Dr. Burke, Lillian, Katie, and Jess had the opportunity to attend the Life History Research Society Conference in Oslo Norway this summer. They collaborated with Dr. Spencer Evans from the University of Miami to present a paper symposium entitled Multi‑Informant and Contextual Influences in the Longitudinal Study of Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties.
We are so proud of the BADCO undergraduates who presented at the 2026 Frontier’s Research Exhibition on the Storr’s campus in May 2026! Groups work on these posts all year long. They brainstorm research questions, explore available datasets, and run their own statistics (with help from stats expert Dr. Burke!).
We are so proud of the BADCO undergraduates who presented at this years Frontier’s Research Exhibition on the Storr’s campus!
Eunice, Natalie, and Naz collaborated on a poster presentation entitled “Impact of Acculturation on Asian Parents’ reports of their ADHD Symptoms and Behaviors”.
Anisa led her poster presentation entitled “The Evaluation of Aggression and Psychopathy”.
Check out this debate-style article on the validity of the oppositional defiant disorder diagnosis. Spoiler alert: the answer is in the title!
Burke, J. D., Evans, S. C., & Carlson, G. A. (2022). Oppositional defiant disorder is a real disorder. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 27(3), 297-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12588
Oliver and Olivia, having completed their internships and passed their dissertation defenses, become the first BADCO students to graduate! Congratulations to our first BADCO emeritus members. 😥 
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Check out the lab’s recent review article in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America issue on Emotion Dysregulation and Outbursts:
Burke, J.D., Johnston, O.G., & Butler, E.J. (2021). The irritable and oppositional dimensions of ODD: Integral factors in the explanation of affective and behavioral psychopathology. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 30(3), 637-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2021.04.012 |
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Congratulations, Ari for winning a Pre-Doctoral Award from UConn’s El Instituto to support data collection in Argentina for her dissertation: “Physician Referral to Children’s Mental Health Services: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Contributing Factors”
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Congratulations to Ari Romano-Verthelyi for matching to an APA-accredited doctoral internship for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Ari matched to the Child & Adolescent Track at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY! |
First, M. B., Gaebel, W., Maj, M., Stein, D. J., Kogan, C. S., Saunders, J. B., Poznyak, V. B., Gureje, O., Lewis-Fernández, R., Maercker, A., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Claudino, A., Pike, K. M., Baird, G., Skuse, D., Krueger, R. B., Briken, P., Burke, J. D., Lochman, J. E., Evans, S. C., Woods, D. W., Reed, G. M. (2021). An organization- and category-level comparison of diagnostic requirements for mental disorders in ICD-11 and DSM-5. World Psychiatry, 20(1), 34-51. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20825