Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2024 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Scholarly Works
A multi-method evaluation of trait and state-sensitive impulsivity in relation to impulsiveness of suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury in an adolescent clinical sample
Journal article Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders · September 1, 2026 Background: Understanding the heterogeneity of suicide attempts (SA), and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) – e.g., impulsiveness of these behaviors, as in the length of time between participants’ thought of engaging in the relevant self-injurious behavior a ... Full text CiteSafe treatment for emergency presentation for suicidal ideation and behavior (SAFE STEPS): Protocol for randomized controlled trial.
Journal article Contemp Clin Trials · July 2026 BACKGROUND: Suicide is currently the second leading cause of death among youth ages 13-24 in the United States. Youths presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with suicidal ideation and/or behavior have elevated risk for subsequent suicide attempts and d ... Full text Link to item CiteExecutive Function and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal article Biol Psychiatry · May 27, 2026 BACKGROUND: Although executive functioning (EF) deficits have been implicated in self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs), the strength of their associations remain unclear. Few mechanisms reliably differentiating between suicidal thoughts and suicide ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Alcohol Misuse and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth: Proximal Associations and Mechanisms of Risk
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031Youth Partners in Care for Suicide Prevention
ResearchProject Coordinator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2022 - 2027View All Grants
Education
Duke University ·
2022
Ph.D.