Rebecca Schwarzlose

Rebecca Schwarzlose

Instructor in Psychiatry

Education & Training


  • PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2008
  • BA: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2002

Major Awards


  • NICHD K99 Pathway to Independence Award, 2022
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Public Understanding of Science, 2018
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002

Areas of Clinical Interest


Atypical sensory responses and psychiatric conditions in childhood

Research Interests


Mechanisms of dynamic sensory processing as they relate to neural organization and the emergence of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions in childhood

Key Publications


  • Funded Research Projects


    NIMH(Significant Contributor):Neonatal Brain Activity and Risk for Anxiety Disorders in Early Childhood
    NICHD(PI):Neural mechanisms of sensory over-responsivity in children with and without ASD