Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director of Clinical Training
**Not accepting graduate students**
Research Interests
development of children's behavior problems and competencies; family interaction processes; child temperament, social, cognitive and affective characteristics; socioeconomic variables; developmental psychopathology; parent behavioral training
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director, Program in Neuroscience
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
develop computational models of brain circuitry involved in cognitive control; test computational model predictions with fMRI; investigate the neural bases of cognitive impairment in psychopathology, especially substance abuse and schizophrenia, using fMRI and computational modeling
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Not accepting graduate students**
Sharon Stephens Brehm Endowed Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
Developmental psychopathology, pharmacoepidemiology, behavior genetics/genetic epidemiology, dissemination and implementation
Provost Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Research Interests
roles of executive cognitive function, attention control, working memory, decision-making, and personality in self-regulation and disorders characterized by poor self-regulation, such as substance use disorders, externalizing psychopathology, and internalizing psychopathology; development of interventions to improve decision-making and moderate the deleterious effects of stress, negative emotions, and fatigue on executive cognitive functions, such as attention control, and performance
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Not accepting graduate students**
Professor Emerita, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Research Interests
human sexuality
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Department Chair
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia and related psychological disorders; clinical translational psychopathology approaches to understanding risk factors and "illness" mechanisms using both human and animal models; temporal processing, cerebellar function, and brain micro-state measures of cognitive discoordination; methods utilized in the lab include fMRI, EEG, ERPs, rTMS, EMG, and clinical-neuropsychological assessment
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Not accepting graduate students**
Research Interests
Intimate partner violence; interventions for divorcing or separating parents; studies of the effectiveness of family law interventions (e.g., mediation, court-affiliated parenting programs); screening for intimate partner violence in family law settings
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director, Imaging Research Facility
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall, 2023 — please email before applying**
Research Interests
social neuroscience; autism spectrum disorders; social perception; eye tracking; brain connectivity; functional MRI
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
social neuroscience; social cognition & aging; healthy & pathological aging; stigma
Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
psychotherapy for depression: outcomes, processes, and moderators; intersection of stepped care and personalized medicine for depression; history and classification of major depressive disorder; treatment of bipolar II depression
Distinguished Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jack and Linda Gill Chair, Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
regulation of CB1 cannabinoid receptor signaling; regulation of endocannabinoid production; role of endocannabinoids in synaptic plasticity; novel cannabinoid receptors
Adjunct Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Professor, University of Alabama
Executive Director for the Alabama Life Research Institute
Research Interests
fMRI of language processes; problem-solving and planning
Professor Emeritus, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Research Interests
event-related potential abnormalities in schizophrenia and related disorders; disturbances of early stage vision in schizophrenia and affective disorders; event-related potentials and risk for alcoholism
Adjunct Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Assistant Professor, Applied Health Science
Research Interests
opioid and other substance use; chronic pain, pharmacoepidemiology; behavioral genetics
Associate Research Scientist, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Research Interests
Dimensions of internalizing psychopathology, Assessment and classification of emotional disorders, Social cognition and neurocognition across the lifespan, Digital technology and mental health
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
** Not accepting graduate students**
Research Interests
disordered eating
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Not accepting graduate students for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
antisocial behavior; social interaction; family process; behavior genetics; alcohol use and abuse
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
Research Interests
stress effects on corticolimbic morphology and function; transgenic models of psychopathology
Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall, 2023**
Research Interests
serious mental illness, addiction, stress, interoception, experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, neuroimaging
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