CURRICULUMVITAE
SCOTTTILLEM
[email protected]
B14KirtlandHall
2HillhouseAve.
NewHaven,CT06511
EDUCATION
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2015–Present YaleUniversity;NewHaven,Connecticut
Ph.D.,Student,ClinicalPsychology
2009–2013
CaseWesternReserveUniversity;Cleveland,Ohio
B.A.,TripleMajor(OverallGPA:3.88)
CognitiveScience(GPA:3.80)
Psychology(GPA:4.00)
Sociology:CrimeandDelinquencyConcentration(GPA:4.00)
HONORSANDAWARDS
2013
2013
2013
2012
2010-2012
MagnaCumLaude;CaseWesternReserveUniversity
TheAwardinCognitionandCulture;DepartmentofCognitiveScience,CaseWestern
ReserveUniversity
LaraineMastersGliddenUndergraduateStudentAward;GatlinburgConferenceon
ResearchandTheoryinIntellectualandDevelopmentalDisabilities
FirstPlacePresentationatSOURCESymposiumPosterPresentation,SocialSciences
Category;CaseWesternReserveUniversity
DeansHighHonorRoll;CaseWesternReserveUniversity
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-ReviewedPublications
1. Tillem,S.,Ryan,J.,Wu,J.,Crowley,M.J.,Mayes,L.C.,&Baskin-Sommers,A.(2016).Thetaphase
coherenceinaffectivepictureprocessingrevealsdysfunctionalsensoryintegrationinpsychopathic
offenders.BiologicalPsychology,119,42-45.NIHMS803808
ManuscriptsInPreparation
1. Tillem,S.,vanDongen,J.,Brazil,I.,Baskin-Sommers,A.(InPreparation).Interpersonal-Affective
TraitsofPsychopathyareAssociatedwithLessEfficientNeuralCommunicationduringRestingStateEEG.
2. Tillem,S.,Gozzi,M.,Dashow,E.,Thurm,A.,SwedoS.&Zink,C.(InPreparation).TheEffectsof
IntranasalOxytocinandVasopressinontheHumanNeuralResponsestoSocialandNonsocial
AttentionOrientingCues.
3. Tillem,S.,Pepe,L.,Weinberger,D.&Zink,C.(InPreparation).HumanStriatalResponsestoReward
VoidofMotivation,andMotivationVoidofReward.
4. Dimitropoulos,A.&Tillem,S.(InPreparation).AlteredFaceProcessinginPrader-WilliSyndrome:A
DirectComparisontoAutismandNeurotypicalControls.
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5. Tillem,S.&Jack,A.(InPreparation).Meta-analysisofsocial,emotionalandmemoryrelated
processesandtheirrelationshiptoantagonisticneuralnetworks.
BookChapters
1. Estrada,S.*,Tillem,S.*,Stuppy,A.,Baskin-Sommers,A,(inpress).Specifyingtheconnection
betweenrewardprocessingandantisocialbehavioracrossdevelopment:Review,integrationand
futuredirections.InJ.Gruber(Ed.),OxfordHandbookofPositiveEmotionandPsychopathology.
OxfordUniversityPress:NewYork,NY.*Theseauthorscontributedequallytothispublication
CONFERENCESYMPOSIA
1. Tillem,S.,vanDongen,J.,Brazil,I.,Baskin-Sommers,A.(2017)Interpersonal-AffectiveTraitsof
PsychopathyareAssociatedwithLessEfficientNeuralCommunicationduringResting-StateEEG.
TalkgivenattheSocietyfortheScientificStudyofPsychopathy,Antwerp,Belgium.
POSTERPRESENTIONATIONS
1. Tillem,S.,Pepe,L.,Weinberger,D.&Zink,C.(2014).HumanStriatalResponsestoRewardVoidof
Motivation,andMotivationVoidofReward.44thAnnualSocietyforNeuroscienceMeetingPoster
Presentation.
