Tamara J. Sussman, PhD
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Overview
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Gender
- Female
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
- BA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Internship: Rutgers University
- Fellowship: CUMC/NYSPI Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Research
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Research Publications
- Sussman, T.J. , Baker, B. H., Wakhloo, A. J., Gillet, V., Abdelouahab, N., Whittingstall, K., Lepage,
J.F., St-Cyr, L., Boivin, A., Gagnon, A., Baccarelli, A.A., Takser, L. & Posner, J. (2021). The relationship between persistent organic pollutants and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder phenotypes: Evidence from task-based neural activity in an observational study of a community sample of Canadian mother-child dyads. Environmental Research, 112593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112593 - Im, S., Marder, M. A., Imbriano, G., Sussman, T.J., & Mohanty, A. (2021). Effects of a
Brief Mindfulness-Based Attentional Intervention on Threat-Related Perceptual Decision-Making. Mindfulness, 12(4), 959-969. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-020-01562-9 - Margolis, A. E., Pagliaccio, D., Ramphal, B., Banker, S., Thomas, L., Robinson, M., Honda,
M., Sussman, T.J., Posner, J., Kannan, K. Herbsman, J., Rauh, V, & Marsh, R.
(2021). Prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure alters children’s cognitive
control circuitry: A preliminary study. Environment International, 155, 106516. - Sussman, T.J., Santaella-Tenorio, J., Duarte, C. S., Wall, M. M., Ramos-
Olazagasti, M., Suglia, S. F., ... & Martins, S. S. (2020). Do trajectories of sensation seeking vary by sex and child maltreatment subtypes?. Journal of interpersonal violence, 0886260520943722. DOI: 10.1177/0886260520943722. PMID: 32783490. - Imbriano, G., Sussman, T.J., Jin, J., & Mohanty, A. (2020). The role of imagery in threat-
related perceptual decision making. Emotion, 20(8), 1495.
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000610 - Uniacke, B., Wang, Y., Biezonski, D., Sussman, T.J., Lee, S., Posner, J., & Steinglass, J.
(2019). Resting-state connectivity within and across neural circuits in anorexia
nervosa. Brain and behavior, 9(1), e01205. - Sussman, T.J., Weinberg, A., Szekely, A., Hajcak, G., & Mohanty, A. (2017). Here comes
trouble: prestimulus brain activity predicts enhanced perception of threat. Cerebral Cortex, 27(4), 2695-2707. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw104
*Dr. Sussman designed the task used, oversaw data collection, analyzed behavioral data, preprocessed and analyzed fMRI data, analyzed processed ERP data and wrote the manuscript. - Sussman, T.J., Szekely, A., Hajcak, G.H., & Mohanty, A. (2015). It’s all in the
anticipation: How perception of threat is enhanced in anxiety. Emotion, 16(30),
320-327. DOI:10.1037/emo0000098
*Dr. Sussman designed the tasks used, oversaw data collection, analyzed behavioral data, and wrote the manuscript. - O’Connor, M.F., Sussman, T.J. (2014). Developing the yearning in situations of loss scale:
Convergent and discriminant validity for bereavement, romantic breakup, and
homesickness. Death Studies, (38), 7, 450-8. DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2013.782928.
*Dr. Sussman co-developed the scales, collected data, analyzed the data, and co-wrote the manuscript. - Sussman, T.J., Heller, W., Miller, G.A., & Mohanty, A. (2013). Emotional Distractors Can
Enhance Attention. Psychological Science, 24 (11), 2322-8. DOI:10.1177/0956797613492774
*Dr. Sussman performed the analyzed behavioral data (which had already been collected) and wrote the manuscript.
Reviews, Chapters, Commentary
- Sussman, T.J., Jin, J., Mohanty, A., (2020), The impact of top-down factors on threat
perception biases in health and anxiety, In T. Aue & H. Okon-Singer (Eds.),
Cognitive biases in health and psychiatric disorders, Elsevier. - Sussman, T.J., & Posner, J. (2019). Neural Correlates of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo:
Biological Evidence of a Distinct Clinical Entity?. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(2), 164. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.08.015 - Sussman, T.J., Jin, J., & Mohanty, A. (2016). Top-down and bottom-up factors in threat-
related perception and attention in anxiety. Biological psychology, 121, 160-172.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.08.006 - Mohanty., A., & Sussman, T.J. (2013). Top-down modulation of attention by emotion.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 7: 102. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00102
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov