Dr. Kate Nooner

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3756-649X

My research at UNCW in the Trauma & Resilience Laboratory examines resilience following childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences. I explore neurocognitive mechanisms pertaining to the prevention and treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress, and related difficulties in children and adolescents. I also use neuroimaging techniques, including EEG and MRI, as tools to evaluate and improve children's mental health, particularly following trauma and maltreatment in childhood. My extramurally-funded research includes identifying mechanisms of underage binge drinking in maltreated children, which is supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health (R15AA023251) and the National Consortium on Alcohol & Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (2U01AA021681).

There are 2 included publications by Dr. Kate Nooner :

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Retaining Adolescent and Young Adult Participants in Research During a Pandemic: Best Practices From Two Large-Scale Developmental Neuroimaging Studies (NCANDA and ABCD) 2021 973 The novel coronavirus pandemic that emerged in late 2019 (COVID-19) has created challenges not previously experienced in human research. This paper discusses two large-scale NIH-funded multi-site longitudinal studies of adolescents and young adults –...
Trauma’s distinctive and combined effects on subsequent substance use, mental health, and neurocognitive functioning with the NCANDA sample 2024 35 Purpose: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and potentially traumatic events (PTEs) contribute to increased substance use, mental health issues, and cognitive impairments. However, there's not enough research on how TBI and PTEs combined impact mental heat...