Emmaline Berlin Cook is a PhD student in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. She studies suicide across the lifespan, with a particular interest in adolescent suicide and how it may differ from established understandings of suicide, with the goal of adapting existing clinical care across age groups. She is also interested in the biological and cognitive manifestations of suicidality, including suicidality following traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as school-based interventions.
Emmaline holds a BA in Cognitive Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology, with a secondary in Social Anthropology, from Harvard College, and an EdM in Human Development and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. After receiving her EdM, she returned to Harvard College to serve as the Head Teaching Fellow for Introduction to Psychological Science for four semesters.
Emmaline has co-authored research examining pediatric bipolar disorder, longitudinal outcomes in youth mental health, pediatric psychopharmacological interventions, and telehealth-based neuropsychological assessment. Her publications include articles in Journal of Psychiatric Research, Journal of Psychopharmacology, BMC Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, and The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
Her work ultimately aims to improve the identification, prevention, and treatment of suicidality across settings, with an emphasis on approaches that can be broadly disseminated and implemented. Her primary mentor is Dr. Lauren Gulbas in UT Austin’s School of Social Work.