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Alexandra Sullivan, PhD

Working Title

Assistant Professor

Preferred Pronouns
She/Her/Hers

  • 07/2025 - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Intergenerational Developmental Health Program, UCSF
  • PhD, 08/2022 - Clinical & Developmental Psychology, University of Vermont
  • 07/2022 - Child Track, Clinical Psychology Internship, Charleston Consortium at the Medical University of South Carolina

Epigenesis, Genetic
Problem Behavior
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Family Conflict
Depression
Child Health
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Child Abuse
Child Of Impaired Parents
Mental Disorders
Parenting
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Placenta
Child Behavior

  • Young Investigator Award, Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, 2024
  • Child & Brain Development Next Generation Trainee, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 2023
  • Outstanding Commitment to Cultural Humility in Clinical Practice Award, Medical University of South Carolina, 2022
  • Student Achievement Award in Research, SCCAP/APA Division 53, 2021
  • George W. Albee Award for Distinguished Graduate Research in Community Psychology, University of Vermont, 2020
  • Mariellen Fischer Dissertation Award, University of Vermont, 2020
  • David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Graduate Fellowship, University of Vermont, 2016

April 1, 2026 - March 31, 2031 - Understanding and Altering Prenatal Immune Function and Parenting to Improve Child Mental Health: Investigating Intergenerational Stress Transmission Mechanisms , PI . Sponsor: NIH/NIMH, Sponsor Award ID: 1K23MH138756-01A1
December 1, 2024 - November 30, 2026 - Advancing Remote Assessment of Parenting and Child Self-Regulation: Tailoring and Validating Brief Remote Parent-Child Observations in Coding in ECHO , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH Office of the Director, Opportunities and Innovation Fund, ECHO, Sponsor Award ID: 2U2COD023375
June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2022 - The impact of parent training on at-risk children's biomarkers of aging , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: F31HD098825

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San Francisco, CA 94107
United States