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Alexandra Convertino, M.S.

Pronouns: Lexie

Doctoral Student
2018-Present

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

San Diego

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Areas of Research

Eating Disorders, Sexual Minorities, Minority Stress, Trauma

Bio

Broadly, I’m interested in the role of stress and coping within the development of disordered eating. I primarily focus on sexual trauma and discrimination as it interacts with body image and self-esteem.

Mentors

Aaron Blashill, Ph.D., SDSU

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Education
  1. M.S. Clinical Psychology
    San Diego State University
Publications
  1. Kennedy, B. C., Tran, P. V., Kohli, M., Maertens, J. J., Gewirtz, J. C., & Georgieff, M. K. (2018). Beneficial effects of postnatal choline supplementation on long-Term neurocognitive deficit resulting from fetal-Neonatal iron deficiency. Behavioural Brain Research,336, 40-43. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2017.07.043
  2. Kennedy, B. C., Kohli, M., Maertens, J. J., Marell, P. S., & Gewirtz, J. C. (2016). Conditioned object preference: an alternative approach to measuring reward learning in rats. Learning & Memory,23(11), 623-630. doi:10.1101/lm.042598.116
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