Jacklynn Fitzgerald PhD
- Assistant Professor, Marquette University
- T32 in the Neuroscience of Mental Health Graduate
- Alumni
Jacklynn Fitzgerald is an Assistant Professor at the Marquette University. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Dr. Fitzgerald completed her undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Prior to going back to school she worked as a non-academic researcher in the social sciences in Washington, DC and pharmaceuticals in Chicago, IL. She earned her doctorate in Psychology with a focus on Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2017.
| Date | Topic | Category | Status |
| 04/10/2017 | Common and disorder-specific neural engagement during cognitive reappraisal across internalizing psychopathology | Past Event |
| Type | Page | Program(s) |
| Predoctoral Alumni | T32 Alumni | T32 Research Fellowships, T32 in the Neuroscience of Mental Health |
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I earned my doctorate in June 2017 in
Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) under the mentorship of Dr. K. Luan Phan. In Fall 2019, I will begin as an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) at Marquette University, Department of Psychology, where I will establish an independent lab studying the affective neuroscience of trauma and stress-response. In September 2017, I began a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Wisconsin –Milwaukee with Dr. Christine Larson (Department of Psychology). Currently, my research investigates disruption of the endocannabinoid system as a prospective predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms after traumatic injury. I am also investigating neural functioning during resting state as predictor of long-term PTSD and chronic pain, two common comorbid disorders. To continue these lines of work, I submitted and received a National Research Service Award (NRSA) F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship (scored in the 4th percentile) investigating the interaction between endocannabinoids and fear extinction neurocircuitry as predictors of acute, chronic, and changes to PTSD symptoms in traumatic injury. I was also the 2018 recipient of the American Psychological Foundation Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) grant for early career investigators examining to pursue research examining the relationship between acute opioid use and peripheral endocannabinoids as predictors of PTSD. In the completion of her PhD, I published four seven first-author publications and, co-authored two six additional publications, and co-authored a publication under review reflecting work conducted in Dr. Phan’s laboratory. In addition, I currently have two first-authored publications and one co-authored publication under review reflecting work conducted as a postdoc.