Ashley Smith

  • Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
  • Faculty Advisor: Soo Rhee
  • Phone: 303-735-5939
  • Fax: 303-492-2967
  • Email: Ashley.Smith@Colorado.edu

Education

  • BS, University of New Mexico (Psychology & Anthropology), 2005
  • MA, University of Colorado Boulder, 2011
  • PhD, expected 2015

Research Interests

My research interests include the etiology of internalizing/externalizing disorders, issues of comorbidity, genetic and environmental risk factors, and neurocognitive abilities associated with psychopathology.

Publications and Presentations

Smith AK, Rhee SH, Corley R, Friedman N, Hewitt JK, Hink LK, Robinson JL. (in preparation) The magnitude of genetic and environmental influences on parental and observational measures of behavioral inhibition in toddlerhood.

Smith AK, Patel D, Rhee SH, Corley RP, Friedman NP, Hewitt JK, Robinson JL. (in preparation) The association between language skills and behavioral inhibition in toddlerhood.

Edgar JC, Hunter MA, Huang M, Smith AK, Chen Y, Sadek J, Miller GA, Cañive JM. (in preparation) Temporal and frontal cortical thickness associations with M100 auditory activity and attention in healthy controls and individuals with schizophrenia.

Rhee SH, Corley RP, Friedman NP, Hewitt JK, Hink LK, Johnson DP, Robinson J, Smith AK, Young SE (submitted, Frontiers in Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics). The etiology of observed negative emotionality from 14 to 24 months.

Smith AK, Patel D, Rhee SH, Corley RP, Friedman NP, Hewitt JK (2012). The association between language skills and behavioral inhibition in toddlerhood. International Society on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN. (under review)

Smith AK, Stasi SM, Rhee SH, Corley RP, Young SE, Hewitt JK (2011). The role of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the covariation between conduct disorder and verbal ability. Frontiers in Psychiatry: Child and Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry, 2(3), 1-8.

Hunter M, Villarreal G, McHaffie GR, Jimenez B, Smith AK, Calais LA, Hanlon Faith, Thoma RJ, Cañive JM (2011). Lateralized abnormalities in auditory M50 sensory gating and cortical thickness of the superior temporal gyrus in post-traumatic stress disorder: Preliminary results. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 138-44.

Smith AK, Rhee SH, Corley R, Friedman NP, Hewitt JK, Hink L, Robinson JL (2011). The magnitude of genetic and environmental influences on parental and observational measures of behavioral inhibition in toddlerhood. Behavioral Genetics Association, Newport, Rhode Island.

Rhee SH, Boeldt DL, Corley RC, DiLalla L, Friedman N, Hewitt J, Lahey B, Mullineaux P, Robinson J, Smith AK, Waldman I, Young S (2011). The role of early cognitive ability and positive parenting on antisocial behavior. Behavioral Genetics Association, Newport, Rhode Island.

Villarreal G, Cañive JM, Calais LA, Toney G, Smith AK (2010). Duloxetine in Military Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 43(3), 26-34.

Smith AK, Edgar JC, Huang MX, Lu BY, Thoma RJ, Hanlon FM, McHaffie G, Jones AP, Paz RD, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2010). Cognitive abilities and 50 and 100 ms paired-click processes in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 167(10), 1264-75.

Edgar J, Smith A, Miller GA, Canive JM (2010). EEG and MEG paired-click auditory abnormalities in schizophrenia and associations with attention. 17th International Meeting on Biomagnetism (Biomag), Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Smith AK, Stasi SM, Rhee SH, Corley R, Young S, Hewitt JK (2010). Genetic and environmental covariance between conduct disorder, ADHD, and verbal ability. Behavioral Genetics Association (BGA), Seoul, South Korea.

Canive JM, Villarreal G, Calais LA, Toney GB, Smith AK (2009). Open-label duloxetine monotherapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. NCDEU Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, FL.

Edgar J, Turetsky BI, Roberts TP, Smith A, Huang M, Canive JM, Miller GA (2009). M100 phase-locking in schizophrenia: Associations with symptoms and typical and atypical medication. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), San Diego, CA.

Canive JM, Geppert C, Douglas R, Lewis SF, Toney G, McHaffie G, Smith AK (2008). The Effects of Aripiprazole on Patients with Metabolic Side Effects.

Hunter MA, Villarreal G, McHaffie GR, Jimenez BJ, Smith AK, Canive JM (2008). Auditory sensory gating and superior temporal gyrus cortical thickness in post-traumatic stress disorder. Brain Research Meeting: Stress, Coping and Disease (Elsevier), Arlington, VA.

Thoma RJ, Hanlon FM, Petropolous H, Miller GA, Moses SN, Smith A, Parks L, Lundy SL, Sanchez NM, Jones AP, Huang MX, Weisend MP, Cañive JM (2008). Schizophrenia diagnosis and anterior hippocampal volume make separate contributions of sensory gating. Journal of Psychophysiology, 45.

Lu BY, Martin KE, Edgar JC, Smith AK, Lewis SF, Escamilla MA, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Effect of Catechol O-Methyltransferase Val158Met Polymorphism on the P50 gating endophenotype in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 62(7): 822-5.

Lu BY, Edgar JC, Jones AP, Smith AK, Huang MX, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Improved test retest reliability of 50ms paired-click auditory gating using magnetoencephalography source modeling. International Journal of Psychophysiology 44(1): 86-90.

