Maggie Taylor Davis, PhD
Assistant Professor of PsychiatryCards
About
Titles
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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
Appointments
Psychiatry
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Janeway Society
- Psychiatry
- Translational Brain Imaging Program
- Yale Instruction/Investigation/Intervention in Emotional Lability and Dysregulation (YIELD)
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine (2018)
- Predoctoral Intern
- University of Michigan/ VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (2016)
- PhD
- Auburn University, Clinical Psychology (2016)
- MS
- Auburn University, Clinical Psychology (2013)
- BA
- University of Virginia, Psychology (2006)
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
News
- February 23, 2021
Davis Chosen to Give Rising Star Showcase Presentation
- November 20, 2019
Yale Researchers Measure Ketamine's Effects on a Glutamate Receptor
- May 14, 2019
Biomarker Reveals PTSD Sufferers at Risk of Suicide
- July 17, 2018Source: Chronic Stress
Cerebellar and prefrontal cortical alterations in PTSD: Structural and functional evidence