Faculty

Jessie B Northrup, PhD

Jessie B Northrup, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213

Education & Training

PhD
Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology
Clinical Psychology, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Affiliations

Member, International Society on Infant Studies
Member, Society for Research in Child Development
Member, International Society for Autism Research

Selected Honors & Awards

Slifka-Ritvo Innovation in Autism Research Award, International Society for Autism Research
Early Career Investigator Award, International Society for Autism Research

Research Interests

Mother-child interactions; Social and emotional development; Autism spectrum disorders
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Northrup JB, Mazefsky CA & Day TN. Valence and intensity of emotional expression in autistic and non-autistic toddlers. J Autism Dev Disord (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06268-8
  2. Northrup, JB, Cortez, KB, Mazefsky, CA, & Iverson, JM. Expression and co-regulation of negative emotion in 18-month-olds at increased likelihood for autism with diverse developmental outcomes (2024). Autism, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241233664
  3. Northrup JB, Goodwin MS, Peura CB, Chen Q, Taylor BJ, Siegel MS, Mazefsky CA. Mapping the time course of overt emotion dysregulation, self-injurious behavior, and aggression in psychiatrically hospitalized autistic youth: A naturalistic study. Autism Res. 2022 Jun 25; doi: 10.1002/aur.2773. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35751466.
  4. Northrup JB, Patterson MT, Mazefsky CA. Predictors of severity and change in emotion dysregulation among children and adolescents with ASD. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2021 Nov-Dec;50(6):708-729. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2021.1955369. Epub 2021 Aug 9. PubMed PMID: 34369833; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8633072.