Overview
Dr. Kate Brody Nooner, PhD, ABPP, has NIH-funded research and collaborates with Dr. David Goldston at Duke Psychiatry as part of the National Consortium on Alcohol & Neurodevelopment in Adolescence. She is also a tenured full Professor, Senior Associate Dean for the College of Science and Engineering, and former Department Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2021 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Functional brain changes related to adverse childhood experiences and the presence of psychopathology
Journal Article Discover Mental Health · December 1, 2025 Research suggests that associated changes in brain function may underlie the vulnerabilities for psychopathology following adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). In addition to the ACEs themselves, the development of trauma symptoms following ACEs may also ... Full text CiteRegularized CCA identifies sex-specific brain-behavior associations in adolescent psychopathology.
Journal Article Transl Psychiatry · October 17, 2025 Adolescence is a critical period of neural development and a sensitive window for the emergence of psychiatric symptoms. Resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) provides a unique opportunity to investigate brain-behavior associations. However, the role of s ... Full text Link to item CiteMutual age-varying influences of binge drinking and cannabis use during emerging adulthood in the NCANDA cohort.
Journal Article Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) · October 2025 BACKGROUND: Binge drinking peaks during emerging adulthood and is associated with negative developmental outcomes. Within-person changes in cannabis use have been shown to coincide with binge drinking; however, whether within-person changes in binge drinki ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of California, San Diego ·
2007
Ph.D.