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CURRICULUM VITAE

Sarah R. Lowe, Ph.D.

CONTACT INFORMATIONDepartment of PsychologyMontclair State University1 Normal AvenueDickson Hall, Room 461Montclair, NJ 07043Phone: (617) 935-7384Fax: (973) 655-5121Email: [email protected]

DATE OF PREPARATIONJanuary 13, 2017

ACADEMIC APOINTMENTSAssistant Professor (tenure-track) 09/2015 – presentDepartment of Psychology Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University

Adjunct Assistant Professor 09/2015-presentDepartment of Psychiatry New York, NYNew York University

Associate Research Scientist 08/2014 – 08/2015Department of Epidemiology New York, NY

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

POSTDOCTORAL TRAININGPostdoctoral Fellow 09/2012 – 07/2014Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program (T32 MH013043, PI: Link) New York, NYAdvisors: Sandro Galea, M.D., Dr.P.H., and Karestan Koenen, Ph.D.

PREDOCTORAL TRAININGClinical Psychology Intern 07/2011 – 06/2012New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NYAPA-approved program

EDUCATIONUniversity of Massachusetts Boston 09/2008 – 06/2012Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Boston, MA

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Dissertation Title: Trajectories of psychological distress among low-income, female survivors of Hurricane Katrina (Defended 05/2011)Advisor: Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D.APA-approved program

University of Massachusetts Boston 09/2006 – 08/2008M.A. in Clinical Psychology Boston, MAThesis Title: Back to school after the storm: Predictors of community college re-enrollment after Hurricane KatrinaAdvisor: Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D.

Harvard University 09/1999 – 06/2003A.B. in Psychology Cambridge, MACitation in Spanish Language

LICENSURELicensed Psychologist (License #020522-1) 02/2014 – presentNew York State Education DepartmentOffice of the Professions

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS Nominee, Outstanding Advising Award, Center for Advising and Student Transitions,

Montclair State University (2017) Selected Attendee, Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop, Columbia University

Population Research Center (2015) Poster selected to represent the Diversity and Cultural Competence SIG at the annual of

meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Welcome Reception (2013) Chancellor’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences, University of

Massachusetts Boston (2013) Faculty Council Award for Research Excellence, Weill Cornell Medical College (2012) Best Dissertation on a Topic Relevant to Community Psychology, Society for Community

Research and Action, APA Division 27 (2012) Beacon Award for Outstanding Leadership (Graduate Student), University of Massachusetts

Boston (2010) Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship, Honorable Mention (2010) Beacon Award for Outstanding Leadership (Student Organization Co-Chair), University of

Massachusetts Boston (2009) Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University (2003) Dean’s List, Rank I, Harvard University (2000-2003) John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University (2000-2003) Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship, Harvard University (2000-2003) Detur Book Award, Harvard University (2000)

FUNDED GRANTSIdentifying risk factors for PTSD by pooled analysis of current prospective studies (PI: Koenen)Role on Project: Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator, Montclair State sub-award


Funder: National Institute of Mental Health; R01-MH-101227-03; $3,639,903 (Montclair State University sub-award: $12,326)Description: Pooled analysis of longitudinal studies exploring posttraumatic stress symptoms among persons presenting to emergency departments with traumatic injuries.

The Gulf long-term follow-up study (Montclair State University subcontract) Role on Project: Principal InvestigatorDates: 01/2016-09/2016Funder: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; PHR-SSS-S-16-004777; $44,787 Description: Prospective cohort study of over 10,000 cleanup workers after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The influence of disaster recovery partnerships on mental health in New York City after Hurricane Sandy (PI: Galea)Role on Project: Project Director and Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator, Montclair State University sub-awardDates: 10/2014 – 09/2016Funder: Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; 6HITEP150031-01-03; $484,550 (Montclair State University sub-award: $60,000)Description: Investigation of relationships between disaster recovery partnerships and mental health after Hurricane Sandy.

The Gulf long-term follow-up study (Columbia University subcontract) (PI: Galea)Role on Project: Co-InvestigatorDates: 01/2014 – 10/2015Funder: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; HSR-SSS-S-13-003546; $171,348 Description: Prospective cohort study of over 10,000 cleanup workers after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Community factors that promote resilience in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy (PI: Galea)Role on Project: Project DirectorDates: 10/2013 – 09/2015Funder: Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; HITEP130003-01-00; $596,230Description: Population-based study of residents in New York City communities that were most severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

A research training program in psychiatric epidemiology (PI: Link)Role of Project: Postdoctoral TraineeDates: 08/2012 – 07/2014Funding: National Institute of Mental Health; T32 MH013043Description: Training program including coursework, seminars, and field placement to gain experience relevant to psychiatric epidemiology.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES


1. Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., Young, M. N., & Galea, S. (in press). Alcohol and non-medical prescription drug use to cope with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms: An analysis of Hurricane Sandy survivors. Substance Use & Misuse.

2. Horesh, D., Lowe, S. R., Uddin, M., Aiello, A., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. C. (2017). An in-depth look into PTSD-depression comorbidity: A longitudinal study of chronically exposed Detroit residents. Journal of Affective Disorders, 208, 653-661. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.08.053

3. Lowe, S. R., & Galea, S. (2017). The mental health consequences of mass shootings. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 18, 62-82. doi:10.1177/1524838015591572

4. Arcaya, M., Lowe, S. R., Asad, A. L., Waters, M. C., Subramanian, S. V., & Rhodes, J. E. (2016). Association of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms with migraine and headache after a natural disaster. Health Psychology. E-publication ahead of print. doi:10.1037/hea0000433

5. Fink, D., Lowe, S. R., Ursano, R., Fullerton, C., Gifford, R., & Galea, S. (2016). Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms after civilian or military event experiences. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. E-publication ahead of print. doi:10.1037/tra0000147

6. Finkelman, M. D., Lowe, S. R., Kim, W., Gruebner, O., Smits, N., & Galea, S. (2016). Customized computer-based administration of the PCL-5 for efficient assessment of PTSD: A proof-of-principle study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. E-publication ahead of print. doi:10.1037/tra0000226

7. Gruebner, O., Lowe, S. R., Tracy, M., Cerdá, M., Joshi, S., Norris, F. H., & Galea, S. (2016). The geography of mental health and general wellness in Galveston Bay after Hurricane Ike: A spatial epidemiological study with longitudinal data. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 10, 261-273. doi:10.1017/dmp.2015.172

8. Gruebner, O., Lowe, S. R., Tracy, M., Joshi, S., Cerdá, M., Norris, F. H., Subramanian, S. V., & Galea, S. (2016). Mapping concentrations of posttraumatic stress and depression trajectories following Hurricane Ike. Scientific Reports, 6, 32242. doi:10.1038/srep32242

