Laura P Hennefield ’05
Laura P. Hennefield ’05 is currently an assistant professor of psychiatry at WashU Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry
Hennefield, whose research interests include Child Psychopathology, Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Childhood, earned a PhD at Washington University in St. Louis in 2015, after earning an MS degree at CUNY Hunter College in 2008.
Awards / Residencies
- Early Career Researcher Innovation Grant, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Understanding and Assessing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in School-Age Children, 2024–2026
- NIMH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award, Suicidality in Young Children: Social and Cognitive Developmental Markers of Risk and Resiliency, 2022
- NICHD F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA), Development of Optimism in Preschool Age Children, 2017–2020