College of Education and Human Development

Institute of Child Development

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Emily Furtado

  • Pronouns: she, her, hers

  • Doctoral Student

Emily J. Furtado is a first-year PhD student in the developmental psychopathology and clinical science program.

    DEGREES

    BA in Psychology and Organizational Studies, 2019

      AREAS OF INTEREST

      Developmental neuroscience; Early childhood; Stress and maltreatment

        BIOGRAPHY

        Emily J. Furtado is a first-year PhD student in the developmental psychopathology and clinical science program. Through her research she would like to characterize how negative life experiences during sensitive developmental periods affect emotional functioning. Toward that goal, she hopes to use skills in neuroimaging (fMRI and fNIRS) to better understand how stress can influence emotion-related psychophysiology and risk for psychopathology 

        Emily Furtado

        • Institute of Child Development
          Carmen D. and James R. Campbell Hall
          51 East River Parkway
          Minneapolis, MN 55455

        • furta013@umn.edu