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Kelly E. Ferreira, PhD

Assistant Professor, Public Health Sciences


Academic Office Location: Child & Family Studies UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030
Email:	kferreira@uchc.edu

Education & Training
Committees & Organizations
Publications
Presentations

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BA	Clemson University	Psychology, Business Administration
MA	Pepperdine University	Clinical Psychology
MA	Catholic University of America	Psychology
PhD	Catholic University of America	Psychology, Human Development

Degree

Institution

Major

Clemson University

Psychology, Business Administration

Pepperdine University

Clinical Psychology

Catholic University of America

Psychology

PhD

Catholic University of America

Psychology, Human Development

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Beryl Anderson Conference Travel Award	Catholic University of America
Teaching Fellowship (2016-2018)	Catholic University of America
Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA)	National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Work-Waiver Scholarship (2014-2018)	Catholic University of America
Research Assistant Fellowship (2014-2018)	Catholic University of America

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Beryl Anderson Conference Travel Award

Catholic University of America

Teaching Fellowship (2016-2018)

Catholic University of America

Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Work-Waiver Scholarship (2014-2018)

Catholic University of America

Research Assistant Fellowship (2014-2018)

Catholic University of America

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year
Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Affiliation	External	National	2016
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Affiliation	External	National	2016
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Affiliation	External	National	2015
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Affiliation	External	National	2014
Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Affiliation	External	National	2012
American Psychological Association (APA)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Affiliation	External	National	2011
Psi Chi	Professional/Scientific Organization	Affiliation	External	National	2011

Name & Description

Journal Articles

Secondary analysis of one State's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) data by Individualized Education Program (IEP) Status.
Lutz, T. M., Ferreira, K. E., Noel, J. K., & Bruder, M. B Disability and Health Journal 2022 Oct;16(1):101393
State early learning and development standards: A unified curriculum framework for all young children.
Bruder, Mary Beth; Ferreira, Kelly E. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 2022 Aug;42(2):137-149
Parents of children with disabilities in the early months of COVID-19: knowledge, beliefs, and needs.
Bruder, M. B., Lutz, T. M., & Ferreira, K. E. Developmental Disabilities Network Journal 2021 Mar;1(2):
Suicide Postvention for the United States Military: Literature Review, Conceptual Model, and Recommendations.
Pak, Kyna; Ferreira, Kelly E; Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Marjan Archives of Suicide Research 2018 May;23(2):179-202
Baseline demographics, clinical features and predictors of conversion among 200 individuals in a longitudinal prospective psychosis-risk cohort.
Brucato, G; Masucci, M D; Arndt, L Y; Ben-David, S; Colibazzi, T; Corcoran, C M; Crumbley, A H; Crump, F M; Gill, K E; Kimhy, D; Lister, A; Schobel, S A; Yang, L H; Lieberman, J A; Girgis, R R Psychological Medicine 2017 Aug;47(11):1923-1935
Various neurocognitive deficits and conversion risk in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
Mourik, Kees; Decrescenzo, Paula; Brucato, Gary; Gill, Kelly E; Arndt, Leigh; Kimhy, David; Keilp, John G; Girgis, Ragy R Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2017 Jun;11(3):250-254
Sleep disturbances in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
Poe, Sarah-Lucy; Brucato, Gary; Bruno, Nicolina; Arndt, Leigh Y; Ben-David, Shelly; Gill, Kelly E; Colibazzi, Tiziano; Kantrowitz, Joshua T; Corcoran, Cheryl M; Girgis, Ragy R Psychiatry Research 2017 Mar;249240-243
Symptom profiles and illness course among Anabaptist and Non-Anabaptist adults with major mood disorders.
Gill, Kelly E; Cardenas, Stephanie A; Kassem, Layla; Schulze, Thomas G; McMahon, Francis J International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 Dec;4(1):21
The impact of emotion awareness and regulation on social functioning in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
Kimhy, D; Gill, K E; Brucato, G; Vakhrusheva, J; Arndt, L; Gross, J J; Girgis, R R Psychological Medicine 2016 Oct;46(14):2907-2918
Neural Dysfunction in Cognitive Control Circuits in Persons at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis.
Colibazzi, Tiziano; Horga, Guillermo; Wang, Zhishun; Huo, Yuankai; Corcoran, Cheryl; Klahr, Kristin; Brucato, Gary; Girgis, Ragy; Gill, Kelly; Abi-Dargham, Anissa; Peterson, Bradley S Neuropsychopharmacology 2016 Apr;41(5):1241-50
Social inference in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
Gill, Kelly E; Cressman, Victoria; Poe, Sarah Lucy; Steinfeld, Sara; Ben-David, Shelly; Keilp, John G; Moore, Holly; Turkstra, Lyn S; Corcoran, Cheryl Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2016 Feb;10(1):77-80
Stigma related to labels and symptoms in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis.
Yang, Lawrence H; Link, Bruce G; Ben-David, Shelly; Gill, Kelly E; Girgis, Ragy R; Brucato, Gary; Wonpat-Borja, Ahtoy J; Corcoran, Cheryl M Schizophrenia Research 2015 Oct;168(1-2):9-15
Assessing suicidal ideation in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
Gill, Kelly E; Quintero, Jean M; Poe, S Lucy; Moreira, Alvaro D; Brucato, Gary; Corcoran, Cheryl M; Girgis, Ragy R Schizophrenia Research 2015 Jul;165(2-3):152-6
Reasons for cannabis use among youths at ultra high risk for psychosis.
Gill, Kelly E; Poe, Lucy; Azimov, Neyra; Ben-David, Shelly; Vadhan, Nehal P; Girgis, Ragy; Moore, Holly; Cressman, Victoria; Corcoran, Cheryl M Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2015 Jun;9(3):207-10
Smell identification in individuals at clinical high risk for schizophrenia.
Gill, Kelly Elizabeth; Evans, Elizabeth; Kayser, Jürgen; Ben-David, Shelly; Messinger, Julie; Bruder, Gerard; Malaspina, Dolores; Corcoran, Cheryl Mary Psychiatry Research 2014 Dec;220(1-2):201-4
The subjective experience of youths at clinically high risk of psychosis: A qualitative study.
Ben-David, Shelly; Birnbaum, Michael L; Eilenberg, Mara E; DeVylder, Jordan E; Gill, Kelly E; Schienle, Jessica; Azimov, Neyra; Lukens, Ellen P; Davidson, Larry; Corcoran, Cheryl M Psychiatric Services 2014 Dec;65(12):1499-501
Family history of psychosis as a predictor or protective factor of social maladjustment in a population at clinical high risk for psychosis.
Poe, S Lucy; Gill, Kelly E; Brucato, Gary; Corcoran, Cheryl M; Girgis, Ragy R Psychiatry Research 2014 Nov;219(3):696-9
Symptom trajectories and psychosis onset in a clinical high-risk cohort: The relevance of subthreshold thought disorder.
DeVylder, Jordan E; Muchomba, Felix M; Gill, Kelly E; Ben-David, Shelly; Walder, Deborah J; Malaspina, Dolores; Corcoran, Cheryl M Schizophrenia Research 2014 Nov;159(2-3):278-83

