Advisor:
Lyn Y. Abramson
Currently on clinical internship at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
nusslock@gmail.com
My research focus is the development and examination of integrative biopsychosocial models of bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. With regards to bipolar disorder, my research examines hyper-responsivity to reward relevant stimuli and approach system dysregulation among bipolar spectrum individuals using psychosocial indices, quantitative EEG, and fMRI. With regards to unipolar depression, my research goal is to extend cognitive theories of depression by integrating these theories with recent neurophysiological models of depression. The overarching objective of this research is the generation of an integrative biocognitive model that attempts to understand depression risk on multiple levels of analysis.
