Candace Killian-Farrell, PhD, LCSW

Fellowship

Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Board Certification

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Graduate Degree

PhD - Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Abstracts

2018

Killian-Farrell, C., Graham, J., Williams, A., Bizzell, J., Waltz, H., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A. (2018). Aberrant Stress Physiology and Brain Function in Adolescents with Arousal-Related Psychopathology. Biological Psychiatry: Supplement: 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting.

2017

Killian-Farrell, C., Williams, A., Bizzell, J., Waltz, H., Andersen, E., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A. (2017). Maturation of Stress Regulatory Brain Circuits. Biological Psychiatry: Supplement: 72nd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting, 81, (10s).

Posters and Presentations

National Presentaions

2019

Killian-Farrell, C.*, Bizzell, J., Graham, J., Waltz, H., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A. (2019). Victimization Exposure is Associated with Altered Adolescent Brain Function during Stress”, Oral Paper Presentation, Society for Social Work and Research 23rd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Killian-Farrell, C.*, Williams, A., Bizzell, J., Graham, J., Andersen, E., Waltz, H., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A. (2019). “Aberrant Development of Stress Response and

Neural Circuitry in Adolescents with Clinical Symptomology”, Oral Paper Presentation, Society for Social Work and Research 23rd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

2018

Killian-Farrell, C.*, Graham, J., Williams, A., Bizzell, J., Waltz, H., Pruessner, J., Campbell, A. & Belger, A. (2018). Stress Effects on Neural Circuitry Maturation in Children with Arousal-Related Psychopathology. Poster, Society of Biological Psychiatry, 73rd Annual Scientific convention and Meeting, New York, NY.

Killian-Farrell, C., Williams, A., Bizzell, J., Graham, J., Andersen, E., Waltz, H., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A. (2018). "Stress and Anxiety Impact Maturation of Adolescent Neural Circuitry Involved in Emotion and Reward Processing". Poster, Society for Social Work and Research 22nd Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

2017

Killian-Farrell, C., Williams, A*., Bizzell, J., Waltz, H., Andersen, E., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A. (2017). Maturation of Stress Regulatory Brain Circuits. Society for Biological Psychiatry 72nd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Lombardi, B.M., Killian-Farrell, C., Bledsoe, S.E. (2017). Understanding the Impact of Child and Adolescent Polyvictimization on Young Adult Depressive Symptoms. Poster Presentation, Society for Social Work and Research 21st Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

2016

Killian-Farrell, C., Bledsoe, S. E*., Fraga, C., Lombardi, B.M. & Meltzer-Brody, S. (2016). Interpersonal Trauma in Low-Income Adolescent Mothers: The Epidemiology of an Unrecognized Epidemic. Paper, Society for Social Work and Research 20th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Killian-Farrell, C., Lombardi, B. M.*, Bledsoe, S. E., Nguyen, C., Jefferson, E., Rizo, C., O’Brien, J., Coleman, K., & Snyder, S. (2016). Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Maltreated Adolescents in the Child Welfare System: A Systematic Review. Poster, Society for Social Work and Research 20th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Killian-Farrell, C., Rizo, C., Lombardi, B.M., Bledsoe, S. E*., Meltzer-Brody, S. (2016). Predicting Perinatal Depression in Low-Income Adolescent Mothers: The Role of Interpersonal Trauma and Polytraumatization. Paper, Society for Social Work and Research 20th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

2015

Killian-Farrell, C., O’Brien, J.,* Lombardi, B., Nguyen, C. & Bledsoe, S. E. (2015). A systematic review of interventions for maltreated adolescents coping with complex trauma: Implications for social work practice. Paper, Society for Social Work and Research 19th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Killian-Farrell, C., Van Tilburg, M., Dubowitz, H., English, D., Goldston, D., Kotch, J., Litrownik, A., Runyan, D., and Thompson, R. (2015). Child Maltreatment, Depression and Suicide in Adolescents with Functional Pain: A Path Analysis. Paper, Society for Social Work and Research 19th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. (withdrawn-could not attend)