September 20, 2022

Prechter Program at the 2022 Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Conference

Prechter Program trainees win travel awards for best poster at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference. 

A photo of Prechter/Emote Lab at the conference
A photo of Prechter/Emote Lab at the conference

Several faculty and trainees affiliated with the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program attended the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) Annual Conference held in Philadelphia, PA September 8th to 11th, 2022. SRP brings together top researchers in all areas of psychopathology but has a particularly strong focus on psychosis and bipolar disorder research.

We are delighted to announce that two trainees of the Prechter Program won travel awards based on their nomination for best poster award! Congratulations to Audrey Stromberg, a first year Ph.D. student in the Clinical Science program, mentored by Dr. Sarah Sperry, and Margo Menkes, a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Clinical Science program, mentored by Dr. Ivy Tso!

The following presentations were made by Prechter affiliated faculty and trainees:

Oral Presentations and Flash Talks:

Audrey Stromberg and Victoria Murphy at their poster

Audrey Stromberg, Victoria Murphy, Margo Menkes, Carly Lasagna, Melvin McInnis, Ivy Tso, & Sarah Sperry. Alcohol Use Predicts Domain Specific Functioning in a Longitudinal Study of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders.

Sarah Sperry, Audrey Stromberg, Victoria Murphy, Carly Lasagna, Melvin McInnis, Margo Menkes, Ivy Tso. Within-person dynamics between alcohol use, mood, and functioning in a large longitudinal cohort of bipolar spectrum disorders.

Takakuni Suzuki, Pan Gu, Stephan Taylor, Paul Arnold, Yanni Liu, William Gehring, Gregory Hanna, Ivy Tso. Psychometric analyses of midfrontal theta-band activities during response and conflict monitoring in context of transdiagnostic clinical measures.

Poster Presentations:

Margo Menkes accepting her award accompanied by mentor Dr. Ivy Tso
Margo Menkes accepting her award accompanied by mentor Dr. Ivy Tso

Isabel Carley, Shawna Smith, Ravleen Kaur, Anastasia Yocum, Amy Rusch, Erica Vest-Wilcox, Celeste Liebrecht, Melvin McInnis, Kelly Ryan. Life goals self-management application for bipolar disorder: Satisfaction, usability, and participant feedback.

*Margo Menkes, Carolyn Andrews, Takakuni Suzuki, Melvin McInnis, Patricia J. Deldin, Ivy Tso. Midfrontal theta-band neural oscillatory activity during affective cognitive control in bipolar I disorder. Best poster award runner up.

Audrey Stromberg accepting her award accompanied by mentor Dr. Sarah Sperry
Audrey Stromberg accepting her award accompanied by mentor Dr. Sarah Sperry

*Audrey Stromberg, Victoria Murphy, Margo Menkes, Carly Lasagna, Melvin McInnis, Ivy Tso, Sarah Sperry. Alcohol use predicts domain specific functioning in a longitudinal study of bipolar spectrum disorders. Best poster award runner up.

Hanjoo Kim, Laura Locarno, Carly Lasagna, Tessa Cholewicki, Pan Gu, Scott Blain, Katharine Thakkar, Ivy Tso. Biased attention to mouth moderates the relationship between social anxiety and self-referential gaze perception.