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Faculty Advisor: ÌýSoo Rhee

Education

• BA, Colby College (Psychology, concentration Neuroscience), 2017
• MRes, University College London/Yale University (Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology), 2020
• PhD, University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ, Boulder, Expected 2027

Research Interests

• Adolescent substance use initiation and persistence factors
• Intergenerational transmission of parental health characteristics
• Genetic and environmental influences on psychopathology onset and risk of comorbidity

Publications and Presentations

Zaboski, B.,ÌýStern, E., Pittenger, C. (2021) What can EEG reveal about the electrophysiology of OCD? A narrative review of the literature. Paper solicited by Frontiers in Psychiatry.Ìý

Pushkarskaya, H.,ÌýStern, E., Tolin, D. F., & Pittenger, C. (2020). Excessive acquisition of information during simple judgments in individuals with hoarding disorder.ÌýJournal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 24,Ìý1-7. 100505.Ìý

Lichenstein, S. D., Manco, N., Cope, L. M., Egbo, L., Garrison, K. A., Hardee, J., Hillmer, A. T., Reeder, K.,ÌýStern, E., Worhunsky, P., Yip, S. W. (2021, September).ÌýSystematicÌýReviewÌýof Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Studies ofÌýCannabis Use in Adolescence: Evidence from 90 studies and 9,441 participants. Accepted for late-breaking poster presentation at the FLUX 2021 Virtual Congress, Virtual Meeting.

Kelmendi, B.,ÌýStern, E.Ìý(2020, December). Examining the acute effect of psilocybin in the treatment of treatment-resistant OCD symptoms. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.Ìý

Stern, E.Ìý(2020, July). The psychosocial and neurodevelopmental impact of prenatal cannabis exposure: insights from a computational approach. Yale Child Study Center Colloquium Series, New Haven, CT.