LAUREN M. ELLMAN Curriculum Vitae WORK ADDRESS: Temple University Department of Psychology, Weiss Hall 1701 North 13 th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085 Phone: 215-204-1571 Fax: 215-204-5539 email: ellman@temple.edu EDUCATION: Postdoctoral Fellowship: Schizophrenia Research Fellowship, 2007-2009 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Psychiatry Department New York, NY Clinical Internship: Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center, 2006-2007 Los Angeles, California Advanced Degrees: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 2007 Health Psychology Minor University of California-Los Angeles, Department of Psychology Los Angeles, California M.A., Clinical Psychology, 2003 University of California-Los Angeles, Department of Psychology Los Angeles, California Baccalaureate Degree: B.A., Psychology and Philosophy, 1998 Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT(S): 2009-Present Assistant Professor Temple University Department of Psychology Philadelphia, PA TRAINEESHIPS: 2007-2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Schizophrenia Research Fellowship Columbia University, Psychiatry Department New York, NY
2008 Trainee Workshop on Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Long Island, NY 2006-2007 Psychology Intern Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center Los Angeles, CA 2002-2007 Student Therapist, Neuropsychological Assessor, and Clinical Supervisor UCLA Psychology Clinic University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 2002-2006 Neuropsychological and Clinical Assessor Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 2003-2004 Practicum Student Therapist Student Psychological Services University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA HONORS: Dean s list, Tulane University Departmental honors in psychology, Tulane University AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS: 2009 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Young Investigator Award 2009 Early Life Programming and Neurodevelopmental Conference Travel Award 2008 Society of Biological Psychiatry s Travel Scholarship 2007-2009 NIMH NRSA postdoctoral fellowship in Schizophrenia Research, Columbia University (M-T32-MH18870) 2005-2006 Fishbaugh Pollack/Affiliates Fellowship, UCLA 2005-2006 NIMH NRSA graduate fellowship as part of the UCLA Health Psychology Program (MH15750) 2004-2005 Graduate Student Research Mentorship Award, UCLA 2004 Departmental Summer Graduate Student Research Mentorship Award, UCLA 2004 NRSA Incentive Award, UCLA 2001-2002 Regent s Award, UCLA
ONGOING RESEARCH SUPPORT 2013-2018 Co-Investigator (PI: Alloy, Lauren; $3,514,347.00) NIMH Title: Risk for Adolescent Depression: Stress, Cognitive Vulnerability, & Inflammation (MH101168) 2012-2016 Principal Investigator ($2,118,766) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Title: Fetal exposure to maternal stress and inflammation: Effects on neurodevelopment (R01 MH096478) 2012-2015 Sponsor/Mentor (Anna Fineberg, Recipient; $132,000) National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship Title: Stress-immune interactions in a pregnant African American population PENDING RESEARCH SUPPORT 2015-2010 Principal Investigator National Institute of Mental Health Title: 1/3-Valid screening for those at risk for psychosis: A multi-site instrument development study *Proposal will be submitted 10/5/14 COMPLETED RESEARCH SUPPORT 2001-2002 Regent s Award 2004 Summer Graduate Student Research Mentorship Award 2004 NRSA Incentive Award 2004-2005 Graduate Student Research Mentorship Award 2005-2006 Fishbaugh Pollack/Affiliates Fellowship 2005 UCLA travel award 2005-2006 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award (MH15750) Health Psychology Program, 2008 Society of Biological Psychiatry Travel Award 2009 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Young Investigator Award 2009 Early Life Programming and Neurodevelopmental Conference Travel Award
2007-2009 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (5 T32 MH018870-20) Columbia University, New York, NY 2006-2010 March of Dimes (Co-author) The effects of genetic vulnerability for schizophrenia, health-risk behavior during pregnancy, and fetal hypoxia on obstetric risk and developmental sequelae in offspring. (2-FY2006-735) 2011-2012 Principal Investigator ($5,000 Direct Costs) CLA Research Award, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Title: Prediction of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders in an undergraduate non-clinical sample 2013 Sponsor/Mentor (Samantha Stella, Recipient; $2,750) Temple University Diamond Research Scholar Program Title: Emotional dysregulation and risk for psychosis PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Articles 1. Anglin, D.M., Lighty, Q., & Ellman, L.M.** (In Press). Racial discrimination and rejection sensitivity impact clinical psychosis risk among ethnic minorities. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. Impact Factor: 1.653. 2. Anglin, D.M, Lighty, Q., Greenspoon, M., & Ellman, L.M.** (2014). Racial discrimination and endorsement of distressing subthreshold psychotic experiences among racial and ethnic minority youth. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Available online 3 April 2014. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0870-8. Impact Factor: 2.861. 3. Reeves, L.E.,* Anglin, D., Heimberg, R.G., Gibson, L.E., Fineberg, A.M., Maxwell, S.D., Kerns, C.M., Ellman, L.M.** (2014). Anxiety mediates the association between cannabis use and attenuated positive psychotic symptoms. Psychiatry Research, Available online 5 April 2014. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.03.040. Impact Factor: 2.456. 4. Gibson, L.E.,* Anglin, D.M., Klugman, J., Reeves, L.E., Fineberg, A.M., Maxwell, S.D., Kerns, C.M., & Ellman, L.M.** (2014). Stress sensitivity mediates the relationship between traumatic life events and attenuated positive psychotic symptoms differentially by gender in a college population sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 53:111-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.02.020. Impact Factor: 4.066. 5. Fineberg, A.M.,* Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H. Buka, S.L., & Cannon, T.D. (2013). Decreased birth weight in psychosis: Influence of prenatal exposure to serologically determined influenza and hypoxia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39(5), 1037-44. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbs084. Impact Factor: 8.486. 6. Fineberg, A.M.* & Ellman, L.M.** (2013). Inflammatory cytokines and neurological and neurocognitive alterations in the course of schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 73(10), 951-66. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.001. Impact Factor: 9.247.
