Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2007
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Interim Co-Division Director of Adult Psychiatry and Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2020 - 2022
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2018 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, 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, Clinical Science Departments 2011 - 2013
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2010 - 2011
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • NOV 15, 2022

    School of Medicine

    A Mental Health Lifeline for Rural Children and Teens in Crisis
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • NC PAL Expansion awarded by NC DHHS 2022 - 2023
  • NC-PAL (The North Carolina Psychiatry Access Line): Child Psychiatric Consultation and Education for Schools Through NC-PAL Academic Year 2022-2023 awarded by NC DHHS 2022 - 2023
  • Youth Partners in Care for Suicide Prevention awarded by University of California - Los Angeles 2022 - 2023
  • Marcus Foundation Phase II MSC ASD awarded by The Marcus Foundation 2019 - 2022
  • North Carolina Telehealth Partnership for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Access awarded by NC DHHS 2019 - 2022
  • Center for Trauma-Informed Adolescent Suicide, Self-harm, & Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention awarded by University of California - Los Angeles 2016 - 2021
  • North Carolina Pediatric Access Line for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Family Partner Outreach Project (NC-PAL IDD Family Partner Outreach) awarded by The Arc of North Carolina 2019 - 2021
  • Characterizing Health Disparities in the Shift to North Carolina Medicaid Managed Care awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust 2020 - 2021
  • Treatment for Teens with Alcohol Abuse and Depression awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2020
  • Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms of Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 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

