LAUREL JOY GABARD-DURNAM, M.A.
Curriculum Vitae
Ljg2147@columbia.edu
EDUCATION
2014-present Columbia University, New York City
Ph.D. Student (transferred programs with advisor)
2011-2014
University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. Student, Developmental Psychology
Mentor: Nim Tottenham, Ph.D.
2011-2012
University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Developmental Psychology
2010-2011
University of Cambridge
M.Philosophy, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Nicola Clayton, Ph.D.
2006-2010
Harvard University
B.A., Neurobiology, Celtic Literature (minor)
Mentor: Charles Nelson III, Ph.D.
Summa cum laude in Neurobiology, Summa cum laude general honors
AWARDS AND FUNDING
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014-2016
2013
2013-2014
2013-2014
2013
2012
2012-2016
2012-2013
2011-2012
2011-2012
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellow, UCSB
Developmental, computational & methodological cognitive neuroscience topics
Graduate Student Advisory Council Travel Fellowship, Columbia U.
graduate school-wide competitive travel grant
New York Academy of Sciences Travel Fellowship
Psychology Department Travel Award, Columbia U.
Dean’s Fellowship, Columbia U.
Semel Institute of Neuroscience Graduate Travel Award, UCLA
Staglin IMHRO Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Pilot Funds, UCLA $9,000
(Role: Co-PI, PI: N. Tottenham)
Pilot Study on a Human Sensitive Period for Emotion Regulation Circuitry
Development
NIMH Early Experience, Stress, & Neurodevelopment Center Seed Grant $5,000
(Role: Co-PI, PI: N. Tottenham)
Pilot Study on Early Adversity-Induced Acceleration of a Human Sensitive
Period for Emotion Regulation
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program, UCLA
Neuroimaging Summer Institute Fellow, U. Maryland
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(NSF DGE-1144087), on tenure: 2013 - 2016
Graduate Research Mentorship Program, UCLA
graduate school-wide competitive fellowship for tuition & stipend
Chancellor’s Prize Fellowship, UCLA
awarded to 1 of ~ 60 incoming psychology graduate students
Distinguished University Fellowship, UCLA
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2010-2011
2009
2008-2009
2007-2008
2007
Lionel de Jersey Harvard-Cambridge Scholarship, Harvard U. $80,000
funded Cambridge U. M.Phil & travel, awarded to 1 (of ~100) applicants
Harvard College Research Award, Harvard U.
Harvard-Radcliffe Research Fellow, Harvard U.
with Gwyneth Lewis, national poet of Wales
Harvard College Scholar, Harvard U.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute summer research assistant, Cornell U.
PUBLICATIONS
Fareri, D.S., Gabard-Durnam, L., Goff, B., Flannery, J., Gee, D.G., Lumian, D.S., Caldera, C.,
Tottenham, N. (in press, 2015). Normative development of ventral striatal resting-state
connectivity in humans. NeuroImage.
Telzer, E.H., Flannery, J., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Gabard-Durman, L., Gee, D.G., & Tottenham,
N. (in press, 2015). “The Cooties Effect”: Amygdala reactivity to opposite- versus same-sex
faces declines from childhood to adolescence. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Humphreys, K. L., Lee, S. S., Telzer, E. H., Gabard-Durnam, L. J., Goff, B., Flannery, J., &
Tottenham, N. (in press. 2015). Exploration—exploitation strategy is dependent on early
experience.Developmental Psychobiology.
Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee, D., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K., Hare, T., Tottenham,
N. (2014). The development of human amygdala-cortical functional connectivity at rest from 4
to 23 years: a cross-sectional study. NeuroImage. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.03.038.
Gee, D.G.*, Gabard-Durnam, L.*, Telzer, E.H., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Shapiro, M., Flannery,
J., Lumian, D.S., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., Tottenham, N. (2014). Maternal buffering of human
amygdala-prefrontal circuitry during childhood. Psychological Science.
*authors contributed equally
Gabard-Durnam, L., Tierney, A., Vogel-Farley, V., Tager-Flusberg, H., Nelson, C. (2013). “Alpha
asymmetry in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorders.” J. Autism and Dev. Disorders.
Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Humphreys, K.L., Telzer, E.H., Hare, T.A.,
Bookheimer, S.Y., Tottenham, N. (2013). Early Developmental Emergence of Human
Amygdala-PFC Connectivity after Maternal Deprivation. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences.
