Laura Hennefield
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-273-7001
- Email: lhennefield@nospam.wustl.edu
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: NICHD (F32): Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2020
- PhD: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2015
- MA: Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, 2008
- BA: Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY, 2005
Major Awards
- NIMH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award, 2022
- NICHD F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA), 2017
Research Interests
Child Psychopathology, Suicidality
Funded Research Projects
NIMH K01 (PI): Suicidality in Young Children: Social and Cognitive Developmental Markers of Risk and Resiliency
NICHD R21 (PI): Neural Correlates and Behavioral Indicators of Resiliency in Early Childhood
NICHD F32 (PI): The Development of Optimism in Preschool Age Children: Individual Differences and Implications for Resiliency and Mental Health