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Adjunct rank detailsHedy Kober
Associate Professor Adjunct in PsychiatryDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Associate Professor Adjunct in Psychiatry
Adjunct Associate Professor of Law; Director, Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab
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Psychiatry
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- PhD
- Fielding Graduate University, RESPECIALIZATION in clinical Psychology (2021)
- PhD
- Columbia University (2009)
- MPhil
- Columbia University (2008)
- MA
- Columbia University (2007)
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Cognition; Emotions; Meditation; Mindfulness; Smoking Cessation; Substance-Related Disorders; Thinking
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0000-0001-9893-1046
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Jutta Joormann
Corey Roos, PhD
Reuma Gadassi Polack
Angela Haeny, PhD
Brian D. Kiluk, PhD
Rajita Sinha, PhD
39Publications
8,909Citations
Emotions
Substance-Related Disorders
Mindfulness
Cognition
Smoking Cessation
Meditation
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2025
Social Reorientation of Emotion Regulation: Changing Roles of Family and Peers During Adolescence
Ho E, Joormann J, Kober H, Gadassi-Polack R. Social Reorientation of Emotion Regulation: Changing Roles of Family and Peers During Adolescence. Emotion 2025, 25: 1447-1459. PMID: 39992789, PMCID: PMC12353143, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsER strategiesAssociated with greater useInterpersonal eventsEmotion regulationRegulation of negative affectDevelopment of emotion regulationPositive interpersonal eventsNegative interpersonal eventsEffective ER strategiesSocial interactionGreater useNegative affectLongitudinal designDaily diariesEffective ERER developmentEmotional climateOlder youthAged 8Younger youthAdolescentsFamily eventsPeer groupYouthPeerCombining Cognitive‐Behaviour Therapy With Mindfulness Training in a Digital Intervention for Binge Eating Disorder: A Single‐Session Pilot Trial
Sala M, Roos C, Kober H, Bricker J, Stern C, Plutchik J, John M, Haeny A, Feldman J, Aslan M, Hay J, Forman E. Combining Cognitive‐Behaviour Therapy With Mindfulness Training in a Digital Intervention for Binge Eating Disorder: A Single‐Session Pilot Trial. European Eating Disorders Review 2025, 33: 1051-1060. PMID: 40350587, PMCID: PMC12318168, DOI: 10.1002/erv.3204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsBinge Eating ScaleBinge eating episodesCognitive behavioral therapyEating Disorder SymptomsBinge-eating disorderEDE-QDisorder symptomsMindfulness trainingEating episodesGlobal eating disorder symptomsBinge Eating Scale scoresEating Disorder Examination QuestionnaireReducing binge eatingCognitive-behavioral therapyBinge Eating DisorderSingle-session interventionEnglish-speaking adultsCognitive-behavioralBinge eatingBehavioral therapyEating ScaleExamination QuestionnaireEating DisordersEpisodic questionsDigital interventionsNetworks of guilt, shame, pride, and disordered eating in youths show stability over time
Uddenberg C, Everaert J, Joormann J, Kober H, Gadassi‐Polack R. Networks of guilt, shame, pride, and disordered eating in youths show stability over time. Journal Of Research On Adolescence 2025, 35: e70019. PMID: 40317553, PMCID: PMC12048745, DOI: 10.1111/jora.70019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSelf-conscious emotionsDisordered eating behaviorsEating behaviorsDisordered EatingAssociated with restrictive eatingEating disorder riskPopulation-level stressorsRestrictive eatingWeight concernsDaily diariesDisorder riskCognitionAssociated with weight concernsEmotionsEatingGuiltShameNetwork analysis approachYouthBehaviorAdolescentsPrideStressorsChildhoodIntrospective access to value-based multi-attribute choice processes
Morris A, Carlson R, Kober H, Crockett M. Introspective access to value-based multi-attribute choice processes. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 3733. PMID: 40253424, PMCID: PMC12009298, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59080-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsDynamics Between Affect and Social Acceptance as a Function of Social Anxiety: A Person-Specific Network Approach
Gunther K, Edelman A, Petrie D, Kober H, Gee D, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Dynamics Between Affect and Social Acceptance as a Function of Social Anxiety: A Person-Specific Network Approach. Emotion 2025, 25: 46-56. PMID: 39207390, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEtiology of social anxiety disorderSocial anxiety disorderSocial anxietyPositive affectAnxiety disordersDevelopmental period of increased riskFunction of social anxietySocial anxiety symptomsDaily diary dataSocial acceptanceBenefits of acceptanceSocial experiencePerson-centered approachPeriod of increased riskRegulate affectAnxiety symptomsSocial cuesAnxietyAffectDevelopmental periodPerson-specificAdolescentsDiary dataReturn to baselineDisorders
2024
A smartphone app-based mindfulness intervention to enhance recovery from substance use disorders: Protocol for a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial
Roos C, Bricker J, Kiluk B, Trull T, Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Kober H. A smartphone app-based mindfulness intervention to enhance recovery from substance use disorders: Protocol for a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2024, 41: 101338. PMID: 39233850, PMCID: PMC11372603, DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsTreatment-as-usualSubstance use disordersRecovery outcomesLong-term recovery outcomesFeasibility of study proceduresFeasibility randomized controlled trialMindfulness-based treatmentsUse disorderRandomized Controlled TrialsEcological momentary assessmentIn-personMindfulness interventionPilot trialStudy proceduresControlled TrialsMomentary assessmentPublic healthEnhanced recoveryOutpatient treatmentMechanical variablesOutcomesTrialsAppsDelivery methodsIndividualsBack to Normal? Harnessing Long Short-term Memory Network to Examine the Associations Between Adolescent Social Interactions and Depressive Symptoms During Different Stages of COVID-19
Polack R, Zhang A, Kober H, Joormann J, Benisty H. Back to Normal? Harnessing Long Short-term Memory Network to Examine the Associations Between Adolescent Social Interactions and Depressive Symptoms During Different Stages of COVID-19. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2024, 52: 1621-1633. PMID: 38922462, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01208-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsDepressive symptomsSocial interactionMental healthPredicting Depressive SymptomsDaily social interactionsAdolescent social interactionsAdolescents' social environmentAge differencesDevelopmental periodAdolescentsSymptomsSocial environmentPre-pandemic patternsSocial influenceMemory networkStages of COVID-19Seventy-nineChronic stageLong-short term memory recurrent networkYouthDepressionDiaryCOVID-19AssociationIt's a balancing act: The ratio of maladaptive (vs. All) emotion regulation strategies is associated with depression
Gadassi-Polack R, Paganini G, Zhang A, Dworschak C, Silk J, Kober H, Joormann J. It's a balancing act: The ratio of maladaptive (vs. All) emotion regulation strategies is associated with depression. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2024, 180: 104600. PMID: 38950508, PMCID: PMC11323071, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2024.104600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEmotion regulationER repertoireER flexibilityER strategiesAssociated with psychopathologyMaladaptive emotion regulationEmotion regulation strategiesAssociated with depressive symptomsAssociated with depressionYears of adolescenceDaily-diaryAtypical developmentDepressive symptomsRegulation strategiesDevelopmental periodDepressionPsychopathologyEmotionsAdolescentsYouthYear levelSymptomsResearchBetter together: A systematic review of studies combining magnetic resonance imaging with ecological momentary assessment
Gadassi-Polack R, Paganini G, Winschel J, Benisty H, Joormann J, Kober H, Mishne G. Better together: A systematic review of studies combining magnetic resonance imaging with ecological momentary assessment. Social Neuroscience 2024, 19: 151-167. PMID: 39129327, PMCID: PMC11511639, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2024.2382771.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsEcological momentary assessmentMomentary assessmentMagnetic resonance imagingEcological momentary assessment protocolField of social neuroscienceFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSocial experienceSystematic reviewInclusion criteriaNeural substratesSocial neuroscienceSocial neuroscientistsSystematic review of studiesEcological validitySystematic review of papersSelf-ReportReview of studiesMultimethod studyReporting such studiesPeer-reviewed papersSystematic searchResonance imagingReview of papersNeuroscienceNeuroscientistsNeuromarkers in addiction: definitions, development strategies, and recent advances
Harp N, Wager T, Kober H. Neuromarkers in addiction: definitions, development strategies, and recent advances. Journal Of Neural Transmission 2024, 131: 509-523. PMID: 38630190, DOI: 10.1007/s00702-024-02766-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSubstance use disordersFeatures of substance use disordersResponse to treatmentNeurobiological basisAddiction neuroscienceIndividual treatment outcomesPsychiatric conditionsDetecting response to treatmentPsychological phenomenaNeuromarkersIndex riskSeverity of pathologyTreatment outcomesAbnormal processingAddictionPutative markerClinical practiceStable indicatorSevere pathologyAssess riskNeurosciencePathologyReview recent advancesDisordersTreatment
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honor Outstanding Mentor Award
10/14/2019International AwardAmerican Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryDetailsUnited Stateshonor Early Career Investigator Award
11/01/2018International AwardNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)DetailsUnited Stateshonor Teaching Excellence at Yale
04/17/2017Yale University AwardYale Center for Teaching and LearningDetailsUnited Stateshonor Helmsley Fellowship in Cross Disciplinary Science
06/16/2016International AwardHelmsley Charitable TrustDetailsUnited Stateshonor Scholar Award
07/01/2011Yale University AwardYale Center for Clinical InvestigationDetailsUnited States
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