Justine Chen, B.A.

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Pronouns: Justine
Doctoral Student
Clinical Psychology (JDP)
SDSU/ UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Collage of Sciences

SDSU / UC San Diego

Building/Location

5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182

Website Links

Bio

I am broadly interested in understanding the underlying mechanisms that shape how substance use, particularly cannabis and methamphetamine use, impacts neurocognition and behavior in individuals with HIV and psychiatric conditions.

My research interests integrate neuroimaging, biomarker, and behavioral data to better understand substance-related outcomes.

Education

  • B.A., Barnard College. Major: Psychology

Areas of Specialization

  • Neuropsychology, Cognition, Cannabis, HIV, Neuroinflammation, Neuroimaging

Mentors

Presentations

    • Chen, J.T., Carroll, A.R., Knyazhanskaya, E.E., Rizzoni, E., Coleman, M.J., Bouix S., Varca N., Mesholam-Gately, R., Shenton, M.E., & Lewandowski, K.E. (2021, April). Investigating Sex as a Predictor of Symptom Severity in First Episode Psychosis Patients with Comorbid Substance Use Disorder. Poster presented at Harvard Psychiatry Research Conference (Mysell). Virtual.
    • Chen, J.T., Seitz-Holland, J., Makris, N., Kubicki, M., Pawlak, M., Szwed, K., & Kroliczak, G. (2022, March). Manual Praxis, Language, Handedness, and Their Links to White Matter Structure. Poster presented at Harvard Psychiatry Research Conference (Mysell). Virtual.
    • Chen, J.T., Zhang, R., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2023, April). How do adolescents respond to legal cannabis advertisements? Poster presented at 10th Annual UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.
    • Patel, I., Chen, J.T., Ramsundarsingh, S., Ghahremani, D.G. (2023, April). Associations between Adverse Childhood Experience and Impulsivity in Adolescents Facing Health Disparities. Poster presented at UCLA Undergraduate Research Week 2023. Los Angeles, CA.
    • Chen, J.T., Zhang, R., Chabin, N., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2023, November). Neurobehavioral responses to legal cannabis advertisements in youth and adults: Preliminary findings with policy implications. Poster presented at Neuroscience 2023 hosted by the Society for Neuroscience. Washington, D.C.
    • Chen, J.T., Zhang, R., Chabin, N., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2023, November). Neurobehavioral responses to legal cannabis advertisements in youth and adults: Preliminary findings with policy implications. Poster presented at 33rd Annual UCLA Brain Research Institute Neuroscience Poster Day. Los Angeles, CA.
    • Chen, J.T., Chabin, N., Ramsundarsingh, S., Ghahremani, D.G. (2024, May). Adolescent emotion dysregulation mediates impact of adverse childhood experiences on impulsive behavior: role of amygdala structure and function. Poster presented at Society of Biological Psychiatry 2024. Austin, TX.
    • Chen, J.T., Chabin, N., Zhang, R., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2024, June). Neurobehavioral responses to legal cannabis advertisements in youth and adults. Poster presented at Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference 2024. Seoul, Korea.
    • Chen, J.T., Wang, H., Zhang, R., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2025, April). Predicting the impact of cannabis marketing on desire to use: A machine learning approach using neurobehavioral responses. Poster accepted to Society of Biological Psychiatry 2025. Toronto, ON.
    • Chen, J.T., Zhang, R., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2025, May). The effect of cannabis advertisements on desire to use: influence of behavioral traits. Poster accepted to American Psychiatric Association 2025 Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA.
    • Abbaraju, E., Chen, J.T., Zhang, R., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2025, May). Autonomic arousal and behavioral responses to legal cannabis advertisements: Effects of age and regular cannabis use. Poster presented at UCLA Semel Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025. Los Angeles, CA.
    • Chao, M., Chen, J.T., Simard, B., Chen, J.T., Ghahremani, D.G., Silver, L., Padon, A. (2025, May). Youth-Appealing Features in California Cannabis Advertisements: A Cross-Media Analysis of Facebook, Instagram, and Traditional Outlets. Poster presented at UCLA Semel Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025. Los Angeles, CA.
    • Chen, J.T., Zhang, R., Chabin, N., Grayson, J., Padon, A., Silver, L., Ghahremani, D.G. (2025, June). Neural responses to cannabis marketing as predictors of desire to use in adolescents. Poster presented at Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference 2025. Brisbane, Australia.

Publications

    • Rushmore, R. J., Sunderland, K., Carrington, H., Chen, J. > T., Halle, M., Lasso, A., Papadimitriou, G., Prunier, N., Rizzoni, E., Vessey, B., Wilson-Braun, P., Rathi, Y., Kubicki, M., Bouix, S., Yeterian, E., & Makris, N. (2022). Anatomically curated segmentation of human subcortical structures in high resolution MRI: An open science approach. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2022.894606
    • Wannan, C. M. J., Nelson, B., Addington, J., Allott, K., Anticevic, A., Arango, C., Baker, J. T., Bearden, C. E., Billah, T., Bouix, S., Broome, M. R., Buccilli, K., Cadenhead, K. S., Calkins, M. E., Cannon, T. D., Cecci, G., Chen, E. Y. H., Cho, K. I. K., Choi, J., ... Chen, J. >, et al. (2024). Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ): Rationale and study design of the largest global prospective cohort study of clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 50(3), 496–512. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae011
    • Bouix, S., Billah, T., Cho, K. I., Borders, O., Chung, Y., Ennis, M., Jacobs, G., Liebenthal, E., Mathalon, D., Mohandass, D., Nicholas, S., Pasternak, O., Penzel, N., Eichi, H., Wolff, P., Anticevic, A., Laulette, K., Nunez, A., Chen, J. >, ... Shenton, M. (2025). Enabling FAIR data stewardship in complex international multi-site studies: Data Operations for the AMP SCZ Project. Nature Schizophrenia, 11(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-025-00560-x
    • Chabin, N. D.,* Chen, J. > T.,* Abikenari, M., Dembow, M., Siddarth, P., Mays, V., Chavira, D., Ramsundarsingh, S., & Ghahremani, D. G. (2026). Social emotional learning and autonomic regulation enhance social connectedness in female adolescents with extensive exposure to adverse childhood experiences. Journal of research on adolescence: the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 36(3), e70228. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70228
    • *Co–first authorship (equal contribution)