https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-0162
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2025 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Scholarly Works
Reduced central alpha power at rest is associated with the risk of alcohol-induced blackout and frequency of non-REM parasomnia episodes in adults.
Journal article Physiol Rep · March 2026 People who experience alcohol-induced blackouts (AIBs) are at increased risk of alcohol-related injury and even death. Blackout susceptibility is heritable and blackouts are not experienced by all who engage in hazardous drinking. Blackout is defined by am ... Full text Link to item Cite<p>Linking Adolescent Alcohol Use to Adult Behavioral Flexibility: Habitual Action-Selection and Attentional Bias <span></span></p>
Preprint · 2026 Full text CiteGreater alcohol intake predicts accelerated brain aging in humans, which mediates the relationship between alcohol intake and behavioral inflexibility
Journal article Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research · March 2025 AbstractBackgroundHazardous use of alcohol is associated with cognitive‐behavioral impairments and accelerated aging. To date, however, accelerated brain aging has not been tested as a med ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
NC PAL Expansion
Public ServicePsychologist · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2022 - 2027A multi-pronged approach to pediatric cancer: research, psychosocial and neuropsychological support
Institutional SupportClinical Associate · Awarded by Hyundai Hope on Wheels · 2026 - 2026View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2024
Ph.D.