Brooke McKenna, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychology
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email bmckenna1@mgh.harvard.edu
Location Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA
ABOUT
Brooke is a clinical psychology postdoctoral research fellow in the Dunn Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, based in the Department of Psychiatry and Center for Genomic Medicine. Brooke’s research focuses on the interplay between biological factors (e.g., epi/genetics, gut microbiome) and environmental influences (e.g., childhood trauma, chronic stress) that contribute to developmental psychopathology and resilience within and across generations. Currently, Brooke is contributing to two NIMH-funded projects that focus on integrating longitudinal data with insights from genetics, epigenetics, and human development to examine the psychosocial causes and consequences of DNA methylation (DNAm) on risk for psychopathology in adolescence and young adulthood.
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For more on her research, click here.
EDUCATION
2017 - 2023
Emory University
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
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2011 - 2014
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. in Biology
B.S. in Psychology
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2009 - 2011
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
High School Degree
TRAINING
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 - 2023
Doctoral Student
BUILD Lab (Patricia Brennan, Ph.D.)
Emory University, Department of Psychology
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2020 - 2022
Predoctoral Clinical Intern
Child and Adolescent Mood Program (CAMP)
Emory University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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2019 – 2020
Clinical Practicum Student
Grady Trauma Project (Abigail Powers Lott, Ph.D.)
Emory University, School of Medicine
2015 – 2017
Project Coordinator/Research Assistant
Michaelson Lab (Jacob Michaelson, Ph.D.)
University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry
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2014
Undergraduate Clinical Intern
Summer Treatment Program (William Pelham, Ph.D.)
Florida International University
2013 – 2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Peer Relations Lab (Mitchell Prinstein, Ph.D.)
University of North Carolina, Department of Psychology
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2022 | National Institute of Social Sciences (NISS) Dissertation Grant recipient
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2021 | American Psychological Foundation (APF) Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship recipient
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2019 | Charles and Marjorie Dobrovolny Foundation Exceptional Research Award recipient
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2019 | National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship recipient
CONTACT
Email bmckenna1@mgh.harvard.edu
Location Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA