Publications
Chaby, L.E., Perrine, S.A., Lisieski, M.J., Karavidha, K., Liberzon, I. Cognitive flexibility training improves extinction retention memory and enhances cortical dopamine with and without traumatic stress exposure. (In press), Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Del Giudice, M., Buck, C.L., Chaby, L.E., Gormally, B., Taff, C., Thawley, C., Vitousek, M., Wada, H. (2018) What Is Stress? A Systems Perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58, 1019-1032.
Chen, C.V., Chaby, L.E., Nazeer, S., Liberzon, I. (2018) Effects of trauma in adolescence and adulthood on safety learning and retention: Advancing animal models of posttraumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12: 247.
Chaby, L.E., Zhang, L., and Liberzon, I. (2017) The effects of stress in early life and adolescence on posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety symptomology in adulthood. Current Opinion in Behavioral Science, 14, 86-93.
Chaby, L.E. (2016) Why are there lasting effects from exposure to stress during development? An analysis of current models of early stress. Physiology & Behavior, 164, 164-181.
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Hirrlinger, A., Lim, J., and Braithwaite, V.A. (2016) Stress during adolescence affects rates of foraging and vigilance in adulthood. Ethology, 122, 1-14.
Chaby, L. E., Cavigelli, S. A., Hirrlinger, A. M., Lim, J., Warg, K. M., & Braithwaite, V. A. (2015). Chronic stress during adolescence impairs and improves learning and memory in adulthood. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 327.
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Hirrlinger, A.M., Lim, J., Fetherston, T.B., and Braithwaite, V.A. (2015) Does chronic unpredictable stress during adolescence affect spatial cognition in adulthood? PLoS One, 10, e0141908.
Li, P., Chaby, L.E., Legault, J.T., and Braithwaite, V.A. (2015) Brain 3M: a new approach to learning about brain, behavior, and cognition. In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (in press)
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Hirrlinger, A., and Braithwaite, V.A. Can we understand how developmental stress enhances performance under future threat with the Yerkes-Dodson law? Communicative & Integrative Biology. (2015)
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Cavigelli, S.A., Hirrlinger, A.M., and Braithwaite, V.A. Stress during adolescence improves adult foraging under future threat in rats. Animal Behaviour, 105,37-45. (2015)
Chaby, L.E., Cavigelli, S.A., Hirrlinger, A.M., Caruso, M.J., and Braithwaite, V.A. Chronic unpredictable stress during adolescence causes long-term anxiety. Behavioural Brain Research, 278, 492-495. (2014)
Chaby, L.E., Cavigelli, S.A., White, A., Wang, K., and Braithwaite, V.A. Long-term cognitive changes as a result of chronic mild stress during adolescence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 328. (2013)
Busch, D.R., Choe, R., Durduran, T., Chaby, L., Rosen, M.A. and Yodh A.G. Measurement of micro-vascular blood flow in the human breast during compression with diffuse correlation spectroscopy. In Photonics West BIOS, No. 7174-75. (2009)
Media Contributions
Chaby, L. Karavidha, K. “Scientific presentations: When public speaking is unavoidable” (2018)
POSTDOCket, Volume 16, Issue 12
Chaby, L. “Lions, tigers, and PTSD: Can ecology inform human mental health?” (2014)
Fall issue, Penn State Ecology Newsletter
Del Giudice, M., Buck, C.L., Chaby, L.E., Gormally, B., Taff, C., Thawley, C., Vitousek, M., Wada, H. (2018) What Is Stress? A Systems Perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58, 1019-1032.
Chen, C.V., Chaby, L.E., Nazeer, S., Liberzon, I. (2018) Effects of trauma in adolescence and adulthood on safety learning and retention: Advancing animal models of posttraumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12: 247.
Chaby, L.E., Zhang, L., and Liberzon, I. (2017) The effects of stress in early life and adolescence on posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety symptomology in adulthood. Current Opinion in Behavioral Science, 14, 86-93.
Chaby, L.E. (2016) Why are there lasting effects from exposure to stress during development? An analysis of current models of early stress. Physiology & Behavior, 164, 164-181.
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Hirrlinger, A., Lim, J., and Braithwaite, V.A. (2016) Stress during adolescence affects rates of foraging and vigilance in adulthood. Ethology, 122, 1-14.
Chaby, L. E., Cavigelli, S. A., Hirrlinger, A. M., Lim, J., Warg, K. M., & Braithwaite, V. A. (2015). Chronic stress during adolescence impairs and improves learning and memory in adulthood. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 327.