7. Forsyth, J.K., Ellman, L.M., Tanskanen, A., Mustonen, U., Huttunen, M.O., Suvisaari, J., & Cannon, T.D. (2013). Genetic risk for schizophrenia, obstetric complications, and adolescent school outcome: Evidence for gene-environment interaction, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39(5), 1067-76. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbs098. Impact Factor: 8.486. 8. Ellman, L.M., Vinogradov, S., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J.H., Kern, D.M., Deicken, R.F., & Brown, A.S. (2012). Low maternal hemoglobin during pregnancy and diminished neuromotor and neurocognitive performance in offspring with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 138(1), 81-87. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.04.008. Impact Factor: 4.590. 9. Ellman, L.M., Deicken, R.F., Vinogradov, S., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J.H., Kern, D.M., Tsai, W.Y., Schaefer, C.A., & Brown, A.S. (2010). Structural brain alterations in schizophrenia following fetal exposure to the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-8. Schizophrenia Research, 121(1-3), 46-54. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.05.014. Impact Factor: 4.590. 10. Ellman, L.M. & Susser, E.S. (2009). The promise of epidemiologic studies: Neuroimmune mechanisms in the etiologies of brain disorders. Neuron, 64(1), 25-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.09.024. Impact Factor: 15.766. 11. Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H., Buka, S.L., Torrey, E.F., & Cannon, T.D. (2009). Cognitive functioning prior to the onset of psychosis: The role of fetal exposure to serologically determined influenza infection. Biological Psychiatry, 65(12), 1040-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.12.015. Impact Factor: 9.247. 12. Mittal, V.A., Willhite, R., Daley, M., Bearden, C.E., Niendam, T., Ellman, L.M., & Cannon, T.D. (2009). Obstetric complications and risk for conversion to psychosis among prodromal individuals. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 3(3), 226-230. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2009.00137.x. Impact Factor: 1.653. 13. Beebe, B., Badalamenti, A., Jaffe, J., Feldstein, S., Marquette, L., Helbraun, E., Demetri- Friedman, D., Flaster, C., Goodman, P., Kaminer, T., Kaufman-Balamuth, L., Putterman, J., Stepakoff, S., & Ellman, L. (2008). Distressed mothers and their infants use a less efficient timing mechanism in creating expectancies of each other's looking patterns. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 37(5), 293-307. doi: 10.1007/s10936-008-9078-y. Impact Factor: 0.642. 14. Ellman, L.M., Schetter, C.D., Hobel, C.J., Chicz-Demet, A., Glynn, L.M., & Sandman, C.A. (2008). Timing of fetal exposure to stress hormones: Effects on newborn physical and neuromuscular maturation. Developmental Psychobiology, 50(3), 232-241. doi: 10.1002/dev.20293. Impact Factor: 2.595. 15. Mittal, V.A., Ellman, L.M., & Cannon, T.D. (2008). Gene-environment interaction and covariation in schizophrenia: The role of obstetric complications. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 34(6), 1083-94. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbn080. Impact Factor: 8.486. 16. Ellman, L.M., Huttunen, M., Lönnqvist, J., & Cannon, T.D. (2007). The effects of genetic liability for schizophrenia and maternal smoking during pregnancy on obstetric complications. Schizophrenia Research, 93(1-3), 229-236. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.03.004. Impact Factor: 4.590.
