Lauren K. White
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.
B.S. (Psychology)
Westminster College, 2004.
M.S. (Psychology)
University of Oregon, 2006.
Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology )
University of Maryland, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, 2012-2016.
Permanent linkPostdoctoral Fellowship, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, 2012-2016.
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
Brook, J. B. H., Salo, T., Luo, A. C., Bagautdinova, J., Rush, S., Alexander-Bloch, A. F., Baller, E. B., Calkins, M. E., Cieslak, M., Cooper, E. C., Detre, J. A., Elliott, M. A., Fair, D. A., Freedman, P., Gehrman, P. R., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E., Klein, A., Laney, N., Laumann, T. O., Mehta, K., Merikangas, K., Milham, M. P., Mitchell, J. A., Moore, T. M., Nelson, S. M., Ruparel, K., Sevchik, B. L., Shanmugan, S., Shou, H., Taso, M., White, L. K., Wolf, D. H., Tisdall, M. D., Roalf, D. R., & Satterthwaite, T. D. : An open, fully-processed data resource for studying mood and sleep variability in the developing brain. Aperture Neuro January 2026.Rubau-Apa, N., Hayes, C., Francisco, A., Rush, S., Rana, H., Islam, M., Hunter, L., Pritschet, L., Salo, T., Senapati, S., Hantsoo, L., Indrakanti, D., Beydler, E. M., Baller, E. B., Barzilay, R., Calkins, M. E., Cieslak, M., Detre, J. A., Dhaliwal, S., Elliott, M. A., Huang, H., Keller, A. S., Kirwan, C. B., Kishton, R., Moore, T. M., Kornfield, S. L., Scott, J. C., Taso, M., Tisdall, M. D., Vossough, A., White, L. K., Zafman, K., Wolf, D. H., Roalf, D. R., & Shanmugan, S. : The PMADS Project: A longitudinal multimodal cohort study to understand risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. BMC Psychiatry 2026.
Kornfield, S. L., Henry, N. M., Waller, R., White, L.K., Gur, R., Myers, D., Wisniewski, K., Momplaisir, F., & Njoroge, W. F. M. : Traumatic birth experiences and maternal caregiving behaviors and attitudes in Black and White women. Archives of Women's Mental Health 2026.
Tieu, T., Myers, D., Murtha, K. A., Kornfield, S. L., Barzilay, R., Sun, S., Ojukwu, C. I., Himes, M. M., Parish-Morris, J., Gur, R. E., White, L. K., Waller, R., & Njoroge, W. F. M. : Linking experiences of interpersonal racism and pandemic worries to postpartum symptoms of anxiety and depression among Asian birthing individuals. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2026.
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.