9. Gruebner, O., Sykora, M., Lowe, S. R., Shankardass, K., Subramanian, S. V., & Galea, S. G. (2016). Mental health surveillance after the terrorist attacks in Paris. The Lancet, 387, 2195-2196. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30602-X

10. Lai, B. S., Esnard, A.-M., Lowe, S. R., & Peek, L. (2016). Schools and disasters: Safety and mental health assessment and interventions for children. Current Psychiatry Reports, 18, 109. doi:10.1007/s11920-016-0743-9


11. Lowe, S. R., Kwok, R. K., Payne, J., Engel, L. S., Galea, S., & Sandler, D. P. (2016). Why does disaster recovery work influence mental health? Pathways through physical health and household income. American Journal of Community Psychology, 58, 354-365. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12091

12. Lowe, S. R., Norris, F. H., & Galea, S. (2016). Mental health service utilization among natural disaster survivors with perceived service needs. Psychiatric Services, 67, 354-357. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201500027

13. Lowe, S. R., Quinn, J. W., Richards, C. A., Pothen, J., Rundle, A., Galea, S., Ressler, K. J., Koenen, K. C., & Bradley, B. (2016). Childhood trauma and neighborhood-level crime interact in predicting adult posttraumatic stress and major depression symptoms. Child Abuse & Neglect, 51, 212-222. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.007

14. Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2016a). Community unemployment and disaster-related stressors shape risk for posttraumatic stress in the longer-term aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29, 440-447. doi:10.1002/jts.22126

15. Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2016b). Mental health service need and use in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Findings in a population-based sample of New York City residents. Community Mental Health Journal, 52, 25-31. doi:10.1007/s10597-015-9947-4

16. Platt, J., Lowe, S. R., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. C. (2016). A longitudinal study of the bidirectional relationship between social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms following a natural disaster. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29, 205-213. doi: 10.1002/jts.22092

17. Sampson, L. Lowe, S. R., Gruebner, O., Cohen, G., & Galea, S. (2016). Perceived service need after Hurricane Sandy in a representative sample of survivors: The role of community-level damage and individual-level stressors. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 10, 428-435. doi:10.1017/dmp.2016.66

18. Calvo, R., Arcaya, M., Baum, C., Lowe, S. R., & Waters, M. C. (2015). Happily ever after? Pre- and post-disaster determinants of happiness among survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16, 427-442. doi:10.1007/s10902-014-9516-5

19. Chan, C. S., Lowe, S. R., Weber, E., & Rhodes, J. E. (2015). The contribution of pre- and postdisaster social support to short- and long-term mental health after Hurricane Katrina: A longitudinal study of low-income survivors. Social Science & Medicine, 138, 38-43. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.037

20. Cheslack-Postava, K., Keyes, K. M., Lowe, S. R., & Koenen, K. C. (2015). Oral contraceptives are associated with reduced risk of subthreshold panic disorder in a nationally representative sample of U.S. women. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 18, 103-111. doi:10.1007/s00737-014-0453-4


21. Griffin, K. W., Lowe, S. R., Acevedo, B. P., & Botvin, G. J. (2015). Affective self-regulation trajectories during secondary school predict substance use among urban minority young adults. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Use, 24, 228-234. doi:10.1080/1067828X.2013.812530

22. Gruebner, O., Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2015). The geography of post-disaster mental health: Spatial patterning of psychological vulnerability and resilience in New York City after Hurricane Sandy. International Journal of Health Geographics, 14, 16. doi:10.1186/s12942-015-0008-6

23. Horesh, D., Lowe, S. R., Galea, S., Uddin, M., & Koenen, K. C. (2015). Gender differences in the long-term association between post-traumatic stress disorder and depression: Findings from the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study. Depression & Anxiety, 32, 38-48. doi:10.1002/da.22267

24. Lowe, S. R., Fink, D., Norris, F. H., & Galea, S. (2015). Frequencies and predictors of barriers to mental health service use: A longitudinal study of Hurricane Ike survivors. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50, 99-108. doi:10.1007/s00127-014-0908-y

25. Lowe, S. R., Joshi, S., Pietrzak, R. H., Galea, S., & Cerdá, M. (2015). Mental health and general wellness after Hurricane Ike. Social Science & Medicine, 124, 162-170. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.032

26. Lowe, S. R., Kwok, R. K., Payne, J., Engel, L. S., Galea, S., & Sandler, D. P. (2015). Mental health service use by cleanup workers in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Social Science & Medicine, 130, 125-134. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.009

27. Lowe, S. R., Meyers, J. L., Galea, S., Aiello, A. E., Uddin, M., Wildman, D. E., & Koenen, K. C. (2015). RORA and posttraumatic stress trajectories: Main effects and interactions with childhood physical abuse history. Brain & Behavior, 5, e00323. doi:10.1002/brb3.323

28. Lowe, S. R., Pothen, J., Quinn, J. W., Rundle, A., Bradley, B., Galea, S., Ressler, K. J., & Koenen, K. C. (2015). Gene-by-social-environment interaction (GxSE) between ADCYAP1R1 genotype and neighborhood crime predicts major depression symptoms in trauma-exposed women. Journal of Affective Disorders, 187, 147-150. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.08.002

29. Lowe, S. R., Rhodes, J. E., & Waters, M. C. (2015). Understanding resilience and other trajectories of psychological distress: Qualitative case studies of low-income mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Current Psychology, 34, 537-550. doi:10.1007/s12144-015-9362-6

30. Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2015). The influence of individual- and community-level factors on psychological resilience after Hurricane Sandy. PLoS ONE, 10, e0125761. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125761


31. Lowe, S. R., & Willis, M. (2015). Trajectories of perceived social support among low-income female survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32, 1034-1055. doi:10.1177/0265407514558958

32. Meyers, J. L., Lowe, S. R., Eaton, N. R., Krueger, R., Grant, B. F., & Hasin, D. (2015). Childhood maltreatment, 9/11 exposure, and latent dimensions of psychopathology: A test of stress sensitization. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 68, 337-345. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.05.005

33. Mota, M., Sumner, J., Lowe, S. R., Neumeister, A., Uddin, M., Aiello, A., Wildman, D., Galea, S., Koenen, K. C., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2015). The rs1049353 polymorphism in the CNR1 gene interacts with child abuse to predict posttraumatic threat symptoms. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 76, e1622-e1623. doi:10.4088/JCP.15l10084

34. Arcaya, M., Lowe, S. R., Rhodes, J. E., Waters, M. C., & Subramanian, S. V. (2014). Association of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms with asthma attack among Hurricane Katrina survivors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27, 725-729. doi:10.1002/jts.21976

