News

July 2021 | Abstract on Muse 2 Portable EEG accepted to IASR 2021 conference.

May 2021 | Increased Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Suicidal Ideation Severity in Acutely Suicidal Patients poster presented at 2021 SOBP conference by Dr. Kim.

May 2021 | Sarah Leung, freshman at Stony Brook University joined the lab

February 2021 | Dr. Ricardo Caceda interviewed for an article about his paper "Slower perception of time in depressed and suicidal patients" for PsyPost the article is linked here.

February 2021 | Joanna Weller, senior at Stony Brook University joined the lab

October 2020 |Vasilis, fourth year medical student at Stony Brook's Renaissance School of Medicine joined the lab

September 2020 | Marianne Rafiaa, sophomore at Stony Brook University joined the lab

September 2020 | Faisal Akram, senior at Stony Brook University joined the lab

September 2020 | Dr. Chacko's case report titled COVID-19-induced psychosis and suicidal behavior was accepted by SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine.

July 2020 | Julianne Mirmina joined the lab as the clinical research coordinator

July 2020 | Asha Job, fourth year medical student at Stony Brook's Renaissance School of Medicine joined the lab

May 2020 | Research intern Jasmine Chadha successfully defended her honor's thesis title Evaluation of pain sensitivity, using a temperature stimulus, in subjects with varying severities of depression. Dr. Caceda and Dr. Kim have been part of her honors committee.

May 2020 | Research intern Jaisy Lau was accepted to the URECA Summer Program for the summer 2020 cycle and has been awarded a $3,000 stipend for her efforts.

May 2020 | Dr. Chacko's abstract was accepted for the 75th Annual Society of Biological Psychiatry in New York, NY on the Examination of Factors Influencing Psychiatrists’ Assessment of Acutely Suicidal Patients in Various Clinical Settings

May 2020 | Dr. Kim's abstract was accepted for the 75th Annual Society of Biological Psychiatry in New York, NY on the Examination of the Temporal Association Between Pain Sensitivity and Suicidal Ideation Severity

March 2020 | Research coordinator Serah Narine accepted an offer at St. John's University's Clinical PhD program and will be attending in the fall.

January 2020 | Dr. Chacko joined Psychiatry's Consultation & Liaison Team as an Attending Physician

August 2019 | Dr. Chacko joined the lab as a Senior Resident Physician

May 2019 | Dr. Kim was invited to present her poster at the 74th Annual Society of Biological Psychiatry in Chicago, IL on the Reduction of Frontal and Temporal Cortical Thickness in Patients with Suicidal Behavior but not with Suicidal Ideation Only

Sept 2018 | Dr. Caceda was invited to speak at the 2018 Minority Health Symposium. "Acute Suicide Behavior"

Sept 2018 | Dr. Caceda was invited to speak at the 17th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour in Ghent, Belgium. "The link between psychological pain, physical pain and suicidal ideation."

July 2018 | Dr. Kim joined the lab as the post-doctorate fellow

April 2018 | Serah Narine joined the lab as the clinical research coordinator

Feb 2018 | Dr. Caceda in conjunction with Drs. Stevin Atkins and Constantine Ioannou spoke at a departmental lecture. "Denial of Suicidal Ideas After a Serious Suicide Attempt: Implications for the Inpatient Psychiatrist". Psychiatry Department, Stony Brook University.

Oct 2017 | Dr. Caceda was invited to speak at a departmental lecture "Probing the Role of Impulsivity and Pain Processing in Acute Suicidal Behavior". Grand Rounds, Psychiatry Department, Stony Brook University