    • Copeland, J Nathan, Kelley Jones, Gary R. Maslow, Alexis French, Naomi Davis, Melissa A. Greiner, Nicole Heilbron, and Samuel J. Pullen. “Use of North Carolina Medicaid Collaborative Care Billing Codes After Statewide Approval for Reimbursement.” Psychiatr Serv 73, no. 12 (December 1, 2022): 1420–23. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200027.
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    • French, Alexis, Kelley A. Jones, Christopher Bush, Melissa A. Greiner, J Nathan Copeland, Naomi O. Davis, Michelle S. Franklin, Nicole Heilbron, and Gary R. Maslow. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Psychotropic Prescription Receipt Among Pediatric Patients Enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid.” Psychiatr Serv 73, no. 12 (December 1, 2022): 1401–4. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100473.
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    • Goldston, David B., John F. Curry, Karen C. Wells, Yifrah Kaminer, Stephanie S. Daniel, Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Otima Doyle, et al. “Feasibility of an Integrated Treatment Approach for Youth with Depression, Suicide Attempts, and Substance Use Problems.” Evid Based Pract Child Adolesc Ment Health 6, no. 2 (2021): 155–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.1888664.
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    • Howard, Jill, J Nathan Copeland, Elizabeth J. Gifford, Jennifer Lawson, Yu Bai, Nicole Heilbron, and Gary Maslow. “Brief Report: Classifying Rates of Students with Autism and Intellectual Disability in North Carolina: Roles of Race and Economic Disadvantage.” J Autism Dev Disord 51, no. 1 (January 2021): 307–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04527-y.
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    • Dawson, Geraldine, Jessica M. Sun, Jennifer Baker, Kimberly Carpenter, Scott Compton, Megan Deaver, Lauren Franz, et al. “A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Umbilical Cord Blood Infusion for Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” J Pediatr 222 (July 2020): 164-173.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.03.011.
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    • Maslow, Gary R., Adrienne Banny, McLean Pollock, Kristen Stefureac, Kendra Rosa, Barbara Keith Walter, Katherine Hobbs Knutson, Joseph Lucas, and Nicole Heilbron. “Preliminary Outcomes from an Integrated Pediatric Mental Health Outpatient Clinic.” Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 26, no. 4 (October 2017): 761–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2017.06.008.
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    • Daniel, Stephanie S., David B. Goldston, Alaattin Erkanli, Nicole Heilbron, and Joseph C. Franklin. “Prospective Study of Major Loss Life Events and Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults.” Suicide Life Threat Behav 47, no. 4 (August 2017): 436–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12305.
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    • Goldston, David B., Alaattin Erkanli, Stephanie S. Daniel, Nicole Heilbron, Bridget E. Weller, and Otima Doyle. “Developmental Trajectories of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors From Adolescence Through Adulthood.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 55, no. 5 (May 2016): 400-407.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.010.
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    • Calhoun, C. D., S. W. Helms, N. Heilbron, K. D. Rudolph, P. D. Hastings, and M. J. Prinstein. “Relational victimization, friendship, and adolescents' hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to an in vivo social stressor - ERRATUM.” Development and Psychopathology 27, no. 3 (August 21, 2015): 945–46. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579414001230.
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    • Susanne Condron, Donna, Lucas Godoy Garraza, Christine M. Walrath, Richard McKeon, David B. Goldston, and Nicole S. Heilbron. “Identifying and Referring Youths at Risk for Suicide Following Participation in School-Based Gatekeeper Training.” Suicide Life Threat Behav 45, no. 4 (August 2015): 461–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12142.
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    • Zvara, B. J., W. R. Mills-Koonce, N. Heilbron, A. Clincy, M. J. Cox, L. Vernon-Feagans, M. Cox, et al. “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 1, 2015): 343–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1919.
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    • Goldston, David B., Stephanie S. Daniel, Alaattin Erkanli, Nicole Heilbron, Otima Doyle, Bridget Weller, Jeffrey Sapyta, Andrew Mayfield, and Madelaine Faulkner. “Suicide attempts in a longitudinal sample of adolescents followed through adulthood: Evidence of escalation.” J Consult Clin Psychol 83, no. 2 (April 2015): 253–64. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038657.
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    • Calhoun, Casey D., Sarah W. Helms, Nicole Heilbron, Karen D. Rudolph, Paul D. Hastings, and Mitchell J. Prinstein. “Relational victimization, friendship, and adolescents' hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to an in vivo social stressor.” Dev Psychopathol 26, no. 3 (August 2014): 605–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579414000261.
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    • Heilbron, Nicole, David Goldston, Christine Walrath, Michael Rodi, and Richard McKeon. “Suicide risk protocols: addressing the needs of high risk youths identified through suicide prevention efforts and in clinical settings.” Suicide Life Threat Behav 43, no. 2 (April 2013): 150–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12004.
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    • Wells, K. C., and N. Heilbron. “Family-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Suicidal Adolescents and Their Integration With Individual Treatment.” Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 19, no. 2 (May 1, 2012): 301–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.06.004.
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    • Sapyta, Jeffrey, David B. Goldston, Alaattin Erkanli, Stephanie S. Daniel, Nicole Heilbron, Andrew Mayfield, and S Lyn Treadway. “Evaluating the predictive validity of suicidal intent and medical lethality in youth.” J Consult Clin Psychol 80, no. 2 (April 2012): 222–31. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026870.
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    • Briggs, E. C., N. Heilbron, R. Thompson, M. Habib, V. Labruna, and A. Knoverek. “Maltreatment and Adolescence” 3 (December 1, 2011): 181–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-373951-3.00117-4.
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    • Banny, Adrienne M., Nicole Heilbron, Angharad Ames, and Mitchell J. Prinstein. “Relational benefits of relational aggression: adaptive and maladaptive associations with adolescent friendship quality.” Dev Psychol 47, no. 4 (July 2011): 1153–66. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022546.
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    • Franklin, Joseph C., Elenda T. Hessel, Rachel V. Aaron, Michael S. Arthur, Nicole Heilbron, and Mitchell J. Prinstein. “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): 850–62. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020896.
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    • Heilbron, N., and M. J. Prinstein. “Adolescent peer victimization, peer status, suicidal ideation, and nonsuicidal self-injury examining concurrent and longitudinal associations.” Merrill Palmer Quarterly 56, no. 3 (July 1, 2010): 388–419. https://doi.org/10.1353/mpq.0.0049.
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    • Prinstein, Mitchell J., Nicole Heilbron, John D. Guerry, Joseph C. Franklin, Diana Rancourt, Valerie Simon, and Anthony Spirito. “Peer influence and nonsuicidal self injury: longitudinal results in community and clinically-referred adolescent samples.” J Abnorm Child Psychol 38, no. 5 (July 2010): 669–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9423-0.
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    • Heilbron, Nicole, Jill S. Compton, Stephanie S. Daniel, and David B. Goldston. “The Problematic Label of Suicide Gesture: Alternatives for Clinical Research and Practice.” Prof Psychol Res Pr 41, no. 3 (June 1, 2010): 221–27. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018712.
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    • Franklin, J. C., N. Heilbron, J. D. Guerry, K. B. Bowker, and T. D. Blumenthal. “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 1, 2009): 439–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.016.
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    • Heilbron, Nicole, and Mitchell J. Prinstein. “A review and reconceptualization of social aggression: adaptive and maladaptive correlates.” Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 11, no. 4 (December 2008): 176–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-008-0037-9.
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    • Heilbron, N., and M. J. Prinstein. “Peer influence and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: A theoretical review of mechanisms and moderators.” Applied and Preventive Psychology 12, no. 4 (October 1, 2008): 169–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appsy.2008.05.004.
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    • Heilbron, N., M. J. Prinstein, and L. M. Hilt. “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 (January 1, 2008): 298–312. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2008.1.4.298.
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  • Book Sections

    • Mills-Koonce, W. R., H. Cao, N. Heilbron, and M. J. Cox. “Marital Relationship and Early Development.” In Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, 290–300, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.05838-7.
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    • Roger Mills-Koonce, W., H. Cao, N. Heilbron, and M. J. Cox. “Marital relationship and early development.” In The Curated Reference Collection in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, 249–58, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.05838-7.
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    • Cox, M. J., N. Heilbron, W. R. Mills-Koonce, A. Pressel, C. W. Oppenheimer, and D. E. Szwedo. “Marital Relationship.” In Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, 1–3:249–58, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012370877-9.00095-5.
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