35. Dunn, E. C., Solovieff, N., Lowe, S. R., Gallagher, P. J., Chaponis, J., Rosand, J., Koenen, K. C., Waters, M., Rhodes, J. E., & Smoller, J. W. (2014). Interaction between genetic variants and exposure to Hurricane Katrina on post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth: A prospective analysis of low income adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 152-154: 243-249. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2013.09.018

36. Fussell, E., & Lowe, S. R. (2014). The impact of displacement on the mental health of low-income parents after Hurricane Katrina. Social Science & Medicine, 113, 137-144. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.025

37. Lowe, S. R., Galea, S., Uddin, M., & Koenen, K. C. (2014). Trajectories of posttraumatic stress among urban residents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 53, 159-172. doi:10.1007/s10464-014-9634-6

38. Lowe, S. R., Walsh, K., Uddin, M., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. C. (2014). Bidirectional relationships between trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress: A longitudinal study of Detroit residents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 533-544. doi:10.1037/a0037046

39. Lowe, S. R., Willis, M., & Rhodes, J. E. (2014). Health problems among low-income parents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Health Psychology, 33, 774-782. doi:10.1037/hea0000016

40. Acevedo, B., Lowe, S. R., Griffin, K. W., & Botvin, G. J. (2013). Demographic and contextual factors associated with partner physical aggression in a multi-ethnic urban sample of young adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28, 3004-3022. doi:10.1177/0886260513488684


41. Chan, C. S., Rhodes, J. E., Howard, W., Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S. E. O., & Herrera, C. (2013). Pathways of influence in school-based mentoring: The mediating role of parent and teacher relationships. Journal of School Psychology, 51, 129-142. doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2012.10.001

42. Lowe, S. R., Dillon, C. O., Rhodes, J. E., & Zwiebach, L. (2013). Defining adult experiences: Perspectives of a diverse sample of young adults. Journal of Adolescent Research, 28, 31-68. doi:10.1177/0743558411435854

43. Lowe, S. R., Godoy, L., Rhodes, J. E., & Carter, A. S. (2013). Predicting mothers’ reports of children’s mental health three years after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 34, 17-27. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2012.09.002

44. Lowe, S. R., Manove, E. E., & Rhodes, J. E. (2013). Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among low-income mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 81, 877-889. doi:10.1037/a0033252

45. Lowe, S. R., Tracy, M., Cerdá, M., Norris, F. H., & Galea, S. (2013). Immediate and longer-term stressors and the mental health of Hurricane Ike survivors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26, 753-761. doi:10.1002/jts.21872

46. Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2013). Trajectories of psychological distress among low-income, female survivors of Hurricane Katrina. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83, 398-412. doi:10.1111/ajop.12019

47. Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2012-2013). Community college re-enrollment after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of College Student Retention: Theory, Research & Practice, 14, 227-249. doi:10.2190/CS.14.2.e

48. Green, G., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2012). What can multiwave studies teach us about disaster research? An analysis of low-income Hurricane Katrina survivors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25, 1-8. doi:10.1002/jts.21708

49. Lowe, S. R., Acevedo, B. P., Griffin, K. W., & Botvin, G. J. (2012). Longitudinal relationships between self-management skills and substance use in an urban sample of predominantly minority adolescents. Journal of Drug Issues, 43, 103-118. doi:10.1177/0022042612462221

50. Lowe, S. R., Rhodes, J. E., & Scoglio, A. A. J. (2012). Changes in marital and partner relationships in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: An analysis of low-income mothers. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36, 286-300. doi:10.1177/0361684311434307

51. Schwartz, S. E. O., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2012). Mentoring relationships and adolescent self-esteem. The Prevention Researcher, 19, 17-20. doi:10.1037/e535002013-005


52. Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011). The impact of child-related stressors on the psychological functioning of lower-income mothers after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Family Issues, 32, 1303-1324. doi:10.1177/0192513X11412492

53. Lowe, S. R., Lustig, K., & Marrow, H. B. (2011). African American women’s reports of racism during Hurricane Katrina: Variation by interviewer race. New School Psychology Bulletin, 8, 46-57.

54. Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2010). Pre-disaster social support protects against psychological distress: A longitudinal analysis of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 551-560. doi:10.1037/a0018317

55. Rhodes, J., Camic, P., Milburn, M., & Lowe, S. R. (2009). Improving middle school climate through teacher-centered change strategies. Journal of Community Psychology, 37, 711-724. doi:10.1002/jcop.20326

56. Lowe, S. R., Rhodes, J. E., Zwiebach, L., & Chan, C. S. (2009). The impact of pet loss on the perceived social support and psychological distress of hurricane survivors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 244-247. doi:10.1002/jts.20403

57. Post, C. V., DiTomaso, N., Lowe, S. R., Farris, G. F., & Cordero, R. (2009). A few good women: Gender differences in evaluations of promotability in industrial research and development. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 24, 348-371. doi:10.1108/02683940910952723

58. Rhodes, J., & Lowe, S. R. (2008) Youth mentoring: Improving programmes through research-based practice. Youth & Policy, 99, 9-16.

59. Rhodes, J., Lowe, S. R., Litchfield, L., & Walsh-Samp, K. (2008). The role of gender in youth mentoring relationship formation and duration. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72, 183-192. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2007.09.005

60. Rhodes, J., & Lowe, S. R. (2008). Youth mentoring and resilience: Implications for practice. Child Care in Practice, 14, 9-17. doi:10.1080/13575270701733666

BOOK CHAPTERS1. Lowe, S. R., Walsh, K. L., Opthof, E., & Tineo P. (in press). Trauma and

neurodevelopmental disorders from a public health perspective. In J. M. Fogler & R. Phelps (Eds.), Trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders. New York, NY: Springer.

2. Lowe, S. R., Young, M. N., & Galea, S. (in press). Physical health resilience in the aftermath of natural disasters. In J. Acosta & A. Chandra (Eds.), Building community resilience: Lessons from the field. New York, NY: Elsevier.

3. Lowe, S. R., Blachman-Forshay, J., & Koenen, K. C. (2015). Epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related disorders: Trauma as a public health issue. In U. Schnyder & M. Cloitre


(Eds.), Evidence-based treatments for trauma-related psychological disorders: A practical guide for clinicians (pp. 11-40). New York, NY: Springer.

4. Lowe, S. R., & Galea, S. (2015). Posttraumatic stress in the aftermath of mass shootings. In K. Cherry (Ed.), Traumatic stress and long-term recovery: Coping with disasters and other negative life events (pp. 91-111). New York, NY: Springer.

5. Rhodes, J. E., Lowe, S. R., & Schwartz, S. E. O. (2011). Mentoring relationships. In B. B. Brown & M. J. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence, Vol. 2 (pp. 196-204). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

6. Rhodes, J. E., & Lowe, S. R. (2009). Mentoring in adolescence. In R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of Adolescent Psychology 3rd Edition, Vol. 2 (pp. 152-190). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS1. Gruebner, O., & Lowe, S. R. (2015, May 8). The geography of post-disaster mental health in

New York City after Hurricane Sandy. BioMedCentral blog network. Retrieved from http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-health/2015/05/08/geography-post-disaster-mental-health-new-york-city-hurricane-sandy/

2. Lowe, S. R., Wright, M. M., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2015, May 29). Individual and community resilience factors influence psychological resilience in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Retrieved from http://www.phe.gov/ASPRBlog/pages/BlogArticlePage.aspx?PostID=139

3. Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011). Natural mentors in the lives of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Global Horizons, 4, 69-85.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW1. Finkelman, M. D., Lowe, S. R., Kim, W., Gruebner, O., Smits, N., & Galea, S. (2016, revise

and resubmit). Item ordering and computer classification tests with cluster-based scoring: An investigation of the countdown method.

2. Griffin, K. W., Lowe, S. R., Botvin, C., & Acevedo, B. P. (2017, submitted). Cigarette smoking and alcohol use during adolescence predict young adult illicit and prescription drug use among urban minority youth: Implications for prevention.

3. Gruebner, O., Lowe, S. R., Sykora, M., Shankardass, K., Trinquart, L., Jackson, T., Subramanian, S. V., & Galea, S. G. (2016, revised and resubmitted). Climate change and mental health: Space-time syndromic surveillance.

4. Lowe, S. R., Joshi, S., Galea, S., Aiello, A. E., Uddin, M., Koenen, K. C., & Cerdá, M. (2016, revise and resubmit). Pathways from assaultive violence to posttraumatic stress, depression, and generalized anxiety symptoms through stressful life events: Longitudinal mediation models.


5. Lowe, S. R., Young, M. N., Acosta, J., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2016, submitted). Who will receive network and non-network support after a disaster?: Disaster survivors’ anticipated received support in a future disaster.

6. Manove, E. E., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes J. E. (2016, submitted). Pre- to post-trauma changes in psychosocial resources as predictors of posttraumatic growth: A study of low-income, female Hurricane Katrina survivors.

PRESENTATIONS1. Lowe, S. R. (2017, May). Resilience after Hurricane Sandy. Invited webinar presentation for

the American Public Health Association, sponsored by the Mental Health and Emergency Health Services & Disaster Preparedness sections.

2. Lowe, S. R., Young, M. N., Tineo, P., Acosta, J., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2016, submitted). Hurricane Sandy survivors’ anticipated received support in a future disaster. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

3. Horesh, D., Lowe, S. R., Uddin, M., Aiello, A., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. C. (2017, March). Women living in a chronically-traumatic environment: PTSD and depression in a longitudinal study of inner-city Detroit residents. Paper to be presented at the 7th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland.

4. Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2016, November). Community unemployment and disaster-related stressors shape risk for posttraumatic stress in the longer-term aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Dallas, TX.

5. Gruebner, O., Sykora, M., Lowe, S. R., Shankardass, K., Trinquart, L., Jackson, T., Subramanian, S. V., & Galea, S. G. (2016, April). A novel space-time mental health surveillance in a population facing mass trauma. Poster presented at the Epidemiology Congress of Americas, Miami, FL.

6. Gruebner, O., Sykora, M., Lowe, S. R., Shankardass, K., Trinquart, L., Jackson, T., Subramanian, S. V., & Galea, S. G. (2016, April). Spatial surveillance of post disaster mental health. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference of Urban Health, San Francisco, CA.

7. Lowe, S. R., Pothen, J., Quinn, J. W., Rundle, A., Bradley, B., Galea, S., Ressler, K. J., & Koenen, K. C. (2016, March). Gene-by-social-environment interaction (GxSE) between ADCYAP1R1 genotype and neighborhood crime predicts major depression symptoms in trauma-exposed women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), Philadelphia, PA.


8. Young, M. N., Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2016, March). Alcohol and non-medical prescription drug use to cope with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms: An analysis of Hurricane Sandy survivors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), Philadelphia, PA.

9. Fink, D., Lowe, S. R., Ursano, R., Fullerton, C., Gifford, R., & Galea, S. (2015, November). Modeling the trajectories of civilian and military trauma in a representative sample of U.S. National Guard and Reserve: A latent class growth modeling approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, LA.

10. Lowe, S. R., Meyers, J., Galea, S., Aiello, A., Uddin, M., Wildman, D., & Koenen, K. C. (2015, November). The Retinoid-Related Orphan Receptor Alpha (RORA) gene and trajectories of posttraumatic stress: Main effects and interactions with childhood physical abuse history. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, LA.

11. Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2015, November). Community-level factors and mental health in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, LA.

12. Platt, J., Lowe, S. R., Koenen, K., & Galea, S. (2015, November). A longitudinal study of the bidirectional relationship between social support and post-traumatic stress symptoms following a natural disaster. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, LA.

13. Gruebner, O., Lowe, S. R., Tracy, M., Cerdá, M., Joshi, S., Norris, F. H., & Galea, S. (2015, October). The geography of mental health and general wellness in Galveston Bay after Hurricane Ike: A spatial epidemiological study with longitudinal data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the German Society for Epidemiology, Potsdam, Germany.

14. Fussell, E., Lowe, S. R., & Asad, A. (2015, August). The meaning of displacement for mental health after a disaster. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

15. Fussell, E., Lowe, S. R., & Asad, A. (2015, July). The meaning of displacement for mental health after a disaster. Paper presented at the annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, National Hazards Center, Broomfield, CO.

16. Gruebner, O., Lowe, S. R., Tracy, M., Cerdá, M., Joshi, S., & Galea, S. (2015, July). The geography of mental health and general wellness after Hurricane Ike. Paper presented at the 16th International Medical Geography Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

17. Fink, D., Lowe, S. R., Ursano, R., Fullerton, C., Gifford, R., & Galea, S. (2015, June). Modeling the trajectories of civilian and military trauma in a representative sample of U.S.


National Guard and Reserve: A latent class growth modeling approach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Denver, CO.

18. Gruebner, O., Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2015, June). The geography of post-disaster mental health: Spatial patterning of psychological vulnerability and resilience in New York City after Hurricane Sandy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Denver, CO.

19. Joshi, S., Lowe, S. R., & Cerdá, M. (2015, June). Exposure to stressors mediates the effect of assaultive trauma on posttraumatic stress symptoms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Denver, CO.

20. Samspon, L., Lowe, S. R., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2015, June). A multilevel interaction analysis of service needs following Hurricane Sandy in a representative sample of survivors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Denver, CO.

