Shannon is a post-doctoral fellow who received her B.A. in psychology from Boston College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Temple University. She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at Boston VA Medical Center. Her research interests include the acute and long-term neurodevelopmental effects of fetal exposure to maternal psychiatric illness and stress.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Lipner, E., Murphy, S.K., Ellman, L.M. (2019). Prenatal maternal stress and the cascade of risk to schizophrenia spectrum disorders in offspring. Current Psychiatry Reports, 21(10), 99.
Ellman, L.M., Murphy, S.K., Maxwell, S.D., Calvo, E.M., Cooper, T., Schaefer, C.A., Bresnahan, M.A., Susser, E.S., Brown, A.S. (2019). Maternal cortisol during pregnancy and offspring schizophrenia: Influence of fetal sex and timing of exposure. Schizophrenia Research, 213, 15-22.
Mac Giollabhui, N., Breen, E.C., Murphy, S.K., Maxwell, S.D., Cohn, B.A., Krigbaum, N.Y., Cirillo, P., Perez, C., Alloy, L.B., Drabick, D.A.G., Ellman, L.M. (2019). Maternal inflammation during pregnancy and risk for offspring externalizing and internalizing symptoms: Fetal sex and timing matters. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 111, 96-103.
Ellman, L.M., Murphy, S.K., Maxwell, S.D. (2018) Pre- and perinatal risk factors for serious mental illness: Ethical considerations in prevention and prediction efforts. The Journal of Ethics in Mental Health. Open Volume 10 (June 15, Special Them Issue IV), 1-14.
Freeman, M.P., Lee, H., Savella, G.M., Sosinsky, A.Z., Marfurt, S.P., Murphy, S.K., Cohen, L.S. (2018). Course and predictors of depressive relapse in women undergoing infertility treatment. Journal of Women’s Health. 27(11), 1408-1414
Maxwell, S.D., Fineberg, A.M., Drabick, D.A., Murphy, S.K., Ellman, L.M. (2018). Maternal prenatal stress and other developmental risk factors for adolescent depression: Spotlight on sex differences. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46(2), 381-397.
Murphy, S.K., Fineberg, A.M., Maxwell, S.D., Alloy, L.B., Zimmerman, L., Krigbaum, N.Y., Cohn, B.A., Drabick, D.A.G., Ellman, L.M. (2017). Maternal infection and stress during pregnancy and depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring. Psychiatry Research, 257, 102-110.
Ellman, L.M., Cooper, S., Ered, A., Murphy, S.K., Maxwell, S.D. (2017). Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders: Biological Factors. In A.E. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Cohen, L.S., Viguera A.C., McInerney, K.A., Freeman, M.P., Sosinsky, A.Z., Moustafa, D., Marfurt, S.P., Kwiatkowski, M.A., Murphy, S.K., Farrell, A.M., Chitayat, D., Hernandez-Diaz, S. (2016). Reproductive Safety of Second Generation Antipsychotics: Current Data from the Massachusetts General Hospital National Pregnancy Registry for Atypical Antipsychotics. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173(3), 263-70.
Cohen, L.S., Viguera A.C., McInerney, K.A., Kwiatkowski, M., Murphy, S., Lemon, E., Hernandez-Diaz, S. (2015). Establishment of the National Pregnancy Registry for Atypical Antipsychotics. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 76(7), 986-9.