17. Badalamenti, A.F., Beebe, B., Jaffe, J., Marquette, L., Helbraum, E., Andrews, H., & Ellman, L. (2004). Poisson regulation in mother-infant gaze systems. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 39, 305-324. 10.1016/S0895-7177(04)90013-1. Impact Factor: 1.420. 18. Monk, C., Sloan, R.P., Myers, M.M., Ellman, L., Werner, E., Jeon, J., Tager, F., & Fifer, W.P. (2004). Fetal heart rate reactivity differs by women's psychiatric status: An early marker for developmental risk? Journal of the American Academy Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(3), 283-290. 10.1097/00004583-200403000-00009. Impact Factor: 6.970. 19. Monk, C., Myers, M.M., Sloan, R.P., Ellman, L.M., & Fifer, W.P. (2003). Effects of women's stress-elicited physiological activity and chronic anxiety on fetal heart rate. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 24(1), 32-38. doi:10.1097/00004703-200302000- 00008. Impact Factor: 1.750. 20. Monk, C., Fifer, W.P., Sloan, R.P., Myers, M.M., Bagiella, E., Ellman, L., & Hurtado, A. (2001). Physiologic responses to cognitive challenge during pregnancy: Effects of task and repeat testing. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 40(2), 149-159. doi: 10.1016/S0167-8760(00)00158-6. Impact Factor: 2.036. 21. Monk, C., Kovelenko, P., Ellman, L.M., Sloan, R.P., Bagiella, E., Gorman, J.M., & Pine, D.S. (2001). Enhanced stress reactivity in paediatric anxiety disorders: Implications for future cardiovascular health. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 4(2), 199-206. doi:10.1017/s146114570100236x. Impact Factor: 5.641. *Supervised student on paper and acted as corresponding author, indicating that I was the primary investigator contributing to the study hypotheses and origins of the study concept. ** Last author indicates head of the lab, the most senior author, and the primary investigator who developed the study Book Chapters 1. Iampietro, M.C.* & Ellman, L.M.** (2012). Maternal stress during pregnancy and schizophrenia. In A. S. Brown & P. H. Patterson (Eds.), The origins of schizophrenia. (120-139). New York: Columbia University Press. 2. Karlsgodt, K.H., Ellman, L.M., Sun, D., Mittal, V., & Cannon, T.D. (2011). The neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia. In A. S. David, S. Kapur, & P. McGuffin (Eds.), Schizophrenia: The final frontier festschrift for Robin M. Murray. (3-18). London: Psychology Press. 3. Ellman, L.M. & Cannon, T.D. (2008). Environmental pre- and perinatal influences. In K.T. Mueser & D.V. Jeste (Eds.), The clinical handbook of schizophrenia. (65-73). New York & London: Guilford Press. 4. Ellman, L.M., & Cannon, T.D. (2006). Interaction of genetic predisposition and intrauterine events in the etiology of schizophrenia. In T. Sharma & P.D. Harvey (Eds.), The early course of schizophrenia. (19-40). Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. *Supervised student on chapter ** Last author indicates head of the lab, the most senior author, and the primary author who came up with the ideas and organization of the chapter
Articles Under Review 1. Ellman, L.M., Kern, D.M., Huttunen, M.O, Tanskanen, A., Drabick, D.A.G, Mustonen, U., Suvisaari, J., Brown, A.S., & Cannon, T.D. Genetic liability for schizophrenia, health-risk states during pregnancy and obstetric complications: Evidence from a population-based genetic high-risk study. 2. Fineberg, A.M.*, Ellman, L.M., Schaefer, C.A., Maxwell, S.D., Shen, L., Chaudhury, N., Cook, A.L., Bresnahan, M.A., Susser, E.S., Brown, A.S. Fetal exposure to maternal stress and risk for schizophrenia among offspring: Differential influences of fetal sex. 3. Anglin, D.M., Lighty, Q., & Ellman, L.M.** Ethnic identity and attenuated positive psychotic symptoms. *Supervised student on paper and acted as corresponding author, indicating that I was the primary investigator contributing to the study hypotheses and origins of the study concept. ** Last author indicates head of the lab, the most senior author, and typically the primary investigator who developed the study Articles In Preparation 1. Cooper, S.T.*, Klugman, J., Heimberg, R.G., Anglin, D.M., Kern, D.M., & Ellman, L.M.** Social anxiety and positive psychotic symptoms: Associated but nonoverlapping constructs. 2. Cooper, S.*, Olson, I. R., Hower, K., Maxwell, S. D., & Ellman, L.M. White matter integrity in individuals experiencing attenuated positive psychotic symptoms. 3. Ellman, L.M., Chaudhury, N., Cook, A.L., Cooper, T., Schaefer, C.A., Kern, D.M., Bresnahan, M., Susser, E.S., & Brown, A.S. Fetal exposure to maternal stress hormones and risk for schizophrenia: Preliminary evidence of a health disparity. 4. Ellman, L.M., Chaudhury, N., Cook, A.L., Schaefer, C.A., Kern, D.M., Bresnahan, M., Susser, E.S., & Brown, A.S. Fetal exposure to proinflammatory cytokines and severity of symptoms in schizophrenia. 5. Ellman, L.M., Gibson, L.E., Reeves, L.E., Fineberg, A.M., Puleo, C.M., & Anglin, D.M. Detection of youth at clinical high risk for psychosis in a non-clinical, undergraduate population. 