Katherine McCurry is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan Addiction Center in the Department of Psychiatry. Her research is centered on neurobehavioral mechanisms of emotion processing and decision-making, particularly how these processes are disrupted in psychiatric disorders and impacted by evidence-based treatments.
Biography
Areas of Interest
- Computational psychiatry
- Neurobehavioral predictors of prognosis and response to intervention in psychiatric disorders
- Neurodevelopmental trajectories of risk for and resiliency against substance use disorders and the impact of trauma on these trajectories
- Neuromodulation (particularly real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging)
Credentials
- Virginia Tech, Ph.D. – Psychology, Clinical Science Concentration
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, APA Accredited Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology
- Virginia Tech, M.S. - Psychology
- Rice University, B.A. – Cognitive Sciences and Psychology
Select Publications
McCurry, K. L., Frueh, B. C., Chiu, P. H., & King-Casas, B. (2019). Opponent effects of hyperarousal and re-experiencing on affective habituation in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.09.006.
Chung, D., Kadlec, K., Aimone, J. A., McCurry, K., King-Casas, B., & Chiu, P. H. (2017). Valuation in major depression is intact and stable in a non-learning environment. Scientific Reports, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44374.
Williams, W., Graham, D. P., McCurry, K., Sanders, A., Eiseman, J., Chiu, P. H., & King-Casas, B. (2014). Group psychotherapy's impact on trust in veterans with PTSD: A pilot study. Menninger Clinic Bulletin, 78(4), 335–348, https://doi.org/10.1521/bumc.2014.78.4.335.
