Overview
Child clinical psychology, child and adolescent trauma and maltreatment, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicide-related thoughts and behaviors, mood and anxiety disorders, OCD
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2023 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Vice-Chair of Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology Clinical Services
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2024 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics
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2020 - Present
Pediatrics,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
Building Bridges in Behavioral Health: DBPs and NC's Child Psychiatry Access Program
Conference JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS · 2026 Link to item CiteImplicit affective responses to suicide-related stimuli: Differences as a function of suicide attempt history and concurrent substance use.
Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Individuals who are depressed, have suicide attempts, and a substance use disorder (SUD) may have different patterns of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and respond differently to cues associated with suicide and death. METHOD: Implicit affect ... Full text Link to item CiteLived experiences of mothers: A longitudinal study of impacts and adjustment following adolescent psychiatric hospitalization for suicide attempts or other reasons.
Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Parents play crucial roles in monitoring and supporting youth who have been hospitalized after suicide attempts, but their adjustment in the period following hospitalization has been understudied. This study assessed the adjustment and impact ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
NC PAL Expansion
Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2022 - 2027North Carolina Psychiatry Access Line Renewal
Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2019 - 2026NC-PAL (The North Carolina Psychiatry Access Line): Child Psychiatric Consultation and Education for Schools Through NC-PAL Academic Year 2022-2023
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2022 - 2023View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2007
Ph.D.