Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health and Developmental Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2016 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2011 - 2013
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2010 - 2011
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Treatment for Teens with Alcohol Abuse and Depression awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
  • Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms of Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2018
  • Center for Trauma-Informed Adolescent Suicide, Self-harm, & Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention awarded by University of California - Los Angeles 2016 - 2018
  • Cognitive/Affective Mechanisms of Risk among Suicidal Adults with and without Substance Abuse awarded by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 2013 - 2016
  • A Phase 0 Study to Preliminarily Assess the Janssen Autism Knowledge Engine in Children and Adults with ASD awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC 2014 - 2015
  • 5/6 Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Extended Long-term Study (CAMELS) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2015
  • MidCareer Investigator Award: Suicidal Behaviors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Maslow, GR, Banny, A, Pollock, M, Stefureac, K, Rosa, K, Walter, BK, Hobbs Knutson, K, Lucas, J, and Heilbron, N. "Preliminary Outcomes from an Integrated Pediatric Mental Health Outpatient Clinic." Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America 26, no. 4 (October 2017): 761-770. (Review)  Full Text
    • Daniel, SS, Goldston, DB, Erkanli, A, Heilbron, N, and Franklin, JC. "Prospective Study of Major Loss Life Events and Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults." Suicide & Life Threatening Behavior 47, no. 4 (August 2017): 436-449.  Full Text
    • Goldston, DB, Erkanli, A, Daniel, SS, Heilbron, N, Weller, BE, and Doyle, O. "Developmental Trajectories of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors From Adolescence Through Adulthood." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 55, no. 5 (May 2016): 400-407.e1.  Full Text
    • Calhoun, CD, Helms, SW, Heilbron, N, Rudolph, KD, Hastings, PD, and Prinstein, MJ. "Relational victimization, friendship, and adolescents' hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis responses to an in vivo social stressor—ERRATUM." Development and Psychopathology 27, no. 03 (August 2015): 945-946.  Full Text
    • Susanne Condron, D, Garraza, LG, Walrath, CM, McKeon, R, Goldston, DB, and Heilbron, NS. "Identifying and Referring Youths at Risk for Suicide Following Participation in School-Based Gatekeeper Training." Suicide & Life Threatening Behavior 45, no. 4 (August 2015): 461-476.  Full Text
    • Zvara, BJ, Mills-Koonce, WR, Heilbron, N, Clincy, A, and Cox, MJ. "The Interdependence of Adult Relationship Quality and Parenting Behaviours among African American and European Couples in Rural, Low-Income Communities." Infant and Child Development 24, no. 3 (May 2015): 343-363.  Full Text
    • Goldston, DB, Daniel, SS, Erkanli, A, Heilbron, N, Doyle, O, Weller, B, Sapyta, J, Mayfield, A, and Faulkner, M. "Suicide attempts in a longitudinal sample of adolescents followed through adulthood: Evidence of escalation." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 83, no. 2 (April 2015): 253-264.  Full Text
    • Goldston, DB, Daniel, SS, Erkanli, A, Heilbron, N, Doyle, O, Weller, B, Sapyta, J, Mayfield, A, and Faulkner, M. "Suicide attempts in a longitudinal sample of adolescents followed through adulthood: Evidence of escalation." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 83, no. 2 (April 1, 2015): 253-264.  Full Text
    • Calhoun, CD, Helms, SW, Heilbron, N, Rudolph, KD, Hastings, PD, and Prinstein, MJ. "Relational victimization, friendship, and adolescents' hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to an in vivo social stressor." Development and Psychopathology 26, no. 3 (August 2014): 605-618.  Full Text
    • Heilbron, N, Goldston, D, Walrath, C, Rodi, M, and McKeon, R. "Suicide risk protocols: addressing the needs of high risk youths identified through suicide prevention efforts and in clinical settings." Suicide & Life Threatening Behavior 43, no. 2 (April 2013): 150-160.  Full Text
    • Wells, KC, and Heilbron, N. "Family-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Suicidal Adolescents and Their Integration With Individual Treatment." Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 19, no. 2 (May 2012): 301-314.  Full Text
    • Sapyta, J, Goldston, DB, Erkanli, A, Daniel, SS, Heilbron, N, Mayfield, A, and Treadway, SL. "Evaluating the predictive validity of suicidal intent and medical lethality in youth." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 80, no. 2 (April 2012): 222-231.  Full Text
    • Banny, AM, Heilbron, N, Ames, A, and Prinstein, MJ. "Relational benefits of relational aggression: adaptive and maladaptive associations with adolescent friendship quality." Developmental Psychology 47, no. 4 (July 2011): 1153-1166.  Full Text
    • Briggs, EC, Heilbron, N, Thompson, R, Habib, M, Labruna, V, and Knoverek, A. "Maltreatment and Adolescence." (2011): 181-190.  Full Text
    • Franklin, JC, Hessel, ET, Aaron, RV, Arthur, MS, Heilbron, N, and Prinstein, MJ. "The functions of nonsuicidal self-injury: support for cognitive-affective regulation and opponent processes from a novel psychophysiological paradigm." J Abnorm Psychol 119, no. 4 (November 2010): 850-862.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Prinstein, MJ, Heilbron, N, Guerry, JD, Franklin, JC, Rancourt, D, Simon, V, and Spirito, A. "Peer influence and nonsuicidal self injury: longitudinal results in community and clinically-referred adolescent samples." J Abnorm Child Psychol 38, no. 5 (July 2010): 669-682.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Heilbron, N, Compton, JS, Daniel, SS, and Goldston, DB. "The Problematic Label of Suicide Gesture: Alternatives for Clinical Research and Practice." Professional Psychology, Research and Practice 41, no. 3 (June 2010): 221-227.  Full Text
    • Nicole Heilbron, , and Mitchell J. Prinstein, . "Adolescent Peer Victimization, Peer Status, Suicidal Ideation, and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Examining Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations." Merrill Palmer Quarterly 56, no. 3 (2010): 388-419.  Full Text
    • Franklin, JC, Heilbron, N, Guerry, JD, Bowker, KB, and Blumenthal, TD. "Antisocial and borderline personality disorder symptomatologies are associated with decreased prepulse inhibition: The importance of optimal experimental parameters." Personality and Individual Differences 47, no. 5 (October 2009): 439-443.  Full Text
    • Heilbron, N, Prinstein, MJ, and Hilt, LM. "A Lab-Based Examination of Adolescent Girls' Expressed Negative Cognitions in Response to an In Vivo Social Stressor: Links to Depressive Symptoms." International Journal of Cognitive Therapy 1, no. 4 (December 2008): 298-312.  Full Text
    • Heilbron, N, and Prinstein, MJ. "A review and reconceptualization of social aggression: adaptive and maladaptive correlates." Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 11, no. 4 (December 2008): 176-217. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Heilbron, N, and Prinstein, MJ. "Peer influence and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: A theoretical review of mechanisms and moderators." Applied and Preventive Psychology 12, no. 4 (October 2008): 169-177.  Full Text

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