Telzer, E., Flannery, J., Shapiro, M., Humphreys, K., Goff, B., Gabard-Durnam, L., Gee, D., &
Tottenham, N. (2013). Early experience shapes amygdala sensitivity to race: an international
adoption design. J. Neuroscience, 33, 13484-13488.
Tottenham, N., Phuong, J., Flannery, J., Gabard-Durnam, L., Goff, B. (2013). A negativity bias for
ambiguous facial expression valence during childhood: Converging evidence from behavior
and facial corrugator muscle responses. Emotion, 13, 92-103.
Tierney, A.L., Gabard-Durnam, L., Vogel-Farley, V., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C.A. (2012).
Developmental Trajectories of resting EEG power: an endophenotype of autism spectrum
disorder. PLOS one, 7(6): e39127.
Goff, B., Gee, D., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K., Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Tottenham, N.
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(2012). Reduced nucleus accumbens reactivity and depression following early-life stress.
Neuroscience.
Submitted:
Gabard-Durnam, L.*, and Gee, D.G*, Goff, B., Flannery, J., Telzer, E; Humphreys, K; Lumian, D;
Fareri, DS; Caldera, C; Tottenham, N. (under review). A Hebbian-like mechanism for human
amygdala-mPFC functional network development.
*authors contributed equally
Humphreys, K. L., Telzer, E. H., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gabard-Durnam, L., Gee, D. G., Lee, S. S.,
& Tottenham, N. (invited resubmission). Risky decision-making from childhood through
adulthood: Contributions of learning and punishment sensitivity.
In Prep:
Gabard-Durnam, LJ & Tottenham, N. Childhood as a sensitive period for medial prefrontal cortex
anxiolytic signal learning.
Gabard-Durnam, LJ, Goff, B., Flannery, J., Fareri, DS, Gee, DG, Lumian, DS, Caldera, C.,
Tottenham, N. Early life stress influences large-scale functional network development from
childhood to adulthood.
Gabard-Durnam, LJ*, O’Muircheartaigh, J. *, Tottenham, N., Deoni, S. (in draft) Typical
development of amygdala functional connectivity from 3 months to 5 years.
*authors contributing equally
Gabard-Durnam, LJ, Goff, B., Flannery, J., Fareri, DS, Gee, DG, Lumian, DS, Caldera, C.,
Tottenham, N. Effects of early life stress on the development of amygdala functional
connectivity and associations with anxiety.
Fareri DS, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Goff B, Flannery J, Gee DG, Lumian DS, Caldera C, Tottenham N.
Effects of early life stress on development of ventral striatal functional connectivity.
Goff, B., Gabard-Durnam L., Gee, D. G., Flannery, J., Lumian, D. L., Fareri, D. S., Caldera, C.,
Tottenham, N. Human chromosomal modification associated with early-life stress induced
adolescent depression and nucleus accumbens hyporeactivity.
Flannery, J., Gabard-Durnam, L., Gee, D., Humphreys, K., Goff, B., Caldera, C., Lumian, D.,
Tottenham, N. (in draft) The Impact of Early Life Adversity on Diurnal HPA-axis Function
Across Development: Potential Rescue by Sleep in Adolescence.
INVITED TALKS
2015 Columbia University department of psychology, New York City
“Developmental resting-state fMRI as a tool to inform both network development and restingstate signal composition”
2015 Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia
Gabard-Durnam, L., Gee, D.G, Goff, B., Flannery, J., Telzer, E; Humphreys, K; Lumian, D; Fareri,
DS; Caldera, C; Tottenham, N. Resting-state amygdala-cortical circuit development and
associations with previous experiences.
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2014 Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Gabard-Durnam, L; Gee, DG; Goff, B; Flannery, J; Telzer, E; Humphreys, K; Lumian, D; Fareri,
DS; Caldera, C; Tottenham, N. Hebbian-like mechanism for human amygdala-mPFC network
development.
2013 Society for Neuroscience, San Diego
Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee, D., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K., Tottenham, N.
Development of resting-state amygdala-cortical connectivity.
PRESENTATIONS
*authors contributed equally; denotes student mentee
Kumar, A., Choy, T., Gabard-Durnam, LJ., Goff, B., Tottenham, N. Parental mediation of
internalizing and externalizing problems for youth following early life stress. (2015). Stanford
Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Stanford, CA.
