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Abigail Powers is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has a significant research output primarily in psychology and medicine. Their work is concentrated in several subfields, including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, behavioral neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research covers a variety of topics related to trauma, mental health, and psychosocial development. Major themes include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Resilience and Mental Health

Abigail Powers has published frequently in reputable venues, among which the most common are:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors" (2021, Biological Psychiatry)
  • "GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors" (2023, American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "Adverse childhood experiences in African Americans: Framework, practice, and policy." (2021, American Psychologist)
  • "Evaluating the impact of trauma and PTSD on epigenetic prediction of lifespan and neural integrity" (2020, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • "Trauma exposure and stress-related disorders in a large, urban, predominantly African-American, female sample" (2021, Archives of Women's Mental Health)

The scientist collaborates extensively, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Vasiliki Michopoulos
  • Yara Mekawi
  • Jennifer S. Stevens
  • Negar Fani
  • Bekh Bradley

Abigail Powers' body of work addresses intersecting areas of trauma, genetic factors in psychiatric conditions, and health disparities, drawing on an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates clinical and sociopolitical dimensions of mental health.

Best Publications

  • Inflammation in Fear- and Anxiety-Based Disorders: PTSD, GAD, and Beyond.

    Vasiliki Michopoulos;Vasiliki Michopoulos;Abigail Powers;Charles F Gillespie;Kerry J Ressler

  • Is developmental timing of trauma exposure associated with depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in adulthood?

    Erin C. Dunn;Erin C. Dunn;Kristen Nishimi;Abigail Powers;Bekh Bradley;Bekh Bradley

  • The protective role of friendship on the effects of childhood abuse and depression

    B A Abigail Powers;Kerry J. Ressler;Kerry J. Ressler;Rebekah G. Bradley;Rebekah G. Bradley

  • The mediating role of emotion dysregulation and depression on the relationship between childhood trauma exposure and emotional eating

    Vasiliki Michopoulos;Vasiliki Michopoulos;Abigail Powers;Carla Moore;Stephanie Villarreal

  • Neurobiological Development in the Context of Childhood Trauma.

    Dorthie Cross;Negar Fani;Abigail Powers;Bekh Bradley

  • PTSD, emotion dysregulation, and dissociative symptoms in a highly traumatized sample

    Abigail Powers;Dorthie Cross;Negar Fani;Bekh Bradley

  • Exposure to Childhood Abuse and Later Substance Use: Indirect Effects of Emotion Dysregulation and Exposure to Trauma

    Amar Mandavia;Gabriella G. N. Robinson;Bekh Bradley;Bekh Bradley;Kerry J. Ressler;Kerry J. Ressler

  • Developmental timing of trauma exposure and emotion dysregulation in adulthood: Are there sensitive periods when trauma is most harmful?

    Erin C. Dunn;Erin C. Dunn;Kristen Nishimi;Stephanie H. Gomez;Abigail Powers

  • Emotion dysregulation as a mediator between childhood emotional abuse and current depression in a low-income African-American sample.

    Thomas Crow;Dorthie Cross;Abigail Powers;Bekh Bradley

  • Gene × Environment Determinants of Stress- and Anxiety-Related Disorders.

    Sumeet Sharma;Abigail Powers;Bekh Bradley;Kerry J. Ressler

  • GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors.

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  • Childhood trauma, PTSD, and problematic alcohol and substance use in low-income, African-American men and women

    Dorthie Cross;Thomas Crow;Abigail Powers;Bekh Bradley

  • Differential predictors of DSM-5 PTSD and ICD-11 complex PTSD among African American women.

    Abigail Powers;Negar Fani;Sierra Carter;Dorthie Cross

  • Adverse childhood experiences in African Americans: Framework, practice, and policy

    Joya N. Hampton-Anderson;Sierra Carter;Negar Fani;Charles F. Gillespie

  • Evaluating the impact of trauma and PTSD on epigenetic prediction of lifespan and neural integrity.

    Seyma Katrinli;Jennifer S. Stevens;Agaz H. Wani;Adriana Lori

  • Associations Between Childhood Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Implicit Emotion Regulation Deficits: Evidence From a Low-Income, Inner-City Population.

    Abigail Powers;Amit Etkin;Anett Gyurak;Bekh Bradley

  • Trauma exposure and stress-related disorders in a large, urban, predominantly African-American, female sample.

    Rachel L Gluck;Georgina E Hartzell;Hayley D Dixon;Vasiliki Michopoulos

  • Emotion dysregulation is associated with increased prospective risk for chronic PTSD development.

    Ioana Pencea;Adam P. Munoz;Jessica L. Maples-Keller;Devika Fiorillo

  • Interpersonal Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Black Women: Does Racial Discrimination Matter?

    Yara Mekawi;Sierra Carter;Brittney Brown;Ana Martinez de Andino

  • Trauma, psychiatric disorders, and treatment history among pregnant African American women.

    Abigail Powers;Briana Woods-Jaeger;Jennifer S Stevens;Bekh Bradley

  • Childhood trauma, PTSD, and psychosis: Findings from a highly traumatized, minority sample

    Abigail Powers;Negar Fani;Dorthie Cross;Kerry J. Ressler

  • Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors

    Niamh Mullins;Jooeun Kang;Adrian I Campos;Adrian I Campos;Jonathan R I Coleman;Jonathan R I Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Tanja Jovanovic
Tanja Jovanovic Wayne State University
Negar Fani
Negar Fani Emory University
Seth D. Norrholm
Seth D. Norrholm Wayne State University
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Erin C. Dunn
Erin C. Dunn Harvard University
Nadine J. Kaslow
Nadine J. Kaslow Emory University
Karen N. Conneely
Karen N. Conneely Emory University
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

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