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
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.
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.
Perlstein SC, Njoroge WFM, White LK, Parish-Morris J, Williams AI, Malone KS, Rodriguez Y, Sun S, Wisniewski K, Popoola A, Flum M, Kornfield SL, Seidlitz J, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Gur RE, Waller R.: Characterizing Social Communication Difficulties in Young Children within a Longitudinal Ecological Systems Framework. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 53(4): 485-497, April 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10802-025-01308-y. Epub 2025 Mar 24.
Kim, I.A., Paz, Y., Waller, R., Calkins, M.E., Gur, R.E., Gur, R.C., & White, L.K.: Concurrent and prospective relations between threat sensitivity and internalizing psychopathology. Poster Presentation, Penn Psychiatry Research Day, Philadelphia, PA April 2025.
Kim, I. A., Ered, A., Moore, T.M., Himes, M.M., Rush, S., Gur, R.C., Gur, R.E., Calkins, M.E., & White, L.K.: Prospective links between resilience, mental health, and sleep in individuals with psychopathology. Poster Presentation, MINS Annual Symposium University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA April 2025.
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.
Burris HH, White LK, Waller R, Chaiyachati BH: Oxytocin receptor epigenetics: from biomarker to potential therapeutic target. Pediatr Res. 97(4): 1255-1257, March 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03686-3. Epub 2024 Nov 7.