Letters

Parental age and attenuated thought disorder in a cohort at clinical high risk for psychosis.
Poe, Sarah Lucy; Gill, Kelly E; Brucato, Gary; Girgis, Ragy R Schizophrenia Research 2015 Feb;161(2-3):511-2

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Meeting the health care needs of persons with disabilities	Talk	Connecticut Public Health Association (CPHA) Conference	2023	Plantsville, CT
Comparing the effects of state and trait emotion regulation on memory	Poster	Catholic University Research Day	2018	Washington, DC
Relationships between emotion identification, psychological symptoms, and social inference skill	Poster	Catholic University Research Day	2017	Washington, DC
The impact of emotion regulation and memory on social inference skills	Poster	Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)	2017	Dallas, TX
Effects of mindfulness versus loving-kindness meditation on emotions and sympathetic nervous system activity	Poster	Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)	2016	New York, NY
The impact of trait emotion regulation and memory on social inference skills	Poster	Catholic University Research Day	2016	Washington, DC
An analysis of the relationship between working memory, verbal and facial recognition, and social functioning	Poster	Catholic University Research Day	2016	Washington, DC
Facets of mindfulness, self-compassion, and eating behavior	Poster	Society of Behavioral Medicine	2016	Washington, DC
The face of major mood disorders among Anabaptist and non-Anabaptist adult populations	Poster	National Institutes of Health Summer Research Poster Day	2015	Bethesda, MD
Stigma of the high risk state for psychosis and its relationship with anxiety and depression	Poster	International Congress of Schizophrenia Research	2015	Colorado Springs, CO
Laboratory exposure to smoked marijuana in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: A report on safety	Poster	Society of Biological Psychiatry	2014	New York, NY
Associations of stress with symptoms in individuals at clinical high risk for developing schizophrenia: Implications for the development of social work interventions	Talk	Society for Social Work and Research	2013	San Diego, CA
Social inference in patients at clinical high risk for psychosis	Talk	Yale School of Medicine	2013	New Haven, CT
Social inference in patients at clinical high risk for psychosis	Talk	New York State Psychiatric Institute	2013	New York, NY
Self-reported reasons for use of cannabis among youths at heightened clinical risk for psychosis	Poster	American Psychopathological Association	2013	New York, NY

Title or Abstract

Type

Sponsor/Event

Date/Year

Location

Meeting the health care needs of persons with disabilities

Talk

Connecticut Public Health Association (CPHA) Conference

2023

Plantsville, CT

Comparing the effects of state and trait emotion regulation on memory

Poster

Catholic University Research Day

2018

Washington, DC

Relationships between emotion identification, psychological symptoms, and social inference skill

Poster

Catholic University Research Day

2017

Washington, DC

The impact of emotion regulation and memory on social inference skills

Poster

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

2017

Dallas, TX

Effects of mindfulness versus loving-kindness meditation on emotions and sympathetic nervous system activity

Poster

Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)

2016

New York, NY

The impact of trait emotion regulation and memory on social inference skills

Poster

Catholic University Research Day

2016

Washington, DC

An analysis of the relationship between working memory, verbal and facial recognition, and social functioning

Poster

Catholic University Research Day

2016

Washington, DC

Facets of mindfulness, self-compassion, and eating behavior

Poster

Society of Behavioral Medicine

2016

Washington, DC

The face of major mood disorders among Anabaptist and non-Anabaptist adult populations

Poster

National Institutes of Health Summer Research Poster Day

2015

Bethesda, MD

Stigma of the high risk state for psychosis and its relationship with anxiety and depression

Poster

International Congress of Schizophrenia Research

2015

Colorado Springs, CO

Laboratory exposure to smoked marijuana in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: A report on safety

Poster

Society of Biological Psychiatry

2014

New York, NY

Associations of stress with symptoms in individuals at clinical high risk for developing schizophrenia: Implications for the development of social work interventions

Talk

Society for Social Work and Research

2013

San Diego, CA

Social inference in patients at clinical high risk for psychosis

Talk

Yale School of Medicine

2013

New Haven, CT

Social inference in patients at clinical high risk for psychosis

Talk

New York State Psychiatric Institute

2013

New York, NY

Self-reported reasons for use of cannabis among youths at heightened clinical risk for psychosis

Poster

American Psychopathological Association

2013

New York, NY