About

Current position

T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
(Mentors: Adriana Feder, M.D.; Daniela Schiller Ph.D.; Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez M.D., Ph.D.)

Research interests

• Using a computational psychiatry framework to develop & test theoretical models of mechanisms of psychopathology (focusing on prolonged grief disorder)
• Using fMRI to identify resting state and other correlates of prolonged grief disorder symptoms–particularly repetitive negative thinking.
• Identifying neural & behavioral mechanisms involved in adaptation after trauma (resting state, social cognition, emotion regulation, decision-making)
• Neuroimaging: improving uptake of reproducible fMRI practices among researchers

  
  

Education

2020 - 2021:
Clinical Internship in Health Service Psychology
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA

2017 - 2021:
Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dissertation: “Dynamic functional connectivity as a neurobiological mechanism of adaptation in widowed older adults”

2015 - 2016:
Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2009 - 2013:
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
City University of New York Hunter College, New York, NY

2006 - 2007:
Two Year Certificate, Professional Acting Training Program
Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, New York, NY

Publications

Google Scholar profile
NIH NCBI MyBibliography link

See Writing for my recent science writing publications.

Contact & social media

sarenseeley @ gmail.com
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