Andrea Maxwell

Entering Class - 2021

E-MAIL:  [email protected]

PhD : 2025

PhD Thesis:

Sex/gender differences in the integrated role of neurobiological, psychological, and social factors on alcohol misuse.

Undergraduate Institution and Major:

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, B.S. in Neuroscience and Psychology, 2017

Graduate Advisor:

Anna Zilverstand, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry

Publications

  • Niklason G*, Maxwell AM*, Ostrand C, Luciana M, Zilverstand A. Environmental, health, and psychological factors predict alcohol sipping in childhood: A machine learning analysis of the ABCD Study. J Amer Acad Child Adolexc Psychiat. 2025: in press.
  • Maxwell AM. What happens to the brain during pregnancy? J Clin Invest. 2024;134(14):e183888. Lasker Prize winning essay.
  • Maxwell AM, Brucar LR, Zilverstand A. A systematic review of sex/gender differences in the multi-dimensional neurobiological mechanisms in addiction and their relevance to impulsivity. Curr Addict Rep. 2023 Dec;10(4):770-792.
  • Niklason GR, Rawls E, Ma S, Kummerfeld E, Maxwell AM, Brucar LR, Drossel G, Zilverstand A. Explainable machine learning analysis reveals sex and gender differences in the phenotypic and neurobiological markers of Cannabis Use Disorder. Sci Rep. 2022 Sep 17;12(1):15624.
  • Maxwell AM, Harrison K, Rawls E, Zilverstand A. Gender differences in the psychosocial determinants underlying the onset and maintenance of alcohol use disorder. Front Neurosci. 2022 Mar 14;16:808776.
  • Maxwell AM, Rao RB. Perinatal iron deficiency as an early risk factor for schizophrenia. Nutr Neurosci. 2021;1-10.
  • Steele VR, Maxwell AM. Treating cocaine and opioid use disorder with transcranial magnetic stimulation: A path forward. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2021; 209:173240.
  • Gard AM, Maxwell AM, Shaw DS, Mitchell C, Brooks-Gunn J, McLanahan SS, Forbes EE, Monk CS, Hyde LW. Beyond family-level adversities: exploring the developmental timing of neighborhood disadvantage effects on the brain. Dev Sci. 2021;24:e12985.
  • Jennings L, Branson CF, Maxwell AM, Winkelman TNA, Shlafer RJ. Physicians' perspectives on continuity of care for patients involved in the criminal justice system: a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2021;16:e0254578.
  • Maxwell AM, Rao R. Perinatal iron deficiency as an early risk factor for schizophrenia. Nutri Neurosci. 2022;25(10):2218-2227.

Graduate Awards/Honors

  • NIH/NIAAA 1F30AA030900-01: The role of stress, social support, and brain function on alcohol misuse in women, 2023 - 2027 
  • Society of Biological Psychiatry Predoctoral Travel Award 2024
  • Sping and Ying Ngoh Award for Research Independence 2023
  • Warren and Henrietta Warwick Predoctoral Fellowship; 2022-2023
  • Student Merit Travel Award – Research Society on Alcoholism 2022
  • UMN President’s Student Leadership and Service Award 2022 
  • UMN MSTP Leadership in Diversity Fellowship 2021

 

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