Stacey M
Schaefer
Waisman Center for Brain
Imaging and Behavior
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1500 Highland Ave Rm S111
Madison, WI 53705
smschaefer2@REMOVE THIS
SECTIONwisc.edu
Currently I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working with Richard J. Davidson on identifying the neural circuitry of emotion, in particular, emotion regulation. In addition, examining the relation between activity in this circuitry and individual differences in state and trait affect as well as one's ability to identify and differentiate between emotions.
Education:
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. in Psychology (2006)
M.A. in Psychology (2000)
University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.S. with Honors in Psychology and
Zoology (1996)
Fellowships & Awards:
2005-2006 Critical Writing Teaching
Fellowship,
University of Pennsylvania
2004
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement
Award, National Science Foundation
2003-2005
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National
Institutes of Health
2000-2003 National Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship
2000-2002 HealthEmotions Research Institute Scholar
Award, Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion
2000 McDonnell
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship
1995-1996 Hilldale Undergraduate Research Award for
Honors Thesis Proposal: “The Relation Between Major Depressive
Disorder and Glucose Metabolism in the Anterior Caudate Nucleus,
Amygdala, and Hippocampus,”
University of
Wisconsin
1996 Gilchrist
Award for Undergraduate Work in Psychology: “The Role of the
Amygdala in Autonomic, Neuroendocrine, and Behavioral Responses to
Psychological Stress,” University of Wisconsin
1993 Sophomore
Summer Honors Research Grant, University of Wisconsin
1991-1995 Academic Excellence Full Tuition Scholarship
for Wisconsin High School Valedictorians, University of Wisconsin
Publications:
Irwin, W, Anderle, M.J., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M.,
Kalin,
N.H. & Davidson, R.J. (2004). Amygdalar interhemispheric functional
connectivity differs between the non-depressed and depressed human
brain.
Neuroimage, 21, 674-686.
Oakes,
T.R. Pizzagalli, D.A., Hendrick, A.M., Horras, K.A.,
Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M.,
Koger, J.V.,
& Davidson, R.J. (2004). Functional coupling of
simultaneous
electrical and metabolic activity in the human brain. Human Brain
Mapping. 21, 257-270.
Pizzagalli, D.A.,
Oakes,
T.R., Fox, A.S., Chung, M.K., Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer,
S.M., Benca, R.M., & Davidson, R.J. (2004). Functional
but
not structural subgenual prefrontal cortex abnormalities in
melancholia.
Molecular Psychiatry, 9, 393-405.
Schaefer, S.M., Jackson, D.C., Davidson, R.J., Kimberg, D.Y, & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2002). Modulation of amygdalar activity by the conscious regulation of negative emotion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14, 913-921.
Pizzagalli, D.A., Nitschke, J.B., Oakes, T.R., Hendrick, A.M., Horras, K.A., Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M., Koger, J.V., Benca, R.M., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., & Davidson, R.J. (2002). Brain electrical tomography in depression: The importance of symptom severity, anxiety, and melancholic features. Biological Psychiatry, 52, 73-85.
Pizzagalli, D., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Nitschke, J.B., Oakes, T.R., Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M., Koger, J.V., Benca, R.M. & Davidson, R.J. (2001). Anterior cingulate activity as a predictor of degree of treatment response in major depression: Evidence from brain electrical tomography analysis. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 405-415.
Rusch, B.D., Abercrombie, H.C., Oakes, T.R., Schaefer, S.M., & Davidson, R.J (2001). Hippocampal morphometry in depressed patients and control subjects: Relations to anxiety symptoms. Biological Psychiatry. 50, 960-964.
Schaefer, S.M., Abercrombie, H.C., Lindgren, K.A., Larson, C.L., Ward, R.T., Oakes, T.R., Holden, J.E., Perlman, S.B., Turski, P.A., & Davidson, R.J. (2000). Test-retest reliability of MRI-defined PET measures of regional metabolism in the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and anterior caudate nucleus. Human Brain Mapping, 10, 1-9.
Lindgren, K.A., Larson, C.L., Schaefer, S.M., Abercrombie, H.C., Ward, R.T., Oakes, T.R., Holden, J.E., Perlman, S.B., Benca, R.M., & Davidson, R.J. (1999). Thalamic metabolic rate predicts EEG alpha power in healthy controls but not in depressed patients. Biological Psychiatry, 45, 943-952.
Abercrombie, H.C., Schaefer, S.M., Larson, C.L., Oakes, T.R., Lindgren, K.A., Holden, J.E., Perlman, S.B., Turski, P.A., Krahn, D.D., Benca, R.M., & Davidson, R.J. (1998). Metabolic rate in the right amygdala predicts negative affect in depressed patients: An FDG-PET study. Neuroreport, 9, 3301-3307.
Larson, C.L., Abercrombie, H.C., Ward, R.T., Schaefer,
S.M.,
Jackson, D.C., Holden, J.E., Perlman, S.B., & Davidson, R.J.
(1998). Relations between PET-derived measures of thalamic
glucose
metabolism and EEG alpha power. Psychophysiology,
35, 162-169.
Teaching:
Psych009:
The
Psychology and Neurobiology of Emotion
instructor
fall
2005, spring 2006
Navigating
the Grant
graduate
grant advisor
fall 2004
History
107: Huntsman Program
writing fellow
fall 2004
Writing
across the University Senior Writing Fellow
writing
fellow advisor
spring 2004
Chem 22:
Vagelos Scholar Seminar
writing fellow
spring 2004
Psych125: Drugs, Brain, & Mind teaching assistant, website developer spring 2003
Psych149: Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience writing fellow and teaching assistant fall 2000,2001
Psych001:
Introduction to Psychology
teaching assistant
spring
2001
Community Outreach:
Kids Judge! Neuroscience
fair
resident gross brain
expert
spring 2004
Links:
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Penn
Laboratory for Affective
Neuroscience, UW-Madison
Waisman Laboratory for
Brain Imaging & Behavior, UW-Madison
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