6. Lighty, Q., Anglin, D.M., & Ellman, L.M.** Discrimination and internalizing reaction style is associated with elevated depression and anxiety symptoms. *Supervised student on paper and acted as corresponding author, indicating that I was the primary investigator contributing to the study hypotheses and origins of the study concept. ** Last author indicates head of the lab, the most senior author, and typically the primary investigator who developed the study Conference Talks/Symposia 1. Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H., Buka, S.L., Torrey, E.F., & Cannon, T.D. (April 2011). Differential influences of serologically documented obstetric complications on birth weight among preschizophrenia infants compared to control infants. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, CO. 2. Ellman, L.M., Cook, A.L., Deicken, R.F., Vinogradov, S., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J.H., Kern, D.M., Bresnahan, M., Susser, E.S., & Brown, A.S. (October 2010). Fetal exposure to inflammation and schizophrenia: Implications for brain pathology and severity of symptoms
[Symposium Presentation]. Society for Research in Psychopathology, Seattle, WA. 3. Ellman, L.M., Brown, A.S., & Cannon, T.D. (December 2009). Genetic liability and obstetric influences in schizophrenia: Evidence from population-based high-risk studies. [Symposium Presentation]. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, Fl. 4. Ellman, L.M., Deicken, R., Vinogradov, S., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J., Kern, D.M., Schaefer, C.A., & Brown, A.S. (July 2009). Structural brain alterations in schizophrenia following fetal exposure to the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-8 [Presentation]. Early Life Programming and Neurodevelopmental Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 5. Ellman, L.M., Vinogradov, S., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J., Kern, D.M., Deicken, R., Schaefer, C.A., & Brown, A.S. (May 2009). Influence of fetal exposure to maternal anemia during pregnancy on neurocognitive performance in schizophrenia [Presentation]. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Vancouver, Canada. 6. Ellman, L.M., Cannon, T.D., Brown, A.S., Buka, S., & Yolken R.H. (April 2009). Neurodevelopmental Risk Factors for Schizophrenia: Population-Based Cohort Studies [Symposium Presentation]. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, San Diego, CA. 7. Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H. Buka, S.L., Torrey, E.F., & Cannon, T.D. (May 2008) Serological markers of fetal hypoxia and fetal exposure to serologically confirmed influenza differentially affects the temporal course of cognitive decline among preschizophrenia children. Co-chair (with Alan Brown) of symposium entitled In utero infection and schizophrenia: New animal models and epidemiologic studies. Biological Psychiatry, Washington D.C. 8. Ellman, L.M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Hobel, C.J., DeMet, A., Glynn, L., & Sandman, C.A. (March 2006). The differential effects of the timing of exposure to stress hormones during pregnancy on newborn physical and neuromuscular maturity [Symposium Presentation]. Western Biological Psychiatry, Irvine, CA. 9. Ellman, L.M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Hobel, C.J., DeMet, A., Glynn, L., & Sandman, C.A. (March 2006). Timing of exposure to stress hormones during pregnancy differentially affects newborn physical and neuromuscular maturation [Symposium Presentation]. Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, San Diego, CA. 10. Ellman, L.M., Huttunen, M., Lönnqvist, J., & Cannon, T.D. (April 2005). The effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy and genetic vulnerability for schizophrenia on birth outcomes. [Presentation] International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Savannah, GA. 11. Monk, C., Fifer, W.P., Sloan, R.P., Myers, M.M., & Ellman L.M. (November, 2000) Stresselicited maternal heart rate changes and anxiety influence fetal heart rate. [Presentation] International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Conference Posters 1. Ellman, L.M. & Anglin, D.M. (May, 2014). Validity of screening tools for those at clinical high risk for psychosis in a non-treatment seeking, undergraduate population. Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY. 2. Cooper, S.,* Klugman, J., Heimberg, R.G., Anglin, D.M., Ellman, L.M.** (May, 2014). Attenuated positive psychotic symptoms and social anxiety symptoms: Along a psychotic continuum or a different construct? Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY. 3. Lui, F., Ellman, L.M., Schneider, M., Anglin, D.M. (May, 2014). Changes in neighborhood
