Affiliated Department(s)
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Psychology
Neuroscience graduate program
BIO
- Identification of phenotypes and endophenotypes for psychiatric genetic studies of childhood psychiatric disorders – specifically as related to disorders of self-regulation
- Analytic methods of large datasets of twin and family studies using structural equation modeling, latent class modeling, and multivariate techniques
- Cognitive neuroscientific studies of childhood psychiatric disorders using behavioral measures, eye movement monitoring, and magnetic resonance imaging
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 1987-1991 Edmund J. James Scholar
- 1991 Phi Beta Kappa
- 1991 Outstanding Teaching Assistant
- 1992 Arnold Beckman Research Assistantship (competitive award for graduate student engaged in interdisciplinary research)
- 1998 Daniel K. Bloomfield Fellowship (for outstanding Medical Scholar)
- 1999 Granville A. Bennett Award (for contributions to medical education)
- 1999 Rute Medenis Award (for outstanding student in pediatrics)
- 1999 David Olkon Scholarship (for outstanding student in psychiatry/neurology)
- 2000 James P. Keating Outstanding Resident Award
- 2003 General Psychiatry Resident Travel Award, AACAP, Lilly
- 2003 Emory University Psychiatry Resident’s Symposium
- 2003 NIMH Outstanding Resident in Psychiatry Award
- 2007 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2008 Future Leaders in Psychiatry Awardee
- 2008 “Excellence in Academic Teaching” Award by Psychiatry Residents
- 2009 Richard Todd Memorial Award Lecture in Child Psychiatry, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
- 2010 Nominee, Golden Stethoscope Teaching Award, ̽̽ College of Medicine
- 2011 Nominee, Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Vermont Center for Teaching and Learning
- 2011 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2011 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide.
- 2011 University of Vermont Medical Group Junior Researcher of the Year
- 2013 "Excellence in Academic Teaching" Award by Psychiatry Residents
- 2017 "Fellows Appreciation Award", University of Vermont (awarded by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows to one faculty member annually)
Bio
- Identification of phenotypes and endophenotypes for psychiatric genetic studies of childhood psychiatric disorders – specifically as related to disorders of self-regulation
- Analytic methods of large datasets of twin and family studies using structural equation modeling, latent class modeling, and multivariate techniques
- Cognitive neuroscientific studies of childhood psychiatric disorders using behavioral measures, eye movement monitoring, and magnetic resonance imaging
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 1987-1991 Edmund J. James Scholar
- 1991 Phi Beta Kappa
- 1991 Outstanding Teaching Assistant
- 1992 Arnold Beckman Research Assistantship (competitive award for graduate student engaged in interdisciplinary research)
- 1998 Daniel K. Bloomfield Fellowship (for outstanding Medical Scholar)
- 1999 Granville A. Bennett Award (for contributions to medical education)
- 1999 Rute Medenis Award (for outstanding student in pediatrics)
- 1999 David Olkon Scholarship (for outstanding student in psychiatry/neurology)
- 2000 James P. Keating Outstanding Resident Award
- 2003 General Psychiatry Resident Travel Award, AACAP, Lilly
- 2003 Emory University Psychiatry Resident’s Symposium
- 2003 NIMH Outstanding Resident in Psychiatry Award
- 2007 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2008 Future Leaders in Psychiatry Awardee
- 2008 “Excellence in Academic Teaching” Award by Psychiatry Residents
- 2009 Richard Todd Memorial Award Lecture in Child Psychiatry, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
- 2010 Nominee, Golden Stethoscope Teaching Award, ̽̽ College of Medicine
- 2011 Nominee, Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Vermont Center for Teaching and Learning
- 2011 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2011 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide.
- 2011 University of Vermont Medical Group Junior Researcher of the Year
- 2013 "Excellence in Academic Teaching" Award by Psychiatry Residents
- 2017 "Fellows Appreciation Award", University of Vermont (awarded by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows to one faculty member annually)