Lauren K. White
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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
Gur R., Bearden C., Jacquemont S., Jizi K., Amelsvoort van T., van den Bree M., Vorstman J., Sebat J., Ruparel K., Gallagher R., Swillen A., McClellan E., White L.K., Crowley T., Giunta V., Kushan L., O'Hora K., Verbesselt J., Vandensande A., Vingerhoets C., van Haelst M., Hall J., Harwood J., Chawner S., Patel N., Palad K., Hong O., Guevara J., Martin C.O., Bélanger A.M., Scherer S., Bassett A., McDonald McGinn D., Gur R: Neurocognitive profiles of 22q11.2 and 16p11.2 deletions and duplications. Mol Psychiatry 30: 379–387 July 2025.Himes, M.M., Gur, R.E., IGNITE Research Group, & White, L.K. : The associations of household chaos with maternal, child, and family factors. CHOP Research Day 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 April 2025.
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 April 2025.
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. Penn Psychiatry Research Day 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. MINS Annual Symposium University of Pennsylvania 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 April 2025.
Calkins ME, Ered A, Moore TM, White LK, Taylor J, Moxam AB, Ruparel K, Wolf DH, Satterthwaite TD, Kohler CG, Gur RC, Gur RE. : Development and Validation of a Brief Age-Normed Screening Tool for Subthreshold Psychosis Symptoms in Youth. Schizophr Bull January 2025.
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 00 – Not Set 2025.
Calkins, M. E., Butler, E.R., Moore, T.M., Ered, A., Taylor, J.H., White, L.K., Barzilay, R., Ruparel, K., Larsen, B., Wolf, D.H., Satterthwaite, T.D., Gur, R.C., & Gur, R. E: Longitudinal Trajectories of Clinical Features in Community Youth with Recurrent Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms: Findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort Schizophrenia Bulletin 00 – Not Set 2025.