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Faculty Detail     Name MERIDA M. GRANT   Campus Address SC 1006 Zip 0017 Phone 205-975-5873 E-mail grantmm@uab.edu Other websites

Education Undergraduate  Temple University      BA  Graduate  Duke University      MA  Graduate  Duke University      PhD  Fellowship  Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at Pittsburgh      Postdoctoral Fellowship

Certifications State Board of Examiners in Psychology of the State of Alabama  2012

Faculty Appointment(s) Appointment Type Department Division Rank Primary  Psychiatry   Psych - Behavioral Neurobiology Assistant Professor Center  General Clinical Research Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Assistant Professor

Research/Clinical Interest Title Depression and Early Life Trauma; Mood Disorders Description Clinical Interests: Depression and Early Life Trauma Dr. Grant’s clinical specialization is adult patients with major depression. Research Interests: Mood Disorders Dr. Grant’s research is on causal and maintenance factors underlying depression. Work in my lab employs a translational approach to evaluate the relationship between stress (via sensitization mediated changes in pathways that underlie the stress response) and depression using multiple methods including, voxel-based morphometry, functional magnetic resonance imagery (fMRI), measures of peripheral physiology (e.g., skin conductance response), endocrine function, cognition and emotion.

Selected Publications  Publication PUBMEDID Grant M.M., Cannistraci C., Hollon S.D., Gore J., Shelton R. Childhood trauma history differentiates amygdala response to sad faces within MDD. J Psychiatry Res 45:886-895, 2011.  21276593  Treadway M., Grant M.M., Ding Z., Hollon S.D., Gore J., & Shelton R.C. Early adverse events, HPA activity and anterior cingulate volume in MDD. PLoS ONE, 4:e4887, 2009. doi:10371.  19325704  Riso L.P., du Toit P.L., Dacey S., Blandino J., Pena S., Duin J., Grant M.M. & Ulmer, C. Cognitive aspects of chronic depression. J Abnorm Psychol, 112:72-80, 2003.  12653415  Grant M.M., Thase M.E. & Sweeney J.A. Cognitive disturbance in outpatient depressed younger adults: Evidence of modest impairment. Biol Psychiatry, 50:35-43, 2001.   11457422  Grant M.M., Stringer E., Treadway M., Hollon S., Gore J. & Shelton R. Self-regulation of emotion: Modulation via coordinated dorso-rostral cingulate activity in MDD. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31:S198-S263, 2006.

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