Shawn Christ, Ph.D.,
Director
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Shawn Christ is the Director of the Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2004 from Washington University in St. Louis with a specialization in clinical pediatric neuropsychology. He later completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience at Washington University during which his training focused on the utilization of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology in humans and the study of the neurocognitive processes involved in deception and lying.
Dr. Christ is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri and an Adjunct Professor at the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Email: christse@missouri.edu
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Amanda Savarese
Lab Manager
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Amanda Savarese is the lab manager for the Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Missouri in 2009. During her undergrad years, she worked in the Clinical Neuropsychology lab as a research assistant and worked with Amanda Moffitt on her PKU project, conducting structural analyses using MRI images. While coordinating the various projects at the CN lab, she also helps collect structural and functional data at the MU Brain Imaging Center for a project studying inhibitory control in individuals with autism.
Email: SavareseA@missouri.edu
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Kimberly Bodner
Graduate Student
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Kimberly received her B.A. in psychology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She later received her MSc by Research in psychology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where she conducted research on executive function in children diagnosed with high functioning autism. After obtaining her graduate degree, Kimberly worked at the Autism Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, investigating the biological basis of autism (cognitive, brain, and genetic) under the direction of Dr. Nancy Minshew. Kimberly joined the Clinical Neuropsychology Lab in the fall of 2009. Her graduate research focuses on both behavioral assessments and structural/functional imaging to investigate cognitive and neurocognitive functioning in autism spectrum disorders.
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Amanda Moffitt
Graduate Student
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Amanda received her B.A. in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis in the spring of 2006, where she worked as a research assistant at the Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders on projects related to neuroanatomical differences in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia. She subsequently obtained employment as a research specialist at the University of Missouri School of Medicine where she continued her study of the neuroanatomy of prefrontal cortex under the supervision of Dr. Kristina Aldridge. Amanda joined the Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory in the fall of 2007. Using both behavioral and structural and functional neuroimaging techniques, her graduate research is focusing on the relationship between brain morphology, psychopathology, and neurocognitive functioning.
Email: MoffittA@health.missouri.edu
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Lindsay Brubaker
Graduate Student
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Lindsay received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University if Northern Colorado in 2005. While at UNC, she completed an honors thesis investigating inhibitory control and social problem solving skills in preschool children. Following graduation, Lindsay worked as a mental health counselor in the Psychological Special Care Unit at the Children's Hospital of Denver.
Lindsay Joined the Clinical Neuropsychology Lab in the fall of 2007 as a graduate student in the Joint Child Clinical/Developmental Psychology program. Currently, Lindsay's research interests are focused on inhibitory control and other executive abilities in children with autism spectrum disorders. In addition to working in the CN Lab, Lindsay has a clerkship position at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders where she assists with the Autism Diagnostic Entry Clinic. She is also part of the Training in Interdisciplinary Partnerships and Services (TIPS) for Kids program, which is the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) training program in Missouri.
Email: LindsayBrubaker@mizzou.edu
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The CN Lab Research Team
Pictured (left to right): Sara Isbell, Cassie Parker, Dr. Shawn Christ,
Brittany Waller, Maggie Marquardt, Kimberly Bodner, Amanda "Senior" Moffitt, Amanda "Junior" Savarese,
Stephen Estes, Nick Brown, Lauren Norton
Click on the picture above to see the Clinical Neuropsychology lab's response to peer pressure from redheads!
Current & past collaborators
Kristina Aldridge, Dept of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri School of Medicine
David Beversdorf, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri
Ye Duan, Dept of Computer Science, University of Missouri
Stephen Kanne, University of Missouri, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Judith Miles, University of Missouri, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Dawn Peck, Dept of Genetics, University of Missouri Health Care
Janine Stichter, University of Missouri, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Gary Yao, Dept of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri
Desiree White, Dept of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
Richard Abrams, Dept of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
Lab Alumni
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Melissa Hord was our lab manager from June 2008-2009. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Missouri in 2008. Her research interests center around the influence of children's relationships on the development of depression and anxiety. She hopes to become involved in intervention and prevention research within this focus area. Melissa will begin the joint developmental-clinical PhD program at the University of Maine in Fall 2009.
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