ethnic density over the life course are associated with attenuated positive psychotic symptoms. Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY. 4. Maxwell, S.D.,* Chen, F., & Ellman, L.M.** (2014) Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and risk for adolescent depression in offspring. Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY. 5. Ellman, L.M., Cook, A.L., Schaefer, C.A., Bresnahan, M.A., Susser, E.S., Brown, A.S. (May, 2014). Maternal inflammation during pregnancy and symptom profiles in offspring diagnosed with schizophrenia. Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 6. Anglin, D. M., Lighty, Q., & Ellman, L. M.** (May, 2013). Racial discrimination and rejection sensitivity impact clinical psychosis risk among ethnic minorities. Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington D.C. 7. Lighty, Q., Anglin, D. M., & Ellman, L. M.** (May, 2013). Discrimination and internalizing reaction style is associated with elevated depression and anxiety symptoms. Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C. 8. Ellman, L.M., Gibson, L.E., Fineberg, A.M., Lombardo, L.E., Kern, D.M., Maxwell, S.D., & Anglin, D.M. (April, 2013). Detection of youth at clinical high risk for psychosis in a nonclinical, undergraduate population. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Orlando, FL. 9. Gibson, L.E.,* Anglin, D.M., Klugman, J., Fineberg, A.M., Puleo, C.M., Lombardo, L.E., & Ellman, L.M.** (April, 2013). Stress sensitivity and trauma exposure: Mediation and increased odds for clinical high risk for psychosis. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Orlando, FL. 10. Lombardo, L.E.,* Anglin, D.M., Heimberg, R.G. Fineberg, A.M., Puleo, C.M., Gibson, L.E., & Ellman, L.M.** (April, 2013) Trait anxiety mediates the association between cannabis and risk of psychosis. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Orlando, FL. 11. Anglin, D.M, Lighty, Q., Isaac, K., Miles, R., Greenspoon, M., & Ellman, L. M.** (March, 2013). Racial discrimination and endorsement of distressing subthreshold psychotic experiences among racial and ethnic minority youth. American Psychopathological Association, New York, NY. 12. Ellman, L.M., Chaudhury, N., Cook, A.L., Cooper, T., Schaefer, C.A., Kern, D.M., Bresnahan, M., Susser, E.S., & Brown, A.S. (May 2012). Maternal stress during pregnancy and risk for schizophrenia: Preliminary evidence of differential influences of race and fetal sex. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. 13. Fineberg, A.M.,* Ellman, L.M., Maxwell, S.D., Chaudhury, N., Cook, A.L., Cooper, T., Schaefer, C.A., Bresnahan, M., Susser, E.S., & Brown, A.S. (May 2012). Fetal exposure to maternal stress and depression increases risk for offspring schizophrenia: Differential influences of fetal sex. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. 14. Gibson, L.E.,* Anglin, D.M., Fineberg, A.M., Puleo, C.M., Lombardo, L.E., & Ellman, L.M.** (May 2012). Stress sensitivity as a mediator of trauma exposure and subthreshold psychotic symptoms. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. 15. Lombardo, L.E.,* Anglin, D.M., Fineberg, A.M., Puleo, C.M., Gibson, L.E., & Ellman, L.M.** (May 2012). Mood and anxiety symptoms do not influence the relation of cannabis use with subthreshold psychotic symptoms. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. 16. Ellman, L.M., Chaudhury, N., Cook, A.L., Cooper, T., Schaefer, C.A., Kern, D.M.,
Bresnahan, M., Susser, E.S., & Brown, A.S. (May 2010). Fetal exposure to maternal stress hormones and risk for schizophrenia: Preliminary evidence of a racial disparity. Society of Biological Psychiatry, New Orleans, LA. 17. Ellman, L.M., Deicken, R., Vinogradov, S., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J., Kern, D.M., Schaefer, C.A., & Brown, A.S. (May 2009) Structural brain alterations in schizophrenia following fetal exposure to inflammatory cytokines. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Vancouver, Canada. 18. Vinogradov, S., Deicken, R., Ellman, L.M., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J., Kern, D.M., Schaefer, C.A., & Brown, A.S. (May 2009). Fetal hypoxia and schizophrenia: A longitudinal casecontrol study of cognitive and brain volumetric outcomes. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Vancouver, Canada. 19. Vinogradov, S., Deicken, R., Ellman, L.M., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J., Kern, D.M., Schaefer, C.A., & Brown, A.S. (May 2009). The Interaction of Fetal Hypoxia and Prenatal infection in Schizophrenia: Investigating Effects of Concomitant Obstetric Complications. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Vancouver, Canada. 20. Ellman, L.M., Deicken, R., Vinogradov, S., Kremen, W.S., Poole, J., Kern, D.M., Schaefer, C.A., & Brown, A.S. (March 2009). Structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia after 2nd trimester fetal exposure to IL-8. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, San Diego, California. 21. Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H., Buka, S.L., Torrey, E.F., & Cannon, T.D. (May 2008). Serologically documented influenza B infection during pregnancy: Differential effects on birth weight among preschizophrenia infants compared to control infants. Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, Madison, Wisconsin. 22. Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H. Buka, S.L., Torrey, E.F., & Cannon, T.D. (December 2007). The effects of serologically confirmed fetal hypoxia on cognitive functioning among preschizophrenia children compared to control children. American College on Neuropsychopharmacology, Boca Raton, Florida. 23. Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H. Buka, S.L., Torrey, E.F., & Cannon, T.D. (April 2007). Serologically confirmed prenatal influenza B exposure differentially affects cognitive performance among preschizophrenic children versus controls. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 24. Ellman, L.M., Yolken, R.H. Buka, S.L., Torrey, E.F., Seidman, L.J., & Cannon, T.D. (May 2006). Serological evidence of prenatal influenza B exposure differentially affects cognitive performance among preschizophrenic children versus controls, but not psychiatric morbidity. Biological Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada. 25. Ellman, L.M., Tempel, A., Ellman, S.J., & Ackermann, R.F. (November, 2000). Locus coeruleus lesions differentially affect morphine s influence on rat hypothalamic selfstimulation sites. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 26. Cralley, E., Laursen-Duarte, J., Ellman, L., & Lockman, J. (July, 2000). Infant Tool Use. International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom. 27. Monk, C., Fifer, W. P., Sloan, R. P., Myers M. M., & Ellman, L. Pregnant women show heightened blood pressure reactivity to repeated stress. Psychosomatic Medicine, 2000, 62 (1), 137. 28. Cralley, E.L., Ellman, L., & Lockman, J.J. (April, 1999). Infants use of hammer-like objects. Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
*Supervised student on paper and acted as corresponding author, indicating that I was the primary investigator contributing to the study hypotheses and origins of the study concept. ** Last author indicates head of the lab, the most senior author, and typically the primary investigator who developed the study TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Undergraduate Courses Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Capstone on schizophrenia and related disorders (Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010; Assistant Professor) Undergraduate Topics in Psychology-Schizophrenia and Related Disorders (Fall 2009; Assistant Professor) Psychopathology (Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2011; Assistant Professor) Columbia University, New York, NY Seminar of Psychosis (2008-2009; Instructor) Abnormal Psychology (2003; Teaching Assistant, Guest Lecturer, Honor s Section Instructor) Advanced Abnormal Psychology (2003; Teaching Assistant and Guest Lecturer) Doctoral Courses Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Psychopathology (Spring 2014, Spring 2012; Spring 2010 Assistant Professor) Neurodevelopmental Course of Schizophrenia (Spring 2010; Assistant Professor) Invited Lectures 2014 Temple University, Department of Psychology Clinical Case Conference Changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5 for Psychotic Disorders 2013 Temple University, Department of Psychology Graduate Core Psychopathology Course Symptoms and Etiology of Schizophrenia 2012 Guest Lecturer Temple University, Dept. of Public Health Maternal and Child Health Graduate Seminar Maternal infection during pregnancy and schizophrenia 2011 Guest Lecturer Temple University, Department of Psychology Undergraduate Psychopathology Course Etiology of Schizophrenia
2011 Guest Lecturer Temple University, Department of Psychology Graduate Core Psychopathology Course Etiology of Schizophrenia 2010 Guest Lecturer St. Joseph's University, Department of Psychology Abnormal Psychology Course The causes of schizophrenia 2007 Guest Lecturer The Anni Bergman Parent-Infant Program, New York, NY Pre and Perinatal Influences in the Etiology of Schizophrenia 2005 Guest Lecturer Community Internship in Psychology Course Psychotherapy technique and practice 2005 Guest Lecturer Undergraduate Psychosis Seminar Obstetric complications in the course of schizophrenia 2005 Guest Lecturer Counseling Relationships Psychodynamic therapy: Differences and similarities with CBT 2004 Guest Lecturer Fieldwork in Clinical Psychology Psychotherapy theory and technique Invited Talks 2013 Guest Speaker Temple University, Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds Infection During Pregnancy and Schizophrenia: Clinical and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes 2012 Guest Speaker Columbia University, Psychiatry Department COPE Clinic Predictors of psychosis in a non-clinical, undergraduate population
