Maggie Taylor Davis, PhD
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Biography
Dr. Davis is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Yale Department of Psychiatry. In July 2018 she completed a T32 funded postdoctoral fellowship (Yale Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program) under the mentorship of Dr. Irina Esterlis, and transitioned to faculty status after obtaining an NIMH funded K08 award. Her research interests center on use of molecular neuroimaging methods to enhance understanding of the relationship between suicidal behavior and stress-related psychopathology. Under her K08 award, she is investigating the relationship between availability of mGluR5 (a mostly postsynaptic glutamate receptor involved in the regulation of emotion and pain experience), borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptom presentation, and suicidal behavior. Dr. Davis is also completing a study examining in vivo kappa opioid receptor availability in BPD, and its relationship to history of suicidal behavior. Ultimately, she hopes to build of this study and similar work to craft independent lines of research investigating molecular mechanisms subserving stress-related pathology (e.g., BPD, PTSD, eating disordered behavior) and suicidal behavior in service of novel, targeted treatment development
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral FellowYale University School of Medicine (2018)
- Predoctoral InternUniversity of Michigan/ VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (2016)
- PhDAuburn University, Clinical Psychology (2016)
- MSAuburn University, Clinical Psychology (2013)
- BAUniversity of Virginia, Psychology (2006)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Patterson Trust Mentored Research Award | Robert Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Trust | 2021 |
Loan Repayment Award (Clinical Research) | NIMH | 2019 |
Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship Award | Society for Biological Psychiatry | 2019 |
Yale Clinical Neuroimaging Conference Poster/ Presentation Award | Yale University | 2017 |
Departments & Organizations
- Janeway Society
- Psychiatry
- Translational Brain Imaging Program
- Yale Instruction/Investigation/Intervention in Emotional Lability and Dysregulation (YIELD)