- Email:
- ericlars@iu.edu
- Department:
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Program in Neuroscience
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
- Major:
- Clinical Science; Neuroscience
- Graduation year:
- Expected 2027
- Hometown:
- Fishers, IN
Eric is a fourth-year doctoral candidate working towards Ph.D.s in Clinical Science and Neuroscience, mentored by Dr. Alexandra Moussa-Tooks. Prior to graduate school, he obtained a BS in Psychology and certificate in Clinical Psychological Science from Indiana University in 2020 and worked for one year as a postbaccalaureate research assistant.
Eric’s primary program of research is situated within the developmental psychopathology framework, where he studies early life risk factors for dimensional psychopathology in youth, with a particular focus on data-driven (e.g., network analysis, exploratory factor analysis) and longitudinal (e.g., growth modeling) approaches to parse environmental and psychopathological heterogeneity. His current research areas using population-based datasets include:
- Perinatal risk for subclinical psychotic-like experiences across childhood/adolescence
- Contributions of motor and cerebellar development in risk for psychotic-like experiences
- Pubertal development and psychotic-like experiences in youth
During his time at IU, Eric has been supported by the following grants and awards:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 Clinical Translational Science Training Fellowship
- Rebec Family Neuroscience Fellowship
- IU Program in Neuroscience Fellowship
When not in the lab, Eric enjoys drinking coffee, following baseball, and hanging out with his pup Ares!