Lauren K. White, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Research Scientist, Lifespan Brain Institute, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
10th Floor Gates Pavilion, Office GA10048
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
10th Floor Gates Pavilion, Office GA10048
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 801-380=9039
Lab: 215-615-3606
Lab: 215-615-3606
Email:
whitelk@email.chop.edu
whitelk@email.chop.edu
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Psychology)
Westminster College, 2004.
M.S. (Psychology)
University of Oregon, 2006.
Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology )
University of Maryland, 2012.
Permanent linkB.S. (Psychology)
Westminster College, 2004.
M.S. (Psychology)
University of Oregon, 2006.
Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology )
University of Maryland, 2012.
Description of Research Expertise
My research bridges the areas of developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to identify how specific developmental factors shape typical and atypical development. I use multiple levels of analyses (i.e., behavior, EEG, fMRI) to understand individual developmental trajectories in cognition and emotion and probe how perturbations in such factors promote risk for maladaptive outcomes, namely internalizing disorders.Selected Publications
White LK, Himes MM, Waller R, Njoroge WFM, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Burris HH, Seidlitz J, Parish-Morris J, Brady RG, Gerstein ED, Laney N, Gur RE, Duncan AF: The Influence of Pandemic-Related Worries During Pregnancy on Child Development at 12 Months. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 56(4), October 2025 Notes: doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2682358/v1. Update in: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 Aug;56(4):923-937. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01605-x.Mercedes, L., Buczek, M. J., Kafadar, E., DiDomenico, G., Jung, B., Zimmerman, D., Schabdach, J. M., Himes, M. M., Sotardi, S., Vossough, A., Driesbaugh, K. H., Moore, T., Barzilay, R., Calkins, M. E., Gur, R. E., Roalf, D. R., Satterthwaite, T. D., White, L. K., & Alexander-Bloch, A. : A prospective protocol for remotely investigating brain–behaviour–genetics associations in adolescent patients in a paediatric health system with pre-existing clinical brain MRIs. BMJ Open 15(10), September 2025 Notes: White and Alexander-Bloch are shared senior authors.
Zimmerman, D., Mandal, A. S., Jung, B., Buczek, M. J., Schabdach, J. M., Karandikar, S., Kafadar, E., Gardner, M., Daniali, M., Mercedes, L., Kohler, S., Abdel-Qader, L., Gur, R. E., Roalf, D. R., Satterthwaite, T. D., Williams, R., Padmanabhan, V., Seidlitz, J., White, L. K., Sotardi, S., Schmitt, J. E., Vossough, A., & Alexander-Bloch, A. : Systematic protocol to identify ‘clinical controls’ for paediatric neuroimaging research from clinically acquired brain MRIs. BMJ Open 15(10), September 2025.
Calkins ME, Butler ER, Moore TM, Ered A, Taylor JH, White LK, Barzilay R, Ruparel K, Larsen B, Shahriar SS, Dietterich TE, Roalf DR, Wolf DH, Satterthwaite TD, Gur RC, Gur RE: Longitudinal Trajectories of Clinical Features in Community Youth with Recurrent Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms: Findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort. Schizophrenia Bulletin 51(4): 858-870, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf075.
White, L.K., Calkins, M.E., Himes, M.M., Moore, T.M., Gur, R.C., Barzilay,R., & Gur, R.E. : Delineating the transmission of subthreshold psychosis symptoms across generations: The Philadelphia Family Neurodevelopmental Cohort. Schizophrenia Bulletin 51(4): 906-915, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf074.
White, L.K., Perlstein, S., Gorgone, A., Himes, M.M., Kornfield, S.L., Shanmugan, S. Weitz, E., Njoroge, W.F.M., Duncan, A.F., Burris, H.H., Laney, N., Gur, R.E., Waller, R.E., Chaiyachati, B.H.: Evidence for Missed Cases of Postpartum Depression Based on Pediatric Clinical Care Screenings. British Journal of Psychiatry 226(6): 421-423, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.81.
Keller AS, Sun KY, Francisco A, Robinson H, Beydler E, Bassett DS, Cieslak M, Cui Z, Davatzikos C, Fan Y, Gardner M, Kishton R, Kornfield SL, Larsen B, Li H, Linder I, Pines A, Pritschet L, Raznahan A, Roalf DR, Seidlitz J, Shafiei G, Shinohara RT, Wolf DH, Alexander-Bloch A, Satterthwaite TD, Shanmugan S.: Reproducible sex differences in personalized functional network topography in youth. British Journal of Psychiatry 226(6), June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.135.
Himes, M.M., Gur, R.E., IGNITE Research Group, & White, L.K.: The associations of household chaos with maternal, child, and family factors. Poster Presentation, CHOP Research Day, Philadelphia, PA May 2025.
Zeytinoglu S, White LK, Morales S, Degnan K, Henderson HA, Pérez-Edgar K, Pine DS, Fox NA.: The roles of parental verbal communication and child characteristics in the transmission and maintenance of social fears. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 10, April 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/jcpp.14169. Epub ahead of print.
Roalf, DR, Atkins, A, Czernuszenko, A, Pecsok MK, McDonald-McGinn, DM, Schmitt JE, Roeske MJ, Hopkins S, Freedman P, Alexander-Bloch A, Schabdach J, Jung B, Crowley TB, Gallagher RS, McGinn DE, Moberg PJ, Ruparel K, Shinohara RT, Turetsky BI, White L.K., Zackai EH, Gur RC & Gur RE. : Presence, severity, and functional associations of incomplete hippocampal inversion in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 25(S2451-9022): 00137-5, April 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.04.009. Epub ahead of print.