Laura E. Padilla

Grad Program
Class of
2019


Entering Class: 2019

Education:
Northwestern University
Neuroscience and Spanish majors
B.A., 2017

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Advisory Committee, 2019-2021
  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2021-2024 (co-chair 2023-2024)
  • JEDI Committee, 2020-2025
  • WISM, 2024-2025


Thesis Advisor: Kathryn Cullen, M.D.

Thesis Research

Intersection between pubertal development, risk and resilience in psychiatric disorders.

Publications

Cullen KR, DiMaggio-Potter ME, Klimes-Dougan B, Bernstein GA, Koutstaal W, Reigstad K, Padilla LE, Mueller BA, Wu P, Schneck D, Abebaw E, Fiecas MB, Asojo A, Mejia A, Oicherman B, Taniguchi Y. The Impact of a Creativity Camp Intervention on Depression and Well-Being in Adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Oct 16. Online ahead of print.

Wiglesworth A, Fiecas MB, Xu M, Neher AT, Padilla L, Carosella KA, Roediger DJ, Mueller BA, Luciana M, Klimes-Dougan B, Cullen KR. Sex and age variations in the impact of puberty on cortical thickness and associations with internalizing symptoms and suicidal ideation in early adolescence. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2023 Feb;59:101195. PMCID: PMC9849871

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Cullen KR, Padilla LE, Papke VN, Klimes-Dougan B. New Somatic Treatments for Child and Adolescent Depression. Curr Treat Options Psychiatry. 2019 Dec;6(4):380-400. PMCID: PMC7732147

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