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Hirrlinger, A.M., Lim, J., Fetherston, T.B., and Braithwaite, V.A. (2015) Does chronic unpredictable stress during adolescence affect spatial cognition in adulthood? PLoS One, 10, e0141908.
Li, P., Chaby, L.E., Legault, J.T., and Braithwaite, V.A. (2015) Brain 3M: a new approach to learning about brain, behavior, and cognition. In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (in press)
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Hirrlinger, A., and Braithwaite, V.A. Can we understand how developmental stress enhances performance under future threat with the Yerkes-Dodson law? Communicative & Integrative Biology. (2015)
Chaby, L.E., Sheriff, M.J., Cavigelli, S.A., Hirrlinger, A.M., and Braithwaite, V.A. Stress during adolescence improves adult foraging under future threat in rats. Animal Behaviour, 105,37-45. (2015)
Chaby, L.E., Cavigelli, S.A., Hirrlinger, A.M., Caruso, M.J., and Braithwaite, V.A. Chronic unpredictable stress during adolescence causes long-term anxiety. Behavioural Brain Research, 278, 492-495. (2014)
Chaby, L.E., Cavigelli, S.A., White, A., Wang, K., and Braithwaite, V.A. Long-term cognitive changes as a result of chronic mild stress during adolescence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 328. (2013)
Busch, D.R., Choe, R., Durduran, T., Chaby, L., Rosen, M.A. and Yodh A.G. Measurement of micro-vascular blood flow in the human breast during compression with diffuse correlation spectroscopy. In Photonics West BIOS, No. 7174-75. (2009)
Media Contributions
Chaby, L. Karavidha, K. “Scientific presentations: When public speaking is unavoidable” (2018)
POSTDOCket, Volume 16, Issue 12
Chaby, L. “Lions, tigers, and PTSD: Can ecology inform human mental health?” (2014)
Fall issue, Penn State Ecology Newsletter
Prior Research ProjectsGraduate research:
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (2011- 2015) I explore how animals are both resilient and vulnerable to the impacts of stress across development. I am especially interested in long-term consequences on adult behavior, physiology, and neuroendocrinology. Can technology enhance neuroanatomy learning in high school students? Braithwaite & Li Laboratories (2014- ) Generated teaching modules and collaborated with computer specialists to create interactive learning website to investigate the benefits of explorative learning and 3D printed models on learning neuroanatomy. Post-undergraduate research: Developing an animal model cognitive bias. Penn State, Braithwaite & Cavigelli Laboratories (2011) Created a rodent model of negative affective state to investigate the health consequences of cognitive bias. We investigated choice behaviors related to drugs of abuse and how emotional state affects behavior and plasticity in response to challenge. Conserve populations of an endangered songbird. Clarkson University & Cornell Lab of Ornithology (2010) Served as a Field Technician in an autonomous unit of the Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project to conserve limited pockets of the Golden-winged Warbler. Research Analyst for Open Minds (2009-2010) Led data collection from human participants for pharmaceutical research. |
Undergraduate Research:
Duke University, Organization for Tropical Studies, Tropical biology research program (2010)
Designed, implemented, and presented research on short time scales using avian and invertebrate models. Does perceived threat affect time spent foraging vs. being vigilant in resource-caching species? Clarkson University, Langen Laboratory (2009-2010) Examined foraging strategy trade-offs under varying risk of predation in free living blue jays and squirrels. Is nest defense behavior a temperament trait that predicts nesting success? University of Virginia (REU), Ketterson Laboratory (2009) Explore the relationship between risk-taking and nesting success in a songbird, the dark-eyed Junco. Gained experience in population monitoring research and aiding in long term data collection. |
Does spatial learning impact performance in the game SET? Clarkson University, Dowman Laboratory (2009)
Tested for relationship between spatial and reasoning abilities and game performance Can superporous hydrogels function as in drug delivery? Clarkson University, Shipp Laboratory (2008) Evaluated superporous hydrogels as a gastrointestinal drug delivery system Can abnormal light scattering identify pre-cancerous breast tissue? Univ. of Pennsylvania, REU LSRM (2008) Employed interdisciplinary techniques to construct a diffuse optical breast compression device Skills: Field behavioral data collection, brain dissection, brain regions punching, brain slicing, animal trapping, bird identification, radioimmunoassays, mist netting, tissue and blood collection, banding, bird identification, human data collection, large data set management and manipulation |