Judith Morgan, PhD, Selected into Transforming Biomedical Research and Academic Faculty Through Leadership Opportunities, Training, and Mentorship Program
We are delighted to announce that Judith Morgan, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology) has been selected into the highly competitive Transforming Biomedical Research and Academic Faculty Through Leadership Opportunities, Training, and Mentorship (TRANSFORM) Program. TRANSFORM is a national leadership development program, funded by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences, with the goal of transforming biomedical and academic institutions by ensuring that mid-career faculty who are under-represented in science and medicine acquire the leadership skills and experiences needed to advance into senior faculty and leadership positions.
An expert in the clinical neuroscience of the intergenerational transmission of depression, Dr. Morgan studies how early experiences shape neural and social development in children, and how these early processes can relate to the onset of clinical disorders during adolescence. Her original approach, focusing on affect regulation through the lens of brain development, is complemented by her use of techniques such as conducting functional magnetic resonance imaging during early childhood. She currently leads a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) R01 grant investigating whether positive reciprocal and synchronous interactions between a mother and child during the first years of life can reinforce brain development in offspring reward systems, as well as an NIMH R01 grant focused on mother-infant biobehavioral synchrony and postpartum depression.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Morgan!