Scholarly Publications

Richard J. Davidson, Center Director

Recent Publications

Charels-Leija, H., Kral, T. R. A., Tatar, R., Davidson, R., Castro, C. G., Ballesteros-Valdés, R., & Okamoto, M. (in press). Healthy Mind Index, Spanish Version of Core Dimensions of Wellbeing. PLOS ONE.

Hirshberg, M. J., Davidson, R. J., Velarde Arrisueño, L. B., Olvera Puentes, J. M., Medina Bardalez, X., Gonzalez, B. S., Goldberg, S. B., & Chernicoff, L. I. (in press). Effects of a digital wellbeing training with Mexican healthcare professionals: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine. NIHMSID: NIHMS2091576

Hirshberg, M. J., Heyroth, M., & Davidson, R. J. (in press). Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use. Annals New York Academy of Sciences. NIHMSID: NIHMS2080524

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Larissa G. Duncan

Recent Publications

Kamsickas, L., Stephens, J. E., Jackson, K., Heard-Garris, N., Bussolari, C. J., Vo, D. X., Moskowitz, J. T., & Duncan, L. G. (2024). Coping and Emotional Development for Adolescents to Reduce Stress (CEDARS): Pilot test of a school-based positive psychological intervention for adolescents. Discover Education, 3, 270. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44217-024-00370-w

Kerr, M. L., Botto, I., Byer, K., & Duncan, L. G. (2025). Critical socialization in white families: Lessons learned from an antiracist parenting program. Family Relations, 1-23. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.co...

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John D. Dunne

Recent Publications

Jiwani, Z., Goldberg, S. B., Stroud, J., Young, J., Curtin, J., Dunne, J. D., Simonsson, O., Webb, C. A., Carhart-Harris, R., & Schlosser, M. (2025). Can psychedelic use benefit meditation practice? Examining individual, psychedelic, and meditation-related factors. PLOS ONE, 20(2), e0310160. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310160 PMCID: PMC11819602

Colaianne, B. A., Hirshberg, M. J., Inkelas, K. K., Greenberg, M. T., Davidson, R. J., Germano, D. F., Dunne, J. D., & Roeser, R. W. (2025). Can the virtual implementation of a college course on human flourishing improve student flourishing during COVID-19? A multi-university study. Journal of American College Health, 73(4), 1837-1846. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2452968 PMCID: PMC11985306

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Simon Goldberg

Recent Publications

Ruan, H., Del Ventura, J. L., Katz, A. C., Meyer, W. J., Goerlitz, D. S., Chen, J. A., & Goldberg, S. B. (in press). Mindfulness practice time and quality in veterans with chronic pain: Results from a pilot study. Current Psychology.

Jiwani, Z., Xie, Q., Curtin, J. J., Riordan, K. M., Babins-Wagner, R., Caperton, D., Thompson, M. N., & Goldberg, S. B. (in press). Is employment status associated with baseline symptoms, engagement, and outcomes in naturalistic psychotherapy? Evaluation in a large community mental health agency. Psychotherapy. NIHMSID: NIHMS2095658

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Virginia Medinilla

Recent Publications

Ascoli, G. A., Gasparini, S., Medinilla, V., Migliore, M. (2010). Local control of postinhibitory rebound spiking in CA1 pyramidal neuron dendrites. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(18), 6434-6442. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4066-09.2010. PMCID: PMC3319664.

Medinilla, V., Johnson, O., Gasparini, S. (2013). Features of proximal and distal excitatory synaptic inputs to layer V neurons of the rat medial entorhinal cortex. Journal of Physiology, 591(pt 1), 169-183. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.237172 PMCID: PMC3630779

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Julie Poehlmann

Recent Publications

Cuthrell, H., Muenter, L., & Poehlmann, J. (2023). “When are you coming home?”: How young children cope when a parent goes to jail. Rutgers University Press. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/when-are-you-coming-home/9781978825703

Charles, P., Muentner, L., Jensen, S., Packard, C., Haimson, C., Eason, J., & Poehlmann-Tynan, J. (2022). Incarcerated During a Pandemic: Implications of COVID-19 for Jailed Individuals and Their Families. Corrections, 7(5), 357-368. DOI: 10.1080/23774657.2021.2011803

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Charles L. Raison

Recent Publications

Nicholas, C. R., Banks, M. I., Lennertz, R. C., Wenthur, C. J., Krause, B. M., Riedner, B. A., Smith, R. F., Hutson, P. R., Sauder, C. J., Dunne, J. D., Roseman, L., & Raison, C. L. (2024). Co-Administration of midazolam and psilocybin: Differential effects on subjective quality versus memory of the psychedelic experience. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-03059-8 PMCID: PMC11393325

Bradberry, M. M., Gukasyan, N., & Raison, C. L. (2022). Toward Risk-Benefit Assessments in Psychedelic- and MDMA-Assisted Therapies. JAMA Psychiatry, 79(6), 525–527. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0665