Kumar, A., Choy, T., Gabard-Durnam, LJ., Goff, B., Tottenham, N. Parental mediation of
internalizing and externalizing problems for youth following early life stress. (2015). UCLA
Science Poster Day, Los Angeles, CA.
Gabard-Durnam, LJ, Tottenham, N., Deoni, S., O’Muircheartaigh, J. Typical development of
amygdala functional connectivity from 3 months to 4 years. (2015). Organization for Human
Brain Mapping, Honolulu, Hawaii.
VanTieghem, M.*, Gabard-Durnam, L.*, Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee D.G., Humphreys, K., Telzer,
E., Caldera, C., Hare, T., and Tottenham, N. (2015). Effect of early adversity on emotional
appraisals: Implications for amygdala-prefrontal circuit development. Association for
Psychological Science, Boston, MA.
VanTieghem, M.*, Gabard-Durnam, L.*, Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee D.G., Humphreys, K., Telzer,
E., Caldera, C., Hare, T., and Tottenham, N. (2015). Effect of early adversity on emotional
appraisals: Implications for amygdala-prefrontal circuit development. Social Affective
Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
2015 Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston (oral presentation)
Gee*, D.G., Gabard-Durnam*, L., Telzer, E.H., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Shapiro, M., Flannery,
J., Lumian, D.S., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C.J., Tottenham, N. Maternal buffering of human
amygdala-prefrontal circuitry during childhood but not adolescence.
2015 Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia (oral presentation)
N. Tottenham, Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L. The Caregiver Stimulus and Development of Human
Amygdala-mPFC Circuitry.
Fareri DS, Gabard-Durnam L, Goff, B, Flannery J, Gee DG, Lumian DS, Caldera C, Tottenham N.
(2015) Normative development of ventral striatal resting-state connectivity in humans. Social
and Affective Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Silvers, J., Lumian, D., Gabard-Durnam,L., Gee, D.G., Goff, B., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., Flannery,
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J., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K.L., Tottenham, N. (2015). Early social deprivation alters
prefrontal-amygdala circuitry involved in fear learning. Social and Affective Neuroscience
Society, Boston, MA.
Callaghan, B., Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L., Telzer, E.H., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Shapiro, M.,
Flannery, J., Lumian, D.S., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., Tottenham, N. (2015). Amygdala
buffering following early parental deprivation in human children and adolescents. Association
for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Gee, D.G., Fareri, D.F, Caldera, C. Goff, B., Gabard-Durnam, L., Monti, M., Jovanovic, T., Casey,
BJ, Tottenham, N. (2015). Safety signal learning as a novel mechanism for fear reduction
during development. Oral session submitted to FLUX conference.
Gabard-Durnam, L.*, and Gee, D.G*, Goff, B., Flannery, J., Telzer, E; Humphreys, K; Lumian, D;
Fareri, DS; Caldera, C; Tottenham, N. (2014). A Hebbian-like mechanism for human
amygdala-mPFC functional network development. New York Academy of Sciences: Shaping
the Developing Brain, New York.
Gee, D.G.*, Gabard-Durnam, L.*, Telzer, E.H., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Shapiro, M., Flannery,
J., Lumian, D.S., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., Tottenham, N. (2014). Maternal buffering of human
amygdala-prefrontal circuitry during childhood. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC.
VanTieghem, M.*, Gabard-Durnam, L.*, Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee, D., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K.,
Telzer, E., Caldera, C., Hare, T., Tottenham, N. (2014) Early life stress-induced bias towards
positivity: Implications for amygdala-prefrontal circuit development. New York Academy of
Sciences Fifth Annual Aspen Brain Forum: Shaping the Developing Brain, New York.
2014 Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C. (oral presentation)
Fareri, D.S., Gabard-Durnam, L., Goff, B., Flannery, J., Gee, D.G., Lumian, D.S., Caldera, C.,
Tottenham, N. Normative development of ventral striatal resting-state connectivity in humans.
2014 Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C. (oral presentation)
Goff, B., Gabard-Durnam L., Gee, D. G., Flannery, J., Lumian, D. L., Fareri, D. S., Caldera, C.,
Tottenham, N. Human chromosomal modification associated with early-life stress induced
adolescent depression and nucleus accumbens hyporeactivity.
