Lakshmi Chennapragada, M.A.

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Doctoral Student

SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Experimental Psychopathology

San Diego

E-Mail: lchennapragada8513@sdsu.edu
Phone: [619-594-####]
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Fax: [619-594-####]
Links: lab website
Accounts: Google Scholar

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Areas of Research

Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Disparities, Implementation Science, Minority Mental Health, Community-Based Research

Bio

Lakshmi’s research broadly focuses on exploring the structural and cultural factors affecting mental health, suicide risk, and access to healthcare in minoritized youth populations. She is further interested in how community-based research can increase access to evidence-based interventions, prevent suicide, and promote mental well-being.

Mentors

Sylvanna Vargas, Ph.D., SDSU

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Education

M.A. in Clinical Psychology
Teachers College, Columbia University
B.S., Clinical Psychology
UC San Diego

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