Ference C, Lu BY, Edgar JC, Jimenez BJ, McHaffie GR, Smith AK, Huang MX, Miller GA, Canive JM (2007). Investigating test-retest reliability of 50 ms paired-click gating using magnetoencephalography source modeling in schizophrenia. ICOSR, Colorado Springs, CO.

Hunter MA, McHaffie GR, Jimenez BJ, Smith AK, Ference C, Villarreal G, Cañive JM (2007). Sensory Gating and Neurocognition Deficits in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. COR.

Jimenez BJ, Lewis SF, Ference C, McHaffie GR, Safavi R, Smith AK, Edgar JC, Huang MX, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Comparison of MEG Analysis Methods Using Facial Affect Paradigm. Human Brain Mapping (HBM), Chicago, IL.

McHaffie GR, Villarreal G, Calais LA, Jimenez BJ, Safavi R, Smith AK, Ferrence CC, Lu B, Edgar JC, Huang M, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Asymmetry of the Auditory Paired-Click Paradigm in Vietnam Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. HBM, Chicago, IL.

Lu BY, Smith AK, McHaffie GR, Safavi R, Hanlon FM, Edgar JC, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Medication-specific effects of atypical antipsychotics on 50 and 100ms auditory paired-click gating. New Research Approaches for Mental Health Interventions, NCDEU Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, FL.

Lu BY, Safavi R, Edgar JC, Smith AK, Lewis SF, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Role of Serotonin Transporter (5-HTTLPR) L/S Polymorphism in Paired-Click P50 Cz Auditory Gating. ICOSR, Colorado Springs, CO.

Lu BY, Smith AK, Safavi R, Hanlon FM, Edgar JC, Miller GA, Canive JM (2007). Improved hemisphere-specific 100 ms auditory gating associated with the use of atypical antipsychotics among schizophrenia patients. American Psychiatric Association (APA), San Diego, CA.

Lu BY, Safavi R, Edgar JC, Smith AK, Lewis SF, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Role of Serotonin Transporter (5-HTTLPR) L/S Polymorphism in Paired-Click P50 Cz Auditory Gating. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), Colorado Springs, CO.

Smith AK, Edgar JC, Jones AP, Lu BY, McHaffie GR, Jimenez BJ, Ference C, Paz RD, Huang MX, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2007). Neurocognitive Correlates of 50 and 100 ms Auditory Gating in Controls and Patients with Schizophrenia. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), Colorado Springs, CO.

Safavi R, Lu BY, Smith AK, Ferrence CC, McHaffie GR, Jimenez BJ, Cañive JM (2007). Effect of Serotonin Transporter Gene (5-HTT) Polymorphism and Smoking on P50 Auditory Gating among Schizophrenia Patients and Controls. 2007 Biology Symposium, University of New Mexico. (Honorable mention)

Thoma RJ, Hanlon FM, Huang MX, Weisend MP, Sanchez FP, Waldorf VA, Jones AJ, Smith AK, Formoso MJ, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2006). Neuropsychological and sensory gating deficits related to remote alcohol abuse history in schizophrenia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(1):34-44.

Cañive JM, Lu BY, Smith AK, Edgar JC, Jones AP, Albers C, Lewis, SF Huang, MX, Adler LE, Escamilla M, Miller GA (2006). Temporal and hemisphere specificity of COMT polymorphism and paired-click gating. International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG), Sardina, Spain.

Cañive JM, Wan L, Edgar JC, Smith AK, Lu BY, Lewis SF, Bustillo J, Miller GA, Uhlenhuth EH (2006). Smoking, Symptom Severity, Cognition and M50 Gating in Schizophrenia. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Miami, FL.

Jones AP, Smith AK, Lu, BY, Thoma RJ, Paz RD, Blanco RH, Edgar JC, Hanlon FM, Albers CA, Huang MX, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2006). Attention and M50 and M100 Auditory Gating in Schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), San Francisco, CA.

Lu BY, Edgar JC, Jones AP, Smith AK, Huang MX, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2006). Improved test-retest reliablity of P50 sensory gating using MEG source modeling. Biogmag, Vancouver.

Smith AK, Jones AP, Lu BY, Thoma RJ, Paz R, Hanlon FM, Albers CA, Huang MX, Edgar JC, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2006). Left-hemisphere Auditory Gating Predicts Neuropsychological Performance in Schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), San Francisco, CA.

Jones AP, Thoma RJ, Hanlon FM, Sanchez NM, Petropolous H, Smith AK, Lundy L, Parks L, Weisend MP, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2005). MRI Assessed Hippocampal Morphology and Neuropsychological Factors in Control and Schizophrenia Subjects. International Neuropsychological Society (INS).

Jones AP, Hanlon FM, Thoma RJ, Weisend MP, Huang MX, Martin K, Smith AK, Yeo RA, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2004). Relationships between N100 and M100 Sensory Gating Deficits in Schizophrenia. 2004 Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of New Mexico (Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Winner).

Lu BY, Martin KE, Edgar JC, Smith AK, Lewis SF, Escamilla MA, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2005). Effect of Catechol O-Methyltransferase Val158Met Polymorphism on the P50 Sensory Gating Endophenotype in Schizophrenia. American College of Neuropsychopharmocology (ACNP), Waikoloa, HI.

Smith AK, Thoma RJ, Hanlon FM, Parks L, Jones AP, Lundy L, Miller GA, Cañive JM (2004). Residual Effects of Marijuana on P50 Sensory Gating. 2004 Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of New Mexico. (Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Winner).