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Education

2011 Ph.D., Child Psychology,  University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2008 M.A., Child Psychology, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2006 B.A., Psychology, Carleton College – Northfield, MN, USA

Positions

07/2021-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Genes, Environments, and Neurodevelopment in Addictions Program
Rutgers Center for Genomics of Psychiatric Health and Addictions
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, USA

09/2015-06/2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Developmental Program
Associate Director, Examining Development, Genes, and Environment (EDGE) Lab
Affiliate Faculty, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Psychology, Social Program
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

09/2011-09/2015
Postdoctoral Fellow
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

Awards

2021-2016 K01 Career Development Award (K01 AA024152; PI: J. Salvatore), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2018 Early Career Investigator Award, Research Society on Alcoholism
2018 Outstanding Research Award, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
2015-2013 Individual National Research Service Award (F32 AA022269; PI: J. Salvatore), National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2017-2014 Loan Repayment Program Awardee, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism