Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory and Clinic (NRLC)

Sharon Cates, B.A.

Project Coordinator

Biographical Sketch

Currently Sharon works as a Project Coordinator supporting the NRLC research projects. Before joining the NRLC Sharon worked as a Research Associate on a study examining the pathways that lead to alcohol use disorder among adolescents. Prior to her work at UTHSCSA, Sharon was active at The University of Texas at San Antonio as a member of the Honors College and in several organizations including the honors student association and Psi Chi International Honor Society.

Education

2005

B.A.

Psychology

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Interests

Music
Science
Comedy and Movies

Publications/Presentations

SERT capacity, efficiency, and uptake potential among adolescents who self-injure

Mathias, C. W., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Javors, M., Tian, P. Y., Dawes, M. A., Sheftall, A. H., Cates, S., Farris, S., Richard, D. M., and Dougherty, D. M. (2011, May).

Poster presented at the 9th annual retreat of the UTHSCSA Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, San Antonio, TX

5-HT, impulsivity, and suicidal ideation among teenagers receiving inpatient psychiatric care.

Sheftall, A. H., Mathias, C. W., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Javors, M., Tian, P. Y., Cates, S. E., Dawes, M. A., Richard, D. M., and Dougherty, D. M. (2011, May).

Poster presented at the 9th annual retreat of the UTHSCSA Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, San Antonio, TX.

Training "experts" in consensus ratings of the Stressful Life Events Schedule.
Cates, S. Mathias, C. W., Farris, S., Richard, D. M., Dawes, M. A., and Dougherty, D. M. (2009, April).
Poster presented at the 55th annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Ratings of stressful life events: Acquisition of accurate consensus.

Cates, S. Mathias, C. W., Farris, S., Richard, D. M., Dawes, M. A., and Dougherty, D. M. (2009, June).
Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Seattle, WA.

Lifetime history of stressful life events in an adolescent inpatient psychiatric sample.

Farris, S., Mathias, C. W., Cates, S., Dawes, M. A., Richard, D. M., and Dougherty, D. M. (2009, April).
Poster presented at the 55th annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.

Self-reported histories of stressful life events among adolescent psychiatric inpatients.

Farris, S., Mathias, C. W., Cates, S., Dawes, M. A., Richard, D. M., and Dougherty, D. M. (2009, June).
Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Seattle, WA.

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