21. Lowe, S. R. (2015, April). Community-level factors and mental health in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Invited presentation at workshop on Resilient People at the Interaction of Climate, Culture and Community: Mental Health and Wellness Impacts. Sponsored by the White House Office on Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC.

22. Meyers, J. L., Lowe, S. R., Eaton, N. R., Krueger, R., Grant, B. F., & Hasin, D. (2015, March). Childhood maltreatment, 9/11 exposure, and latent dimensions of psychopathology: A test of stress sensitization. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, New York, NY.

23. Platt, J., Lowe, S. R., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. C. (2015, March). A longitudinal study of the bidirectional relationships between social support and symptoms of posttraumatic stress following a natural disaster. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, New York, NY.

24. Horesh, D., Lowe, S. R., Galea, S., Uddin, M., & Koenen, K. (2015, March). Gender differences in the long-term associations between PTSD symptom clusters and depression: A longitudinal study of Detroit residents. Poster presented at annual meeting of the International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

25. Lowe, S. R. (2015, February). Predisposing, comorbid, and enabling factors in post-Ike mental health service use. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Jose, CA.

26. Acosta, J., & Galea, S., & Lowe, S. R. (2013, December). Community-based organizations and community resilience: Two individual projects and a collaboration. Online presentation to the Research Grantee Community Resilience Coalition, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.


27. Horesh, D., Lowe, S. R., Uddin, M., Wildman, D., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. (2013, November). Gender differences in the long-term association between posttraumatic stress disorder and depression: Findings from the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Philadelphia, PA.

28. Lowe, S. R. (2014, November). Interactions between childhood trauma and genetic variants in predicting adolescent and adult psychopathology. Chaired panel at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Miami, FL.

29. Lowe, S. R., Pothen, J., Richards, C., Galea, S., Ressler, K., Koenen, K. C., & Bradley, B. (2014, November). Interactions between child abuse history and neighborhood-level crime in predicting posttraumatic stress and depression among adults in the Grady Trauma Project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Miami, FL.

30. Lowe, S. R., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2014, November). Community resilience in New York City after Hurricane Sandy. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Miami, FL.

31. Manove, E., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2014, November). Peer group achievement-related beliefs predict posttraumatic growth in low-income, non-Hispanic Black female Hurricane Katrina survivors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

32. Manove, E., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2014, November). Reducing shame in parents with post-traumatic stress and substance use disorder symptomatology: Breaking the intergenerational cycle of trauma and substance use. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Miami, FL.

33. Manove, E., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2014, November). Substance use among low-income Black mothers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina magnifies the effect of exposure on child externalizing behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Miami, FL.

34. Lowe, S. R. (2014, October). Community resilience in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Results from a population-based study of New York City residents. Invited presentation at the 2014 Meeting of the World Psychiatric Association Section on Epidemiology and Public Health. Nara, Japan.

35. Horesh, D., Lowe, S. R., Galea, S., Uddin, M., & Koenen, K. (2014, July). Gender differences in the long-term association between posttraumatic stress disorder and depression: Findings from the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study. Paper presented at the XVI Word Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain.


36. Manove, E., Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2014, August). Religiousness predicts tobacco and alcohol use in poor Black female Hurricane Katrina survivors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

37. Horesh, D., Lowe, S. R., Galea, S., Uddin, M., & Koenen, K. (2014, July). Gender differences in the long-term association between posttraumatic stress disorder and depression: Findings from the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study. Poster presented at the 22nd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Reims, France.

38. Tracy, M., Luna, J., Kaufman, T., Lowe, S. R., & Galea, S. (2014, June). Population-based vs. individual-based approaches to delivering mental health services after a mass traumatic event: An in silico experiment after Hurricane Sandy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research, Seattle, WA.

39. Lowe, S. R. (2014, June). The long-term mental health impact of natural disasters, and the influence of secondary stressors and community characteristics. Invited presentation to Epidemiology Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Triangle, NC.

40. Lowe, S. R. (2014, May). Community resilience after Hurricane Sandy: Overview and preliminary results. Invited presentation to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response, New York, NY.

41. Lowe, S. R. (2013, December). Community characteristics and postdisaster mental health. Presentation at the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program Faculty/Fellow Training Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY.

42. Lowe, S. R. (2013, November). A network analytic approach to understanding comorbidity. Presentation at the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program Faculty/Fellow Training Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY.

43. Lowe, S. R., Uddin, M., Wildman, D., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. (2013, November). Trajectories of posttraumatic stress in a predominantly non-Hispanic Black sample of urban-dwelling adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Philadelphia, PA.

44. Lowe, S. R., Walsh, K., Uddin, M., Wildman, D., Galea, S., & Koenen, K. (2013, November). Bidirectional relationships between trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress: A longitudinal study of adults living in Detroit. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Philadelphia, PA.

45. Manove, E. E. Lowe, S. R., Arcaya, M., & Rhodes, J. E. (November, 2013). Validation of the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory: relationships between perceived post-traumatic growth and measured pre- to post-trauma changes in analogous constructs in a sample of low-income


Black mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

46. Dunn, E. C., Solovieff, N., Gallagher, P., Chaponis, J., Lowe, S. R., Rosand, J., Koenen, K. C., Rhodes, J. E., Waters, M. C., & Smoller, J. W. (2013, October). Interaction between genetic variants and exposure to Hurricane Katrina on post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth: A prospective analysis of low-income adults. Poster presented at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics annual meeting, Boston, MA.

47. Lowe, S. R., Meyers, J. L., Galea, S., Aiello, A., Uddin, M., Wildman, D., & Koenen, K. (2013, October). Genotypes associated with trajectories of posttraumatic stress among urban adults: Main effects and interactions with child abuse history. Poster presented at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics annual meeting, Boston, MA.

48. Fussell, B., & Lowe, S. R. (2013, August). The impact of housing displacement on the mental and physical health of a vulnerable population in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

49. Ben-Eliyahu, A., Lowe, S. R., Rhodes, J. (2013, July). How caring adults support learning via emotion regulation. Poster presented at The Influential Child: When Biology Meets Psychology. Israel Institute for Advanced Studies. Jerusalem, Israel.

50. Lowe, S. R., Manove, E. M., & Rhodes, J. E. (2013, June). Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among low-income mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research in Action, Miami, FL.

51. Lowe, S. R. (2013, June). Resilience in survivors of Katrina: An overview of the RISK study. Invited presentation at the Social Sciences Librarian Boot Camp, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

52. Lowe, S. R. (2013, May). Psychological trajectories in the aftermath of traumatic events: Findings among Hurricane Katrina survivors and in the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study. Presentation at the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program Faculty/Fellow Training Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY.

