Education: 

• PhD, The University of Texas at Austin. 2024.
• BS, The University of Rhode Island. 2017.

Principal Research Interests

My primary research interest is understanding how sleep patterns affect cognitive control in children and adolescents. I also study how sleep, health, and disorders such as ADHD impact executive functioning at both neural and behavioral levels, using cross-sectional and longitudinal
methodologies.

Research Areas: 

•  Sleep
• Executive functioning
• Cognitive control
• Development
• Neuroimaging

E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 951-785-2364

Awards

1. Most Interdisciplinary Poster Award, Department of Psychology, Research for Y’all Graduate Student Showcase, The University of Texas at Austin (Fall 2023)
2. Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin (Summer 2022)
3. Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin (Summer 2021)
4. Recipient of the Mary B. Connelly ’83 Award for Study in Human Relationships, The University of Rhode Island (2017)

Representative Publications

1.  Demeter, D.V., Gordon, E.M., Nugiel, T., Garza, A., Larguinho, T. L., Church, J.A., (2023). Resting State Cortical Hubs in Youth Organize Into Four Categories. Cell Reports
2. Porter, B. M., Douglas, I. J., Larguinho, T. L., Aristizabal, M., Mitchell, M. E., Roe, M. A., & Church, J. A. (2021). Examination of Pre-Pandemic Measures on Youth Well-Being During Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Biological Psychiatry Global
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3. Barendse, M., Flannery, J., Cavanagh, C., …, Larguinho, T.L., ... & Pfeifer, J. (2021). Longitudinal Change in Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Symptoms From Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Collaborative of 12 Samples. Journal of Research on Adolescence