Alexandra Sullivan, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Child & Brain Development Next Generation Trainee, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 2023
• Outstanding Commitment to Cultural Humility in Clinical Practice Award, Medical University of South Carolina, 2022
• Student Achievement Award in Research, SCCAP/APA Division 53, 2021
• George W. Albee Award for Distinguished Graduate Research in Community Psychology, University of Vermont, 2020
• Mariellen Fischer Dissertation Award, University of Vermont, 2020
• David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Graduate Fellowship, University of Vermont, 2016

Education & Training

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• PhD Clinical & Developmental Psychology University of Vermont 08/2022
• Child Track, Clinical Psychology Internship Charleston Consortium at the Medical University of South Carolina 07/2022

Grants and Projects

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• The impact of parent training on at-risk children's biomarkers of aging, NIH, 2019-2022

Publications (18)

Top publication keywords:
AggressionSocial ClassFamily ConflictDepressionDNA MethylationChild HealthParentsChild AbuseDepressive Disorder, MajorStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticChild of Impaired ParentsArousalParentingAdaptation, PsychologicalChild Behavior

• Do dyadic interventions impact biomarkers of child health? A state-of-the-science narrative review.
  Psychoneuroendocrinology 2023 Sullivan ADW, Roubinov D, Noroña-Zhou AN, Bush NR
• The Effects of Young Children's Callous-Unemotional Traits on Behaviorally Observed Outcomes in Standard and Technology-Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training.
  Research on child and adolescent psychopathology 2022 Parent J, Jones DJ, DiMarzio K, Yang Y, Wright KL, Sullivan ADW, Forehand R
• The Enduring Importance of Parenting: Caregiving Quality and Fear-Potentiated Startle in Emerging Adults With a Child Maltreatment History.
  Child maltreatment 2021 Sullivan ADW, Brier ZMF, Legrand AC, van Stolk-Cooke K, Jovanovic T, Norrholm SD, Garavan H, Forehand R, Price M
• COVID-19 and the Acceleration of Behavioral Parent Training Telehealth: Current Status and Future Directions.
  Cognitive and behavioral practice 2021 Sullivan ADW, Forehand R, Acosta J, Parent J, Comer JS, Loiselle R, Jones DJ
• Erasing distance: Interstate graduate-student-led undergraduate mentorship during COVID-19
  The Behavior Therapist 2021 Sullivan, A. D. W., Wright, K, Forehand, R

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• Who Looks on the Bright Side? Expectations of Low-Income Parents with a Disruptive Young Child.
  Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment 2021 Sullivan ADW, Wright KL, Breslend N, Highlander A, Forehand R, Jones DJ
• Does Parenting Explain the Link Between Cumulative SES Risk and Child Problems in the Context of Parental Depression?
  Child psychiatry and human development 2021 Sullivan ADW, Forehand R, Vreeland A, Compas BE
• The Longitudinal Influence of Caregiver Dispositional Mindful Attention on Mindful Parenting, Parenting Practices, and Youth Psychopathology.
  Mindfulness 2020 Parent J, Dale C, McKee LG, Sullivan ADW
• Child Hostility toward a Parent with a History of Depression and Family Functioning.
  Journal of child and family studies 2020 Rice DR, Sullivan ADW, Forehand RL, Watson KH, Bettis AH, Gruhn M, Compas BE
• Clinical features of scrupulosity: Associated symptoms and comorbidity.
  Journal of clinical psychology 2020 Siev J, Rasmussen J, Sullivan ADW, Wilhelm S
• Cumulative socioeconomic status risk and observations of parent depression: Are there associations with child outcomes?
  Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) 2019 Sullivan AD, Benoit R, Breslend NL, Vreeland A, Compas B, Forehand R
• Feasibility investigation: Leveraging smartphone technology in a trauma-informed behavioral parent training for foster caregivers
  Children and Youth Services Review 2019 Sullivan, A. D., Breslend, N. L., Strolin-Goltzman, J., Bielawski-Branch, A., Jorgenson, J., Hemenway, A., Forehand, G., & Forehand, R.
• Does interparental conflict decrease following changes in observed parenting from a preventive intervention program?
  Behaviour research and therapy 2018 Sullivan ADW, Parent J, Forehand R, Compas BE
• Parental opioid abuse: A review of child outcomes, parenting, and parenting interventions
  Journal of Child and Family Studies 2018 Peisch, V., Sullivan, A. D., Breslend, N., Benoit, R., Sigmon, S., Forehand, G., Strolin, J., & Forehand, R.
• Psychophysiology of proactive and reactive relational aggression.
  Biological psychology 2017 Murray-Close D, Holterman LA, Breslend NL, Sullivan A
• Adult psychopathology, children, and parenting: Are there simple answers?
  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 2017 Forehand, R. & Sullivan, A. D.
• Parental perceptions of technology and technology-focused parenting: Associations with youth screen time.
  Journal of applied developmental psychology 2016 Sanders W, Parent J, Forehand R, Sullivan AD, Jones DJ
• Effect of a legal prime on clinician's assessment of suicide risk.
  Death studies 2015 Berman NC, Sullivan A, Wilhelm S, Cohen IG