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Dr. Drabick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University. Dr. Drabick’s expertise is broadly in developmental psychopathology, and more specifically in youth externalizing problems. Her work includes such areas as risk and resilience, co-occurring psychological conditions, contextual influences, and intervention. She has published articles related to most childhood conditions, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, and depression. Dr. Drabick is particularly interested in assessment of neurodevelopmental processes that may predict intervention outcomes and using advanced statistical techniques to understand the development of co-occurring psychological conditions. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, American Psychological Foundation, PA Department of Health, and Temple University (e.g., Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Office of the Vice Provost for Research). Dr. Drabick teaches a range of foundational and upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses related to clinical and developmental psychology. She has mentored many graduate and undergraduate students, who present their work at important conferences, publish empirical and conceptual papers, procure external funding, and obtain outstanding positions in a variety of medical and university settings. Dr. Drabick has served on more than 200 student defenses and has received numerous awards for her teaching and mentoring (e.g., Temple University’s Lindback Award, College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Teaching Award, Dept. of Psychology Excellence in Mentoring Award). Dr. Drabick has been a reviewer for DSM-5 Work groups, NIH grant review panels, numerous journals, and various conferences, and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Dr. Drabick also chairs the Department’s Statistics Curriculum Committee and serves on the College of Liberal Arts Graduate Committee. She is on the executive committee of Temple’s Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society where she has led initiatives to provide books and other resources to children in the North Philadelphia community, which reflects her deep interest in supporting community partnerships.