Current Grant Support

Grant Number: K23 MH130664

Grant Title: Cortical Oscillatory Dynamics and Decision Deficits in Suicidal Behavior

Role in Project: PI

Years Inclusive: 2023-2028

Source/$ Amount: NIMH, $916,893

When faced with a crisis, some people but not others transition from thinking about suicide to acting on these thoughts. This project will use a formal theoretical framework combined with electroencephalography to test the hypothesis that individuals at risk for suicide become cognitively overwhelmed under challenging life circumstances and make poor choices as a result. The anticipated impact of this proposal includes the identification of more precise targets for cognitive clinical interventions.

NIH RePORTER
Prior Grant Support

Grant Number: F31 MH114319

Grant Title: A Fine-grained EEG/ERP Examination of Reward Processing in Suicide Attempters

Role in Project: PI

Years Inclusive: 2017-2019

Source/$ Amount: NIMH, $62,303

There is evidence for abnormalities in reward functioning in suicide attempters, but little is known about which specific components of reward-related processes, including anticipatory and consummatory pleasure and reward learning, may be most impaired in those who attempt suicide. This study aimed to uncover the factors that increase risk for suicide attempts by comprehensively examining these processes. Results of this project suggest that suicide attempters, compared to non-attempters, might exhibit deficient initial responses to reward, which might then disrupt their ability to accurately anticipate future rewards.

NIH RePORTER

Grant Number: T32 MH018269

Grant Title: Clinical Research Training for Psychologists

Role in Project: Postdoctoral Trainee

Years Inclusive: 2020-2023

Source/$ Amount: NIMH

Grant Title: Cognition, Attention, Reward, and Emotion in Suicide Attempters

Role in Project: PI

Years Inclusive: 2014-2017

Source/$ Amount: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, $138,000

Grant Title: Using EEG/ERP to Gain a Fine-grained Understanding of Reward Processing

Role in Project: PI

Years Inclusive: 2017

Source/$ Amount: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (Sydney, Australia), $10,700

Grant Title: Presidential Distinguished Student Research Award

Role in Project: PI

Years Inclusive: 2017

Source/$ Amount: Binghamton University, $10,000

Grant Title: Dissertation Research Award

Role in Project: PI

Years Inclusive: 2017

Source/$ Amount: APA, $1,000

Grant Title: Charles and Carol Spielberger Scholarship

Role in Project: PI

Years Inclusive: 2017

Source/$ Amount: American Psychological Foundation, $5,000