Lara Chepenik, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of PsychiatryDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Psychiatry
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Emergency Medicine
Secondary
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Psychiatry
Yale NH Psych Hospital, 184 Liberty Street
New Haven, CT 06519
United States
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Chepenik is a psychiatrist in the Crisis Intervention Unit, a specialty unit of the Emergency Department for patients with psychiatric disorders. Active research interests include topics in administrative psychiatry: their design, administration and analysis of performance metrics. Previous work focused on cognitive neuroscience approaches to Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder including use of neuroimaging techniques to map areas of affective and cognitive dysregulation associated with these disorders.
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Psychiatry
Assistant ProfessorPrimaryEmergency Medicine
Assistant ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Emergency Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Fellowship
- Yale University School of Medicine (2007)
- Fellowship
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2005)
- Residency
- University of Pennsylvania Hospital (2003)
- PhD
- Thomas Jefferson University (1999)
- MD
- Thomas Jefferson Medical College (1999)
- BA
- Douglass College/Rutgers University, Philosophy (1990)
Board Certifications
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2007
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Biological Psychiatry; Mood Disorders
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Lara Chepenik's published research.
Carolyn Fredericks, MD
James Duncan, PhD
Joel Gelernter, MD
Lawrence Staib, PhD
Publications
2012
Structure–function associations in hippocampus in bipolar disorder
Chepenik LG, Wang F, Spencer L, Spann M, Kalmar JH, Womer F, Edmiston E, Pittman B, Blumberg HP. Structure–function associations in hippocampus in bipolar disorder. Biological Psychology 2012, 90: 18-22. PMID: 22342942, PMCID: PMC3319637, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSmaller hippocampus volumesBipolar disorderHippocampus volumeMemory deficitsCalifornia Verbal Learning Test-Second EditionImpaired performanceHealthy comparison subjectsVerbal memory impairmentVerbal memory functionVerbal memory deficitsAntidepressant medicationStructure-function associationsBD subjectsBD groupHC groupComparison subjectsHippocampus structureMemory impairmentPotential associationMagnetic resonance imagesImproved memoryMemory functionResonance imagesSubjectsDeficits
2008
Effects of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Growth Factor Val66Met Variation on Hippocampus Morphology in Bipolar Disorder
Chepenik LG, Fredericks C, Papademetris X, Spencer L, Lacadie C, Wang F, Pittman B, Duncan JS, Staib LH, Duman RS, Gelernter J, Blumberg HP. Effects of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Growth Factor Val66Met Variation on Hippocampus Morphology in Bipolar Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008, 34: 944-951. PMID: 18704093, PMCID: PMC2837582, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSmaller hippocampus volumesHippocampus volumeBipolar disorderBDNF genotypeBD diagnosisMood disorder pathophysiologyBDNF Val66Met polymorphismHigh-resolution magnetic resonanceHealthy comparison subjectsVal/Val homozygotesEffect of diagnosisLinear mixed model analysisVal66Met polymorphismGrowth factor proteinBD subgroupsDisorder pathophysiologyHC subjectsHippocampal developmentComparison subjectsMixed model analysisHippocampus structureBDNFHippocampus morphologyAnterior hippocampusVal homozygotes
2007
The Influence of Sad Mood on Cognition
Chepenik LG, Cornew LA, Farah MJ. The Influence of Sad Mood on Cognition. Emotion 2007, 7: 802-811. PMID: 18039049, DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.4.802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSad moodSingle cognitive abilityFacial emotion recognitionEffects of moodEmotional wordsCognitive processesEmotional stimuliCognitive abilitiesEmotion recognitionExecutive functionNeural substratesMood effectsDepressed individualsCognitionMoodRobust findingsBrain regionsMemoryOverlapping networkPervasive effectsFleeting natureStimuliNeuroimagingPerceptionWords
Others
- Chepenik, LG. (2013) Administrative Psychiatry. In L. Zun, L.G. Chepenik, and M.N. Mallory (Eds.), Behavioral Emergencies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Yale NH Psych Hospital, 184 Liberty Street
New Haven, CT 06519
United States