Laura Hennefield
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-273-7001
- Email: lhennefield@nospam.wustl.edu
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2020
- Ph.D.: Washington University in St Louis, 2015
- M.S.: CUNY Hunter College, 2008
- B.S.: State University of New York at Purchase, 2005
Major Awards
- Early Career Researcher Innovation Grant, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Understanding and Assessing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in School-Age Children, 2024 – 2026
- NIMH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award, Suicidality in Young Children: Social and Cognitive Developmental Markers of Risk and Resiliency, 2022
- NICHD F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA), Development of Optimism in Preschool Age Children, 2017-2020
Research Interests
Child Psychopathology, Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Childhood
Recent Publications
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Understanding of death and related constructs in children with suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A review and future directions
Ortin-Peralta, A., Hennefield, L., Eichenbaum, M., Espinosa-Polanco, M. & Sheftall, A. H., Apr 2025, In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 30, 2, p. 359-375 17 p.
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Caregiver-child affective dynamics during preschool predict preadolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Quiñones-Camacho, L. E., Gilbert, K. E., Hennefield, L., Hoyniak, C., Thompson, R. J., Tillman, R., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. L. & Whalen, D. J., Apr 2025, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 237, 113048.
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Preschool Mood Disorders: A Review of the Literature from 2017 to 2024
Hoyniak, C. P., Donohue, M. R., Hennefield, L. & Whalen, D. J., Apr 2025, In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 34, 2, p. 325-337 13 p.
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Preadolescent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: An Intensive Longitudinal Study of Risk Factors
Thompson, R. J., Whalen, D. J., Gilbert, K., Tillman, R., Hennefield, L., Donohue, M. R., Hoyniak, C. P., Barch, D. M. & Luby, J. L., Mar 2025, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 64, 3, p. 375-385 11 p.
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Association Between Early Childhood P300 Deficits and Risk for Preadolescence Depressive Disorder Mediated by Responsiveness to PCIT-ED Treatment
Santopetro, N. J., Luby, J. L., Barch, D. M., Luking, K. R., Hennefield, L., Alberts, K., Whalen, D. J. & Hajcak, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.