Goff, B., Gabard-Durnam L., Gee, D. G., Flannery, J., Lumian, D. L., Fareri, D. S., Caldera, C.,
Tottenham, N. (2014) Human chromosomal modification associated with early-life stress
induced adolescent depression and nucleus accumbens hyporeactivity. Flux Congress, Los
Angeles, CA
Silvers, J., Lumian, D., Gabard-Durnam,L., Gee, D.G., Goff, B., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., Flannery,
J., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K.L., Tottenham, N. (2014). Human amygdala-based aversive
learning following maternal deprivation. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee, D., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K., Tottenham, N.
(2013). “Development of resting-state amygdala-cortical connectivity.” Flux Conference,
Pittsburgh.
Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee, D., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K., Tottenham, N.
(2013). “Development of amygdala-cortical connectivity at rest.” Cognitive Neuroscience
Society, San Francisco.
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Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Humphreys, K.,Telzer, E., Tottenham, N.
(2013, July). “Early adversity alters the development of emotion regulation circuitry.” Poster
to be presented at American Psychological Association annual convention, Honolulu, HI.
Goff, B., Gee, D. G., Telzer, E. H., Humphreys, K. L., Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., &
Tottenham, N. Reduced nucleus accumbens reactivity and adolescent depression following
early-life stress. (2013). Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Gee, D., Telzer, E., Humphreys, K., Tottenham, N.
(2012). “Development of human amygdala-cortical functional connectivity.” Maryland
Neuroimaging Summer Institute.
Gabard-Durnam, L., Tierney, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Nelson, C. (May 2010). “Patterns of
hemisphere asymmetry in EEG activity in infants at high-risk for autism.” The International
Meeting for Autism Research.
Tierney, A., Gabard-Durnam, L., Tager-Flusberg, H., Nelson, C. (May 2010). “Developmental
Pathways in EEG Activity in Infants at High Risk for Autism.” Poster presentation at the
International Meeting for Autism Research.
Nelson, C.A., Vogel-Farley, V., Augenstein, T., Seery, A., Tierney, A., Gabard-Durnam, L.,Wagner,
J., Luyster, R., Tager-Flusberg, H. “Neurophysiological predictors of Autism spectrum
disorders.” Invited Paper Symposium. International Conference on Infant Studies 2010.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014
Teaching Assistant: Psychology 2480: The Developing Brain
Professor Frances Champagne, Columbia University
student evaluation rating: Average-1.4 (scale: 1(maximum) to 5), median review-1
2014
Teaching Assistant: Psychology 250 C: Advanced Psychological Statistics: Linear
Regression (graduate course for psychology PhD students)
Professor Jennifer Krull, UCLA
Designed and taught weekly sections and statistics labs using SPSS
student evaluation rating: Average -8.97 (maximum 9), median review-9
2014-2015
Processing fMRI data workshop series (co-leader)
3+ lectures on processing fMRI data for Columbia University Psychology Department
2014
Teaching Science Writing: training workshop (attendee), Columbia University
2013
Teaching Assistant: Psychology 161: Brain and Behavior Development
Professor Adriana Galvan, UCLA
Gave guest lecture: sleep, puberty, and the adolescent brain
student evaluation overall rating: Average -8.76 (maximum 9), median review-9
2012-2013
UCLA Psychology Statistics Peer Mentor
AD HOC JOURNAL REVIEWS
JAMA Psychiatry*
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SCAN*
NeuroImage
Developmental Science
NeuroReport
*with advisor
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
2014-2015
Columbia University Undergraduate Science Mentor 2014-2015
Panelist at events promoting under-represented minority participation in STEM majors
at Columbia University
2014
Columbia University Girls Science Day: Project Leader
Organized and ran hands-on experiments and a presentation for 60+ middle school girls
to introduce them to neuroscience principles and careers in neuroscience during this
event designed to inspire young women to pursue STEM careers
2013
UCLA Developmental Psychology “how to write the Ph.D. comprehensive papers”
panelist
2012
UCLA Psychology “How to apply for external funding in grad school?” panelist
UNDERGRADUATE/ POST-BACCALAUREATE HONORS PROGRAM MENTEES
* supervised mentee’s undergraduate honors paper
*Marie-Claire Matsuo (UCLA, now at UC Irvine School of Medicine)
*Agnijita Kumar (UCLA)
*Heidi Tan (UCLA)
*Tricia Choy (UCLA)
Alby Thomas (UCLA)
Marina Mainescu (Columbia University)
Alyssa Swearington (Columbia University)