Elly Daskalakis, M.S.

Pronouns: she, her

Doctoral Student

SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Behavioral Medicine

San Diego

E-Mail: edaskalakis@health.ucsd.edu
Phone: [619-594-####]
Location: [room number]
[address]
[City, State, Zip]
Mail Code: [1234]
Fax: [619-594-####]
Links: lab website
Accounts: LinkedIn

Areas of Research

EEG, Neuroimaging, Psychiatric Disorders, Brain Injury, Mental Health Outcomes, Cognitive Remediation

Bio

Elly is a graduate student in the SDSU, UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. She received a BA in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario in 2023 and an MS in Medical Science from the University of Toronto in 2025.

Her research explores the use of EEG and computational methods to understand brain function and mental health outcomes in psychiatric populations.

Mentors

Gregory Light, Ph.D.

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Education

B.A. Kinesiology
University of Western Ontario, 2023
M.S. Medical Science
University of Toronto, 2025

Publications

Bloomer, B.F.*, Parker, M.N.*, Byrne, M.E., Schvey, N.A., Brady, S.M., Bowling, A.I., Chen, K.Y., Nugent, A., Pine, D.S., Te-Vazquez, J.A., Turner, S.A., Yang, S. (in prep). A randomized control trial testing a smartphone delivered food attention retraining program in adolescent girls with overweight or obesity. Nutrients. * indicates co- first authorship
Bloomer, B.F., Bolbecker, A.R., Gildea, E.L., Tullar, R.L., Kennedy, D.P., Wisner, K.M., O’Donnell, B.F., Hetrick, W.P. (in prep). Multifactor analysis of postural sway in adults with and without autism spectrum disorder.
Bloomer, B. F., Larson, E. R., Tullar, R. L., Herms, E. N., Bolbecker, A. R., O’Donnell, B. F., Hetrick, W. P., & Wisner, K. M. (2024). Alterations in self-reported sensory gating and interoception in individuals frequently using cannabis. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2024.2332602
Cheon, B. K., Smith, M. R., Bittner, J. M., Loch, L. K., Haynes, H. E., Bloomer, B. F., … & Yanovski, J. A. (2024). Lower subjective social status is associated with increased adiposity and self-reported eating in the absence of hunger due to negative affect among children reporting teasing distress. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, jsae024.
Parker, M. N., Moursi, N. A., Adekola, P. E., Bloomer, B. F., Te-Vazquez, J., Nwosu, E. E., Lazareva, J., Jones, J. L., Yang, S. B., Turner, S. A., Brady, S. M., Chen, K. Y., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., & Yanovski, J. A. (2024). Youth’s energy intake during a laboratory-based loss-of-control eating paradigm: Associations with reported current dieting. Eating behaviors, 53, 101877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101877
Smith, M. R., Bittner, J. M. P., Loch, L. K., Haynes, H. E., Bloomer, B. F., Te-Vazquez, J., Bowling, A. I., Brady, S. M., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Chen, K. Y., Yanovski, J. A., & Cheon, B. K. (2023). Independent and Interactive Associations of Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status With Body Composition and Parent-Reported Hyperphagia Among Children. Childhood obesity (Print), 10.1089/chi.2023.0086. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2023.0086
Byrne, M.E., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Liuzzi, L., Holroyd, T., Parker, M.N., Bloomer, B.F., Nugent, A., Brady, S.M., Yang, S.B., Turner, S.A., Pine, D.S., Yanovski, J.A. (2023). Neural underpinnings of threat bias in relation to loss-of-control eating behaviors among adolescent girls with high weight. Frontiers in Psychiatry. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1276300
Moursi, N.A., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Parker, M.N., Loch, L.K., Bloomer, B.F., Te-Vazquez, J.A., Nwosu, E.E., Lazareva, J., Yang, S.B., Turner, S.A., Brady, S.M., Yanovski, J.A. (2023). Changes in Food Consumption, BMI, and Body Composition in Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(18), 6796. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186796
Purcell J., Brown, J., Tullar, R., Bloomer, B., Kim, D.J., Moussa-Tooks, A.M., Dolan-Bennett, K., Bangert, B., Wisner, K.M., Lundin, N.B., O’Donnell, B., Hetrick, W.P. Insular and striatal correlates of uncertain risky reward pursuit in schizophrenia. (2023). Schizophrenia Bulletin, 49(3), 726-737. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac206
Byrne, M.E., Burke, N.L., Higgins Neyland, M.K., Bloomer, B.F., Haynes, H.E., Loch, L.K., Te-Vazquez, J., Nwosu, E.E., Lazareva, J., Moursi, N.A., Schvey, N.A., Shomaker, L.B., Brady, S.M., Sbrocco, T., Tanofsky-Kraff, M. (2023). Negative Affect and Loss-of-Control Eating in Relation to Adiposity among Non-Hispanic Youth Identifying as Black or White. Eating Behaviors, 49, 101721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101721