53. Calvo, R., Arcaya, M., Lowe, S. R., & Waters, M. C. (2013, April). Happy ever after? A natural experiment of the set-point theory of happiness with survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

54. Lowe, S. R., Tracy, M., Cerdá, M., Norris, F., & Galea, S. (2013, March). The reproduction of loss: Secondary stressors shape the long-term mental health of Hurricane Ike survivors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, New York, NY.


55. Fussell, B., & Lowe, S. R. (2012, December). Displacement and health after Hurricane Katrina in a vulnerable population. Paper presented at the Tulane School of Public Health Department of Global Health System and Development seminar series, New Orleans, LA.

56. Lowe, S. R., Dillon, C. O., Rhodes, J. E., & Kanchewa, S. (2012, October). Sense of purpose and academic outcomes among a multi-ethnic sample of urban college students. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Themed Meeting: Transitions from Adolescence to Adulthood, Tampa, FL.

57. Lowe, S. R., Griffin, K., Acevedo, B., & Botvin, G. (2012, October). Growth in self-regulation over the course of adolescence and decreased substance use risk in young adulthood: A study of urban minority young adults. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Themed Meeting: Transitions from Adolescence to Adulthood, Tampa, FL.

58. Griffin, K., Lowe, S. R., Acevedo, B., & Botvin, G. (2012, August). Growth in cigarette smoking and alcohol use through adolescence and later abuse of illicit and prescription drugs among urban predominantly minority young adults in the United States. Paper presented at the 12th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.

59. Lowe, S. R. (2012, May). Psychosocial adversity resilience among low-income mothers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Presentation at the Psychology Department Grand Rounds, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.

60. Chan, C. S., Schwartz, S. E. O., Lowe, S. R., Howard, W., Rhodes, J. E., & Herrera, C. (2012, March). Pathways of influence in school-based mentoring: The mediating role of parent and teacher relationships. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC.

61. Dillon, C. O., Lowe, S. R., Rhodes, J. E., & Tewksbury, E. (2012, March). Evaluating adaptive capacities in the transition to adulthood. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC.

62. Chan, C. S., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011, November). Examining the relationship between social support and mental health: A longitudinal study of Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD.

63. Lowe, S. R. (2011, October). Adversity and resilience after Hurricane Katrina. Presentation at the Psychology in Public Health Division Meeting, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

64. Kanchewa, S., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011, June). Investigating differences between same-gender and cross-gender mentoring pairs: A secondary analysis of the IES impact


evaluation. Poster presented at the Society for Community Research in Action Biennial Conference, Chicago, IL.

65. Zwiebach, L., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011, May). ‘Spirals’ of resource loss among survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

66. Lowe, S. R., Godoy, L., Chan, C. S., & Rhodes, J. E. (2011, March). The impact of child-related stressors on the psychological functioning of lower-income mothers after Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Conference, Montreal, Quebec.

67. Lowe, S. R., Chan, C. S., Rhodes, J. E. & Scoglio, A. (2010, June). The role of pre-disaster social support in predicting psychological functioning one year after Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the Returning to Katrina: Bringing Hurricane Katrina Research Back to the Community Conference, Long Beach, Mississippi.

68. Lowe, S. R., Scoglio, A., & Rhodes, J. E. (2010, June). Understanding the effect of Hurricane Katrina on intimate relationships: A study of low-income female survivors. Poster presented at the Returning to Katrina: Bringing Hurricane Katrina Research Back to the Community Conference, Long Beach, Mississippi.

69. Zwiebach, L., Fisher, M. B., & Lowe, S. R. (2010, May). Weight gain as a function of stress encountered during Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

70. Lowe, S. R., Dolyres, V., Chan, C. S., Dillon, C. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2010, March). Stressful life events, adaptive capacities, and psychological distress in a multiethnic sample of emerging adults. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.

71. Chan, C., Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S. E. O., Dillon, C. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2009, October). Community engagement in emerging adulthood: Demographic variation, correlates and processes. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA.

72. Lowe, S. R., Lustig, K., Dillon, C. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2009, October). Sense of purpose in emerging adulthood: Associations with demographics, adult roles, and outcomes. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA.

73. Lowe, S. R., Zwiebach, L., Toner, D., Dillon, C. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2009, October). Defining adult experiences: Perspectives of a diverse sample of emerging adults. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA.


74. Chan, C., Lowe, S. R., Zwiebach, L., Schwartz, S. E. O., & Rhodes, J. (2009, June). Gender differences in mentoring relationships: A school-based longitudinal study. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research in Action, Montclair, NJ.

75. Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S. E. O., Chan, C., Zwiebach, L., & Rhodes, J. (2009, June). Predicting adverse health outcomes of vulnerable adults after Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research in Action, Montclair, NJ.

76. Dillon, C., Lowe, S., McCloyd, V., & Rhodes, J. (2009, April). On track or derailed? Understanding and measuring young adults’ adaptive capacities. Paper presented at the Future of Children Conference on the Transition to Adulthood. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

77. Rhodes, J. E., Chan, C. S., Gray, S., & Lowe, S. R. (2008, November). Psychological responses to natural disasters: An international dialogue. Presentation for the Food for Thought Research Series, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.

78. Lowe, S. R., Lustig, K., Marrow, H., Zwiebach, L., Chan, C., & Rhodes, J. E. (2008, October). Perceptions of racism among African-American single mothers after Hurricane Katrina: Relationships with interviewer race and mental health. Poster presented at the eighth annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.

79. Zwiebach, L., Lowe, S., Rhodes, J., & Chan, C. (2008, May). Loss of pet significantly affects mental health of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

80. Chan, C., Lowe, S., Rhodes, J., & Zwiebach, L. (2008, April). Psychological distress among Hurricane Katrina survivors and barriers to mental health service utilization: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychology and Social Justice, New York, NY.

81. Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. E. (2008, March). The role of natural mentors for low-income parents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

82. Post, C. V., DiTomaso, N., Lowe, S. R., Farris, G. F., & Cordero, R. (2006, August). A “female advantage” in promotability evaluations for women perceived by their managers as innovative. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec.

83. Post, C., DiTomaso, N., Lowe, S. R., Farris, G., & Cordero, R. (2004, August). Competence or cooperation: Wherein lies the female advantage? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA.


ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCEPredoctoral Research Assistant 07/2011 – 06/2012Institute for Prevention Research New York, NYNew York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical CenterProject: Adolescent alcohol use and young adult psychosocial functioning (NIAAA funded)Supervisors: Kenneth W. Griffin, Ph.D., and Gilbert J. Botvin, Ph.D.

