Greg Perlman, PhD, a clinical psychologist, has joined the staff of the
Psychiatric Epidemiology Division of the Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University as a postdoctoral fellow.
He will work with Roman Kotov, PhD and others on the ADEPT project, a
longitudinal study of adolescent girls, which investigates the
associations between personality development, well-being, and
depression. Dr. Perlman’s responsibilities for the project include
training and supervising interviewers, analyzing data, grant writing,
and helping to prepare manuscripts for publication. He also will oversee
the EEG laboratory in Putnam Hall.
ADEPT is a joint project of
the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and the Department
of Psychology. It is funded by a $2.8 million grant from the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Roman Kotov, PhD is the principle
investigator. Drs. Daniel Klein and Greg Hajcak from the Department of
Psychology and Dr. Joan Broderick from the Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Science are co-investigators. The study is part of a
long-range effort by the NIMH to develop new methods for preventing
depression. As part of the study, adolescents will undergo an
assessment of event-related potentials in a new EEG laboratory in Putnam
Hall to identify and better develop biological markers of risk for
adolescent depression.
Dr. Perlman earned his doctoral degree
in Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research from the University of
Minnesota, where he studied physiological correlates of risk for
adolescent-onset externalizing psychopathology. He completed his
clinical internship at the University of California-San Diego. He
recently completed one year of training as an NIMH T32 Fellow in the
Neurobehavioral Aspects of Personality and Psychopathology at the
University of Minnesota. His research interests are in
psychophysiology, diagnostic system, psychological assessment,
behavioral genetics, and structural equation modeling.