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Melissa Rosenkranz

Recent Publications

Ritz, T., Rosenkranz, M. A., Celedón, J. C., Davenport, P. W., Djukanovic, R., Feldman, J. M., Forsythe, P. Jajour, N. N., Vercelli, D., von Leupoldt, A., & Wright, R. J. (in press). Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives for the Disease of the Year 2023 Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine. DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001410

Liebscher, M., Laubacher, C., Imhoff-Smith, T.P., Birn, R.M., Klaus, D.R., Frye, C.J., Busse, W.W. & Rosenkranz, M.A. (2025). Resting-state Network Dynamics in Asthma: Interplay Between Depressive Symptoms and Airway Inflammation. Biological Psychiatry – Global Open Science, 5(5), 100527. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.10052 PMCID: PMC12180996

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Sarah J. Short

Recent Publications

Kral, T.R.A., Williams, C.Y., Wylie, A.C., McLaughlin, K., Stephens, R. L., Mills-Koonce, W. R., Birn, R. B., Propper, C. B., & Short, S. J. (2024). Intergenerational effects of racism on amygdala and hippocampus resting state functional connectivity. Scientific Reports, 14, 17034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66830-3 PMCID: PMC11266580

West, N. T., Harmon, B. E., Rawlett, K., Short, S. J., Spanier, A., Mathews, S., Kimble, K., McGehee, C., Ratliff, M., & Puett, R. C. (2023). Perceptions of mindfulness practices as a support for individuals managing caregiving responsibilities and chronic disease: A qualitative study. Chronic Illness, 20(1), 159-172. doi: 10.1177/17423953231170401

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Cortland Dahl

Recent Publications

Dyer, R. L., Zimmerman, K. M., Zhao, I., Xie, Q., Dahl, C. J., Quanbeck, A., & Goldberg, S. B. (in press). Developing meditation practice in individuals with elevated psychological distress via a meditation app intervention: An implementation science-informed qualitative investigation of barriers and facilitators. Psychological Services. NIHMSID: NIHMS2085540

Goldberg, S. B., Kendall, A. D., Hirshberg, M. J., Dahl, C. J., Nahum-Shani, I., Davidson, R. J., & Bray, B. C. (2025). Is dosage of a meditation app associated with changes in psychological distress? It depends on how you ask. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(2), 332-349. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026241266567 PMCID: PMC11949467

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Robin Goldman

Recent Publications

Gauthier, P. E., Chungyalpa, D., Goldman, R. I., Davidson, R. J., & Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D. (2025). Mother Earth Kinship: Centering Indigenous worldviews to address the Anthropocene and rethink the ethics of human-to-nature connectedness. Current Opinion in Psychology, 64: 102042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102042

Chungyalpa, D., Gauthier, P. E., Goldman, R. I., Vikas, M., & Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D. (2024). A Framework for Deep Resilience in the Anthropocene. Humanistic Management Journal, 10, 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41463-024-00195-7

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Dan Grupe

Recent Publications

Cohen, T. R., Reece, K., Hicks, A., Mejchar, D., Alonso, C., Cooper, A., Koenigs, M. R., & Grupe, D. W. (in press). The “Best of Both Worlds”: Building a community-academic partnership for research with legal system-impacted individuals. American Journal of Community Psychology.

Laboe, A. A., Heyrman, A., Vendlinski, S., Steinhoff, M. F., Kreckler, S., Ruud, C., Walsh, K., Grupe, D. W., Li, J. J., & Schaumberg, K. (2025). Weighing in: Clinician and Patient Perspectives on Discussions of Expected Body Weights in Eating Disorder Treatment. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24501

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Matt Hirshberg

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Tawni Tidwell

Recent Publications

Tidwell, T., Eisenberg, L. E., Fedotov, A., Kokurina, E., Boytsova, J., Desel, T., Sangpo, L., Norbu, N., Chokdrup, J., Tsering, D., Sherap, T., Chhonden, T., Dorje, Y., Lama, C., Lhundup, K., Jamyang, Lharkyab, Phuntsok, L., Wangchuk, T., Lhakpa, S., Namgyal, L., Dorjee, Y., Lobsang, T., Zhironkina, Y., Goldman, R. I., Namdul, T., Blake, K. E., Tesch, E., Sangmo, R., Dunne, J. D., Nagendra, R. P., Kutty, B. M., Rinpoche, T. T., Tamdin, T., Sadutshang, T. D., Davidson, R. J., & Medvedev, S. (2024). Delayed decompositional changes in indoor settings among Tibetan monastic communities in India: A case report. Forensic Science International: Reports, 9, 100370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2024.100370

Tidwell, T., Namdul, T., Lee, K. E., Riordan, K. M., Skopicki, N., Palkyi, T., Jungney, J., Blake, K., Cheme, J., Namseling, N. Y., Yangzom, D., Tsomo, T., Ridak, D., Gyal, Y., Dakpa, T., Nyinda, T. S., Nyinda, N. G., Youdon, T., Weil, A., Kalzang, Y., Wangmo, P., Dhondrup, R., Weirich, E., Craig, S., & Rosenkranz, M. (2024). Effect of Tibetan Herbal Formulas on Symptom Duration Among Ambulatory Patients with Native SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Integrative, 5, 100051. doi: 10.1016/j.bbii.2024.100051

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