2012 Guest Speaker Temple University Psychology Intern Seminar Neurodevelopmental predictors of schizophrenia 2011 Guest Speaker Temple University Psychology Intern Seminar Obtaining a postdoctoral position 2011 Guest Speaker Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Scholars Mini-Symposium University of Maryland-Baltimore School of Medicine Maternal infection during pregnancy and schizophrenia: Clinical and neurodevelopmental outcomes 2010 Guest Speaker Neuroscience Seminar Temple University Maternal infection during pregnancy: Contributions to the neurodevelopmental course of schizophrenia 2010 Guest Speaker Neuropsychiatry Program University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry The contributions of obstetric complications to the neurodevelopmental course of schizophrenia 2010 Guest Speaker Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic Temple University, Department of Psychology Philadelphia, PA The prodrome of schizophrenia: Identifying clinical signs of risk in children and adolescents. 2009 Guest Speaker Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research and Treatment Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute New York, NY Pre and perinatal contributions to the course of schizophrenia
2008 Guest Speaker Division Meeting Division of Epidemiology Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute New York, NY Pre and perinatal risk factors in the neurodevelopmental course of schizophrenia 2008 Guest Speaker Health Psychology Brown Bag Pre and perinatal influences in the neurodevelopmental course of schizophrenia 2008 Guest Speaker Division Seminar Division of Developmental Neuroscience Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute New York, NY Pre and perinatal contributors to the neurodevelopmental course of schizophrenia 2006 Guest Speaker Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Immunological contributors to poor birth outcomes: The effects of inflammation and stress during pregnancy 2006 Guest Speaker Health Psychology Brown Bag The effects of obstetric complications on the neurodevelopmental course of schizophrenia 2005 Guest Speaker Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Pre and Perinatal Factors in Schizophrenia: Neurocognitive and Clinical Outcomes Mentorship/Supervision 2008-2009 Research Advisor Columbia University, New York, NY Supervised three Barnard undergraduate interns/research assistants, one advanced High School Senior, and one epidemiology graduate student
2008-2009 Senior Thesis Sponsor, Erin Guilbert Columbia University, New York, NY Primary mentor for Barnard student s (majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior) senior research project 2007-2009 Therapist Center of Prevention and Evaluation (COPE) Columbia University, Psychiatry Department, New York, NY Conducted group and individual therapy with individuals at risk for psychosis 2007-2009 Clinical Assessment Supervisor Columbia University, New York, NY Supervised assessors on conducting the structured clinical interview based on DSM-IV criteria (SCID) and participated on diagnostic consensus calls 2006-2007 Therapy Supervisor Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center, Los Angeles, CA Supervised 5 th year Fuller clinical psychology doctoral student 2005 Clinical Intake Team Supervisor UCLA Psychology Clinic, Los Angeles, CA Supervised four 1st year UCLA clinical psychology doctoral students 2004-2005 Neuropsychological Assessment Supervisor UCLA Psychology Clinic, Los Angeles, CA Supervised 1st year UCLA clinical psychology doctoral student Undergraduate Advising, Master s Theses, Preliminary Reviews, and Dissertation Committee Service at Temple University Emily Alexander, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2014) Courtney Benjamin, Dissertation (Defended May 2012) Michelle Blackmore, Dissertation (Defended April 2011) Angelo Boccia, Predissertation (Defended July 2012) Faith Brozovich, Dissertation (Defended July 2011) Lyndsay Coloracci, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2013-present) Shanna Cooper, Dissertation Chair/Primary Advisor (Defended Prediss April 2014) Patrick Downey, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2012-2014) Lauren Gibson, Predissertation/Dissertation Chair/Primary Advisor (Defended Predissertation June 2013) Kim Goldstein, Dissertation (Defended August 2013)
Kuba Glasek, Dissertation (Defended August 2011) Anna Fineberg, Predissertation Chair/Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair (Defended Predissertation September 2012; defended Prelim/Dissertation Proposal June 2014) Elissa Hamlat, Predissertation (Defended May 2012) Mary C. Iampietro, Predissertation (Defended 2010) Emily Izbicki, Dissertation (Defended June 2012) Tejal Jakatdar, Dissertation (Defended 2010) Abigail Jenkins, Dissertation (Defended April 2014) Ellen Jorstad-Stein, Dissertation (Defended October 2013) John Kelly, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2014-present) John Kennard, Dissertation (Defended March 2012) Connor Kerns, Dissertation (Defended October 2012) Rachel Kessler, Dissertation (Defended 2010) Eugene Kutasevich, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2010) Prescott Leach, Dissertation (Defended December 2013) Matthew Marx, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2014-present) Seth Maxwell, Research Assistant (2011-present) Heather Mayer, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair (2011-2013) Shannon