Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
PhD - Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Behavioral Health Consultant/Clinical Social Worker
Adjunct Professor, Fordham University, Online MSW Program
Impact of stress and adversity/trauma on neurodevelopment, symptom complexity, and mental health outcomes; ACES/Complex trauma; Adolescent perinatal mental health; Integrated Healthcare; Evidence-based practice
Lombardi, B.M., Bledsoe, S.E., Killian-Farrell, C., Lanier, Paul.,& Skinner, A. C. (2019). Child and adolescent polyvictimization and depressive symptoms in young adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Killian-Farrell, C., Rizo, C. F., Lombardi, B., Meltzer-Brody, S., & Bledsoe, S. E. (2017). Traumatic Experience, Polyvictimization, and Perinatal Depression in a Diverse Sample of Adolescent Mothers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Bledsoe, S. E., Wike, T., Killian-Farrell, C., Lombardi, B. M., Bellows, A., Sommer, A. R., & Sheely, A. (2017). Feasibility of treating depression in pregnant adolescents using brief interpersonal psychotherapy. Social Work in Mental Health.
Bledsoe, S. E., Rizo, C. F., Wike, T., Killian-Farrell, C., Wessel, J., Bellows, A., & Doernberg, A. (2017). Pregnant adolescents’ perceptions of depression and psychiatric services in the United States. Women and Birth.
O’Brien, J., White, K. &, Wu, Q., & Killian-Farrell, C. (2016). Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes of Sexual and Non-Sexual Abuse among Child Welfare-Involved Youth. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
National Research Service Award (NRSA), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Post-Doctoral Fellowship, #T32-HD40127
UNC Royster Society of Fellows - Jesse Ball DuPont Dissertation Fellowship, ($20,000 award) The Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
APPLES Internship Curriculum Fellowship ($6000 award), Carolina Center for Public Service, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
First Place Award, Social Sciences Division - University Research Day, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Summa Cum Laude, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
Society for Social Work Research
Society of Biological Psychiatry