Graduate Research Assistant 09/2007 – 09/2012Harvard University, Department of Sociology Cambridge, MAUniversity of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Psychology Boston, MAProject: Adversity and resilience after Hurricane Katrina (NIH, NSF, and Harvard Catalyst funded)Supervisors: Mary C. Waters, Ph.D., and Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D.

Graduate Research Assistant 09/2006 – 06/2012MacArthur Network on Transitions to Adulthood Philadelphia, PAUniversity of Pennsylvania, Department of SociologyProject: Life Transitions StudySupervisors: Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D., Colleen O. Dillon, Ph.D., and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., Ph.D.

Graduate Research Assistant 09/2006 – 06/2010University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Psychology Boston, MAProjects: Understanding the role of gender in mentor (Edna McConnell Clark Foundation funded), Understanding school-based mentoring (Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation funded)Supervisor: Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D.

Senior Scholar Assistant 08/2005 – 07/2006Scholar Assistant 08/2003 – 07/2005Russell Sage Foundation New York, NYProjects: Research assistant to 22 social science visiting scholars (5-9 per academic year) on projects related to social inequality, behavioral economics, employment, immigration and cultureSupervisor: Nicole Radmore, M.A.

Undergraduate Research Assistant 09/2000 – 06/2003Harvard University, Department of Psychology Cambridge, MAProjects: Various projects on eating pathology and comorbiditiesSupervisors: Pamela K. Keel, Ph.D., and Susan Fieselman Watson, Ph.D.

Advisory Services Intern 06/2002 – 09/2002Catalyst, Inc. New York, NYProject: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the effect of gender, age, and immigrant status on employees’ progress within an international corporation


Supervisor: Joelle Gruber, M.P.A.

Undergraduate Research Assistant 06/2001 – 09/2001Harvard University, Department of Sociology Cambridge, MAProjects: Interview study on single mothers’ experiences transitioning from welfare to workSupervisor: Susan Crawford-Sullivan, Ph.D.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCECounselor for Distressed Research Participants 01/2015 – 09/2015Project: Washington Heights Health Study New York, NYMailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Counselor for Distressed Research Participants 12/2013 – 04/2015Project: Community Resilience after Hurricane Sandy New York, NYMailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Predoctoral Intern 07/2011 – 06/2012New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NYRotations: Cognitive Therapy Clinic (12 months), Psychiatric Emergency Room (3 months), Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (3 months), Reproductive Psychiatry (3 months), Adult Group Therapy (3 months)Program Director: Susan Evans, Ph.D.Supervisors: Margaret Altemus, M.D., Katherine Blieberg, Ph.D., Susan Bram, Ph.D., Marc Dubin, M.D., Susan Evans, Ph.D., Diana Feldman, M.D., Baruch Fishman, Ph.D., Elaine Gould, Ph.D., Marika Kyrimis, Ph.D., Grace P. Lee, Ph.D., Mary Luallen, Ph.D., Mallay Occhiogrosso, M.D., Jamie Schumpf, Psy.D., and Lisa Sombrotto, M.D.

Predoctoral Extern 09/2009 – 08/2011Martha Eliot Health Center Jamaica Plain, MAChildren’s Hospital Boston, Harvard UniversityExperiences: Child (individual and group), adult (individual and group), family therapy, and psychological assessment; approximately 75% conducted in SpanishSupervisor: Martin LaRoche, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist Trainee 09/2008 – 06/2009The Counseling Center Boston, MAUniversity of Massachusetts BostonExperiences: Adult individual psychotherapy and program developmentSupervisors: Joan Liem, Ph.D., and Brenda Hamady, L.I.C.S.W.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE


Primary Instructor, Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 365), Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (Fall 2016); Enrollment: 102; Course evaluations available upon request.

Primary Instructor, Independent Study I: Research (PSYC 491), Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (Fall 2016); Enrollment: 4

Primary Instructor, Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (PSYC 565), Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (Spring 2016); Enrollment: 29

Guest lecturer, Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 365), Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (Spring 2016); Topic: Disorders of Trauma and Stress

Primary Instructor, Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 365), Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (Fall 2015); Enrollment: 91; Course evaluations available upon request.

Guest lecturer, Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 365), Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (Fall 2015); Topic: Disorders of Trauma and Stress

Lectures on structural equation modeling, latent class growth analysis, missing data, and multiple imputation, Statistics Consultation Group, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2009-2011)

Primary Instructor, Adolescent Psychology (PSYCH 342), Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (Spring 2010); Enrollment: 35; Course evaluations available upon request.

Primary Instructor, Adolescent Psychology (PSYCH 342), Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (Fall 2009); Enrollment: 35; Course evaluations available upon request.

Guest lecturer, Introduction to Psychology (PSYCH 101), Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2009); Topic: Adolescent Psychology

Co-Instructor, Directed Study in Psychology (PSYCH 488), Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2006, 2011; Primary Instructor: Jean Rhodes)

Co-Instructor, Research Apprenticeship in Psychology (PSYCH 486), Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2010-2011; Primary Instructor: Jean Rhodes)

Teaching Assistant, Adolescent Psychology (PSYCH 342), Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2006-2007; Primary Instructor: Jean Rhodes)

SUPERVISION AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE Director, Trauma and Resilience Lab (2015-present) Graduate Assistant advisor, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (2015-

present) Masters student advisor, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (2015-

present) Undergraduate student advisor, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University

(2015-present) Informal mentoring of epidemiology doctoral students and research analysts, Department of

Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University (2012-present) Graduate Student Mentor, Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division

53) Student Recognition Program (2011-2012) Junior Mentor, Society for Research on Adolescence, Young Scholars Program (2010)


Peer Supervisor, Martha Eliot Health Center, Jamaica Plain, MA (2009-2011) Graduate Student Mentor, Psychology Connections Committee, University of Massachusetts

Boston (2008-2011) Career Mentor, Radcliffe Mentor Program (2008-2010) Informal mentoring of clinical psychology doctoral students, Department of Psychology,

University of Massachusetts (2007-present) Formal mentoring of undergraduate students, Department of Psychology, University of

Massachusetts (2006-2011)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Program Director, Masters Program in Clinical Psychology with a Child/Adolescent

Emphasis, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (2016-present) Member, Graduate Curriculum and Program Review Committee, Department of Psychology,

Montclair State University (2016-present) Masters Thesis Committee Member, Masters Program in General Psychology, Department of

Psychology, Montclair State University (2016-present); Students: Sandy Dawoud (2016-present); Jessica Rothberg (2016-present)

Pilot program participant, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) course on effective teaching practices, Montclair State University (2016)

Invited Speaker, Cross Disciplinary Discourse Lunch Series, Montclair State University (2016)

Keynote Speaker, Psi Chi Induction Ceremony, Montclair State University (2016) Clinical Program Committee, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University (2015-

present) Clinical Forensic Faculty Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Montclair State

