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Jami Finkelson Young

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Professor of Psychiatry at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Faculty Lead, Behavioral Health Portfolio, PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Associate Chair of Research, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Department: Psychiatry
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13 Education:
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2b Cornell University, 1996.
21 9 M.A. 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
2b Fordham University, 1997.
21 a Ph.D. 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
2b Fordham University, 2001.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 71 Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 1b , 1997-2000.
24 66 Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, 1998-2000.
24 77 Psychology Intern, Department of Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 2000-2001.
24 9a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2001-2004.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

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Description of Research Expertise

3c Adolescent depression, prevention, treatment
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Selected Publications

148 Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F., Gallop, R., Garber, J.: Cognitive and interpersonal vulnerabilities to adolescent depression: Classification of risk profiles for a personalized prevention approach. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(7): 1521-1533, 2018.

150 Cohen, J. R., So, F. K., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F.: Translating cognitive vulnerability theory into improved adolescent depression screening: A receiver operating characteristic approach. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 48(4): 582-595, 2019.

117 Oppenheimer, C. W., Hankin, B. L., Young J.: Effect of parenting and peer stressors on cognitive vulnerability and risk for depression among youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(3): 597-612, 2018.

161 Benas, J. S., McCarthy, A. E., Haimm, C., Huang, M., Gallop, R., Young, J. F.: The depression prevention initiative: Impact on adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a randomized trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 48(Supp 1): S57-S71, 2019.

152 Young, J. F., Benas, J. S., Schueler, C. M., Gallop, R., Gillham, J. E., Mufson, L.: A randomized depression prevention trial comparing Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Adolescent Skills Training to group counseling in schools. Prevention Science 17(3): 314-324, 2016.

121 Hankin, B. L., Badanes, L. S., Smolen, A., Young, J. F.: Cortisol reactivity to stress among youth: Stability over time and genetic variants for stress sensitivity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 124(1): 54-67, 2015.

193 Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F., Abela, J. R., Smolen, A., Jenness, J. L., Gulley, L. D., Technow, J. R., Gottlieb, A. B., Cohen, J. R., Oppenheimer, C. W.: Depression from childhood into late adolescence: Influence of gender, development, genetic susceptibility, and peer stress. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 124(1): 803-816, 2015.

141 Cohen, J. R., Spiro, C. N., Young, J. F., Gibb, B. E., Hankin, B. L., Abela, J. R. Z.: Interpersonal risk profiles for youth depression: A person-centered, multi-wave, longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 43(8): 1415-1426, 2015.

145 Cohen, J. R., Young, J. F., Gibb, B. E., Hankin, B. L., Abela, J. R. Z.: Why are anxiety and depressive symptoms comorbid in youth? A multi-wave, longitudinal examination of competing etiological models. Journal of Affective Disorders 161: 21-29, 2014.

100 Young, J. F., Mufson, L., Gallop, R.: Preventing depression: A randomized trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training. Depression and Anxiety 27(5): 426-433, 2010.

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