Education

(2017-2021) B.S. Neuroscience
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  

Research Experience

(2022-2024) Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Pennsylvania
Brain Behavior Laboratory of Dr. Rachel Gur

(2017-Present) Study Coordinator & Collaborator
Translational Neuroscience LLC, Richard Josiassen

Research Interests

Translational approaches to understand neurogenetic disorders; risk and resiliency for neuropsychiatric disorders; factors influencing brain development, clinical trajectories, and treatment outcomes. 

Publications

Dietterich TE, Xavier RM, Lichtenstein ML, Harner MK, Bruno L,  et al. Medical multimorbidity in patients with treatment-resistant psychosis and rare copy number variants: A retrospective case series of 24 patients. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, e64215 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.64215.

Xavier RM, Bian W, Alshammari F, Harner MK, Dietterich TE, et al. Delineating lifetime multimorbidity associated with 16p13.11 duplication: A literature review, meta-analysis, and case study. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2025.111462.

Ered A, Dietterich TE, Shahriar SS, Wong TY, Moore TM, et al. Environmental adversity is associated with attenuated positive symptoms and complex cognition in females in a long-term follow-up of the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort. Schizophrenia Bulletin, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaf061

Calkins ME, Butler ER, Moore TM, Ered A, Taylor HJ, White LH, Barzilay R, Ruparel K, Larsen B, Shahriar SS, Dietterich TE, et al. Longitudinal trajectories of clinical features in community youth with recurrent psychosis spectrum symptoms: findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort. Schizophrenia Bulletin, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaf075 

Wong TY, Moore TM, Hillman N, Calkins ME, Shahriar S, Dietterich TE, et al. Longitudinal development of neurocognitive functioning and gray matter volume in youths with recurrent psychosis spectrum symptoms. Schizophrenia Bulletin, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaf049

Farrell M, Dietterich TE, Harner MK, Bruno LM, Filmyer DM, et al. Increased prevalence of rare copy number variants in treatment-resistant psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin 49, 881-892, (2023).

Personal Interests

I love skateboarding, family and friends, being outside in the sun or under the stars, and occasionally escaping LA for some cold weather. I enjoy listening to music, podcasts, and hand sewing some random thrift store finds in my free time.