University (2015-2016) Presentation to Psychology Club, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University

(2015); Topic: Careers in Clinical Psychology Entry Reviewer, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science (2015) Reviewer, RAND Health Research Quality Assurance (2015) Invited Attendee and Presenter, workshop entitled Resilient People at the Intersection of

Climate, Culture and Community: Mental Health and Wellness Impacts, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC (2015)

Invited Attendee, symposium entitled Latent Growth Mixture Models (LGMM) to Estimate PTSD-Trajectories, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2015)

Dissertation Committee Member: Emily Manove, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2014-present)

Member, Dissertation Awards Committee, Society for Community Research in Action (2013-2015)

Chair, Dissertation Awards Committee, Society for Community Research in Action (2012-2013)

Ad-hoc Article Editor, Sage Open (2012) Book Proposal Reviewer, Oxford University Press (2012) Submission Reviewer, Society for Community Research in Action Biennial Meeting (2012) Co-chair, Urban Mission Photography Competition, University of Massachusetts Boston

(2009-2010)


Member, Clinical Psychology 20th Anniversary Committee, University of Massachusetts Boston (2009-2010)

Founding Member, Psychology Connections Committee, University of Massachusetts Boston (2008-2011)

Invited Attendee, National Financial Education Foundation, Symposium on the financial realties of young adults, Towson University, Towson, MD (2008)

Founding Member, Statistics Consultation Group, University of Massachusetts Boston (2007-2011)

Co-Coordinator, Take Back the Night, University of Massachusetts Boston (2007-2008) President, Clinical Graduate Students Association, University of Massachusetts Boston

(2006-2009) Member, Clinical Graduate Students Association, University of Massachusetts Boston (2007-

2011) Member, Diversity Committee, University of Massachusetts Boston (2006-2008) Women’s Group Facilitator, A More Perfect Union, New York, NY (2003-2006) Volunteer Grant Writer, Concilio Hispano (Latino Resource Center), Cambridge, MA (2002-

2003)

GRANT REVIEWS Reviewer, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,

Career (K99, K25, K22, and K08) Special Emphasis Panel ZES 1 LWJ-J (KS) 1 (July 11-12, 2016)

Ad-hoc reviewer, Israel Science Foundation (March 2016) Ad-hoc reviewer, Military Clinical Neuroscience Center for Excellence Research Program

(June 2015)

JOURNAL REVIEWS Ad-hoc reviewer for: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research; American Journal of

Community Psychology; American Journal of Epidemiology; Animals; Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; BMC Psychiatry; Child and Youth Care Forum; Child Development (with Jean Rhodes); Child Abuse and Neglect; Developmental Psychology (with Jean Rhodes); Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness; Drug and Alcohol Dependence; Education Research and Reviews; Emerging Adulthood; European Journal of Psychotraumatology (with Karestan Koenen); Health Affairs; Health Psychology; International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience; International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters; International Journal of Public Health; Journal of Adolescence (with Jean Rhodes); Journal of Adolescent Health; Journal of Adolescent Research; Journal of Affective Disorders; Journal of Anxiety Disorders; Journal of Applied Social Psychology; Journal of Black Psychology; Journal of Community Psychology (with Jean Rhodes); Journal of Early Adolescence; Journal of Family Studies; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; Journal of Research in International Business and Management; Journal of Traumatic Stress; Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders and Treatment; Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (with Jean Rhodes); Personality and Individual Differences; PLOS ONE; Population and Environment; Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy; Scientific Reports; Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology; Social Science & Medicine; Sociological Quarterly; Substance Use & Misuse; Youth & Society (with Jean Rhodes)


OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Effective Teaching Practices (Modules: Using Active Learning Techniques in Small Groups;

Planning Effective Class Discussions; Checking for Student Understanding); Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and the American Council on Education. Online course, offered through the Montclair State University Research Academy for University Learning (2016)

Teaching 2.0: What You Need to Be a Successful Teacher, Columbia University Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Center for New Media Technology and Learning, New York, NY; Course Directors: Rory Flynn, Ph.D., Michelle Hall, Shenell Evans, Ph.D., and Tatiana Schneider, Ph.D. (2015)

Short Course on the Neuroscience of Adversity, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program/Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics, Columbia University, New York, NY; Instructor: Kimberly Noble, M.D., Ph.D. (2015)

Agent Based Modeling, Epidemiology and Public Health Summer Institute at Columbia University (EPIC), Columbia University, New York, NY; Instructor: Melissa Tracy, Ph.D. (2014)

Introduction to Genome-Wide Association Analysis, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University, New York, NY; Instructors: Sandra Barral, Ph.D., and Christiane Reitz, M.D., Ph.D. (2014)

Short Course on Epigenetics, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program/Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics, Columbia University, New York, NY; Instructor: Frances A. Champagne, Ph.D. (2013)

Introduction to R, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Instructor: Alicia Doyle Lynch, M.A. (2010)

Analyzing Interviews and Field Notes, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Instructor: Crystal Fleming, M.A. (2010)

Categorical Data Analysis, Kansas University Summer Institute in Statistics, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS; Instructors: Carol M. Woods, Ph.D., Pascal R. Deboeck, Ph.D. (2010)

Structural Equation Modeling: Advanced Longitudinal Modeling, Kansas University Summer Institute in Statistics, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS; Instructor: Todd D. Little, Ph.D. (2009)

Latent Class Analysis, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA; Instructor: Alice Davidson, Ph.D. (2009)

Workshop on New Developments in Understanding and Treating Self-Injury, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA; Instructor: Barent Walsh, Ph.D.

Structural Equation Modeling, Data Analysis and Training Institute of Connecticut, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Instructors: David A. Kenny, Ph.D., Stephanie Milan, Ph.D. (2007)

Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Data Analysis and Training Institute of Connecticut, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Instructors: Ann A. O’Connell, Ed.D., D. Betsy McCoach, Ph.D. (2007)

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCYSpanish (fluent oral and written)


REFERENCESSandro Galea, M.D., Dr.P.H.Dean and ProfessorDepartment of EpidemiologyBoston University School of Public Health715 Albany Street, Talbot BuildingBoston, MA 02118(617) [email protected]

Karestan C. Koenen, Ph.D.Professor of EpidemiologyDepartment of EpidemiologyMailman School of Public HealthColumbia University722 W 168th Street, Room 720-GNew York, NY 10032(212) [email protected]

Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D.MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership ProfessorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Massachusetts Boston100 Morrissey Blvd.Boston, MA 02125(617) [email protected]

Mary C. Waters, Ph.D.M.E. Zukerman ProfessorDepartment of SociologyHarvard University540 William James Hall33 Kirkland StreetCambridge, MA 02138(617) [email protected]

Others upon request.





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