Tottenham of Columbia University

Recent publications from our students and faculty: Cheryl F. Harding, CF; Pytte, CL; Page, KG; Ryberg, KJ; Normand, E; Remigio, GJ; DeStefanoe, RA; Morris, DB; Voronica, J; Lopez, A; Stalbow, LA; Williams, EP; Abreu, N. (In press). Mold inhalation causes innate immune activation, neural, cognitive and emotional dysfunction. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.11.006 Kalambogias J, Chen CC, Khan S, Son T, Wercberger R, Headlam C, Lin C, Brumberg J...C (2019). Development and sensory experience dependent regulation of microglia in barrel cortex. J Comp Neurol. 2020 Mar 1;528(4):559-573. htps://doi: 10.1002/cne.24771. Mourra, D. Gnazzo, F, Cobos, S, Beeler, JA (2020). Striatal dopamine D2 receptors regulate cost sensitivity and behavioral thrift. Neuroscience 425, 134-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.11.002 Huang, Y, Zhang, W, Go, K,Tsuchiya, K, Skupsky, D, Nomura, Y (2020) Altered growth trajectory in children born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia. Arch Gynecol Obstet. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-020-05436-2 #NOTE: on the day of publication, this paper had already achieved an Altmetric score of 43, putting it at the 95th percentile in terms of social media attention! Zhang, W, Ham, J, Li, Q, Kappil, M., Huang, Y, Tsuchiya, KJ, Chen, J and Nomura, Y (in press). Moderate prenatal stress may buffer the impact of Superstorm Sandy on placenta genes: stress in pregnancy (SIP) study. PlosOne. Takahashi, N, Harada, T, Nishimura, T, Okumura, A., Choi, D, Iwabuchi, T, Kuwabara, H, Takagai, S, Normua, Y, Tsuchiya, KJ. (in press). Association of genetic risks with autism spectrum disorder in children with early neurodevelopmental delays without intellectual disability. JAMA.

Some wonderful updates! 1) Dr. Yoko Nomura's work has been featured on Direct Relief https://www.directrelief.org//pregnant-women-are-particul/... 2) Sara Babad's (in Nikuina lab) in research has been featured on the GC Research News website https://www.gc.cuny.edu/News/Student-News/Detail?id=53879 3) Katherine Chang in the Pytte lab has received two travel awards to attend the 1st Workshop on Research Definitions for Reserve and Resilience in Cognitive Aging and Dementia, Washington D.C. and the MCI Symposium, Miami, FL 4) Sara Babad and Kaitlin Carson (in Nikulina lab) have received travel awards for the APPA conference, in New York, NY. Congratulations to Dr. Nomura, Sara Babad, Katherine Chang, and Kaitlin Carson!

Another congratulation to Patricia Patricia Pehme. Selected for one of the 22 awardees by the American Psychological Foundation and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Graduate Research Scholarship Clarence J Rosecrans Scholarship ($2000) to support her project on oxytocin and coregulation as prevention for developmental psychopathology in young kids.

Another congratulation to Patricia Patricia Pehme. Selected for one of the 22 awardees by the American Psychological Foundation and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Graduate Research Scholarship Clarence J Rosecrans Scholarship ($2000) to support her project on oxytocin and coregulation as prevention for developmental psychopathology in young kids.

Shout out to clinical student Scott Ewing for his CUNY TV interview where he speaks about his research in Dr. Rinaldi's lab. Click on the link below to watch the interview: https://tv.cuny.edu/show/simplyscience/PR2008714

Congratulations to Crystal Quinn, a rising fifth-year doctoral candidate, on being awarded the prestigious NIH F31 award and The Graduate Center Dean K. Harrison Fellowship.

Why do some victims of sexual assault choose not to disclose what happened to them? Researchers from Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY investigated t...he reasons in a study published in the journal Violence Against Women #metoo https://sum.cuny.edu/reporting-sexual-assault-why-some-sta/ See more

Congratulations to Gabriella Robinson, a rising third-year doctoral student in Clinical Psychology, on being awarded both the Doctoral Student Research Grant and NIDA Travel Award.

Congratulations to Professor Joel Sneed for being awarded an NIH R15 grant.

Congratulations to Professor Valentina Nikulina for being awarded the NIH SC2 SCORE grant.

Congratulations to Emnet Gammada for being awarded the Edith and Max Weiner Award for Alzheimer’s disease research.

Congratulations to clinical student Daniel Saldana on being awarded the Psychology Tithe Award, University Fellowship Award, and the CUNY Clinical Psychology Fellowship.

Congratulations to clinical psychology students Patricia Pehme, Crystal Quinn, Carly Tocco, Daniel Saldana, and Kaitlin Carson, recipients of the Doctoral Student Research Grant.

Congratulations to the 2 best presentations who have won our ANNUAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH DAY PRESENTATION AWARD! Although it’s a tough decision and many talks were outstanding, this year’s award winners are: Scott Ewing in Robert Ranaldi’s lab: Rats and heroin: targeting dopamine receptors for relapse prevention.... Aditya Kulkarni in Nancy Foldi’s lab: Serial position profile of recognition: Recollection and familiarity in Alzheimer’s disease; co authors: Isabelle Avildsen, Emnet Gammada, Nancy Foldi.