Murphy, Graduate Research Assistant, Primary Advisor (Fall 2014-present) Shivani Patel, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2013) Carrie Potter, Predissertation (Defended May 2013) Lauren Reeves, Predissertation/Dissertation Chair/Primary Advisor (Defended Predissertation May 2013) Marissa Sanderson, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2013-2014) Arthur Sandt, Dissertation Chair (Defended August 2012) Dawn Schpak, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2009-2010) Benjamin Shapero, Dissertation (Defended, June 2014) Brian Shields, Dissertation (Prelim/Dissertation Proposal defended July/2014) Reanna Serafine, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2012) Samantha Stella, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2012-present) Jordan Szenicer, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2011) Sean Varga, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2014-present) Alison Weigl, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2013-present) Rebecca Wolfe, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2011-2013) Jessica Winsell, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2011-2012) Judy Wong, Dissertation (Defended July 2014) Betsey Wustner Swope, Dissertation (Defended 2010) STUDENT AWARDS Shannon Murphy (Graduate) Temple University Graduate Student Fellowship, 2014/15 & 2017/18 Anna Fineberg (Graduate) National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, 2012-2015 Samantha Stella (Undergraduate) Diamond Research Scholars Program, 2013 ($2,750)
Anna Fineberg (Graduate)-Temple University Bersh Memorial Student award for best published manuscript in 2012, 2013 Rebecca Wolfe (Undergraduate) Temple University Diamond Award, 2012 Anna Fineberg (Graduate) Temple University Graduate Student Fellowship, 2010-2012 SERVICE Temple University Service Graduate Awards Committee (2012-Present) Admissions Committee (2010-present) Clinical Case Conference Committee (2012-2013) Undergraduate Committee (2011-2012) Graduate Student Research Day Committee (2009-2012) Department Award Committee (2010-2011) Professional Service Grant Reviewer, New Jersey Governor s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism (2013) Grant Reviewer, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) (2012) Grant Reviewer, Health Research Board (Ireland) (2011) Workshop leader for early determinants of mental health initiatives, National Institute of Child Health and Development (2011) Grant Reviewer, Medical Research Council, United Kingdom (2010) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 2008-2009 Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society 2006-2009 American Psychological Association 2014- Society for Biological Psychiatry OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2001-2007 Graduate Student Researcher Advisors: Tyrone Cannon & Christine Dunkel Schetter 2004-2006 Member Cousin s Center for Psychoneuroimmunology 1999-2001 Research Coordinator Dr. Catherine Monk s Prenatal Lab New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 1998-1999 Coordinator of Student Enrichment Program Federation of Employment & Guidance Service (FEGS) Franklin K. Lane High School, Brooklyn, NY
1996-1998 Research Assistant Dr. Jeffrey Lockman s Infant Cognitive/Perceptual Development Lab Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 1996-1997 Research Assistant Dr. Beatrice Beebe s Infant Attachment Lab New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 1995-1998 Project Director/Volunteer Project Desire Elementary School Tutoring/Enrichment Program Community Action Council of Tulane University Students Tulane University, New Orleans, LA AD HOC JOURNAL REVIEWER American Journal of Psychiatry Archives of General Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry Biological Psychology Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses Development and Psychopathology Health Psychology Internal Review Group for the journal Health Psychology Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Journal of Psychosomatic Research Journal of Visualized Experiments Neuropsychology Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Psychoneuroendocrinology Schizophrenia Research Schizophrenia Bulletin Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry IN THE MEDIA (Selected list) ScienceDaily release Immune responses during pregnancy linked to schizophrenia among offspring, August 12, 2010; WHYY online article New research investigates link between infections and schizophrenia, August 16, 2010; United Press International Infection reaction linked to schizophrenia, August 17, 2010. Temple Review article Psychologist Links Immune Responses During Pregnancy to Schizophrenia, by Kim Fischer, Winter 2011. Philadelphia Inquirer article The parasite Toxo may attack you through your cat, by Tirdad Derakhshani, February 22, 2012.
WAMC Academic Minute radio interview (New England NPR) Dr. Lauren Ellman, Temple University Prenatal flu and schizophrenia, hosted by Lynn Pasquerella, June 28, 2012.