2. Tillem,S.,Pepe,L.,Weinberger,D.&Zink,C.(2014).RewardvsMotivation:StriatalResponsesto
RewardCuesPresentedafteraTarget.20thAnnualOrganizationforHumanBrainMapping
ConferencePosterPresentation. 3. Tillem,S.&Jack,A.(2013).SocialBrainMeta-Analysis:RegionalSpecializationandRelationshipto
Anti-CorrelatedNetworks.25thAnnualAssociationforPsychologicalScienceConventionPoster
Presentation.
4. Tillem,S.&Dimitropoulos,A.(2013).FunctionalDifferencesbetweenPrader-WilliSyndrome,
AutismSpectrumDisorder,andNeurotypicalControlsDuringanfMRIbasedFacialProcessingTask.
46thAnnualGatlinburgConferenceonResearchandTheoryinIntellectualandDevelopmental
DisabilitiesPosterPresentation.
5. Tillem,S.&Jack,A.(2012).TheSocialBrain:AnALEBasedMeta-AnalysisofSocialCognitioninthe
Brain.SourceSymposiumPosterPresentation.
RESEARCHEXPERIENCE
2015-Present
GraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofPsychology,YaleUniversity;NewHaven,Connecticut
PrincipleInvestigator:ArielleBaskin-Sommers,Ph.D.
ResearchintheMechanismsofDisinhibition(MoD)labutilizesinterdisciplinarytheoretical
principlesandmethods(e.g.,electrophysiology,neuroimaging,self-report)todistinguish
thedeficitsassociatedwithantisocialbehaviorinordertoimprovetheidentificationof
theseindividualswhoengageinchronicantisocialbehavioranddevelopinnovativepersonspecificinterventions.OnecomponentofresearchintheMoDlabistoidentifyandspecify
theneuralmechanismsassociatedwithpsychopathy.Iworkonseveralprojectsrelatedto
ourfocusonpsychopathy.Morespecifically,I’veexaminedEEGdata(e.g.,minimum
spanningtreeanalysis,timefrequencyanalysis)usingBrainWaveandMatlabtoidentify
neuralcommunicationandattentionprocessinginpsychopathy.Additionally,Iaminvolved
2013-2015
2012-2013
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indatacollectionatourprisonsiteandconductclinicalphonescreensforourcommunity
site.
ResearchAssociate
ClinicalSciencesDivision,LieberInstituteforBrainDevelopment;Baltimore,Maryland
PrincipleInvestigator:CarolineZink,Ph.D.
ResearchunderthedirectionofDr.Zinktakesadvantageofadvancesinhumangenetics
andneuroimagingtechniquestogainamorecompleteunderstandingofthecomplex
neuralcircuitryunderlyingdistinctcognitiveprocessesrelatedtoindividualsymptomsof
schizophreniaandautism.Asaresearchassociate,Iworkedontwoprojects.First,wasa
projectthatexaminedtheeffectsofintranasallyadministeredoxytocinandvasopressinon
theneuralresponsetosocialeyegazecuesinneurotypicalcontrols.Second,wasaproject
thatusedtwonovelvariantsoftheMonetaryIncentiveDelayfMRIparadigmtodetermine
theventralstriatum’s(alimbicstructurewhichhasalongassociationwithrewardpredictingcues)roleinmotivation,disentangledfromrewardprocessing(whichisintactin
schizophrenia).Onbothprojects,IwroteandeditedMatlabscriptsforanalysisofthe
behavioralandfMRIdata,developedapreprocessingpipelineforfMRIdatausingSPM8and
Matlabscripts,andwasinvolvedinanalysisanddisseminationofthedata.Lastly,Ihelped
otherlabmemberslearnMatlabandSPM8andassistedinpilotingnewfMRIparadigmsat
thescanner.
UndergraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofPsychologicalSciences,CaseWesternReserveUniversity;Cleveland,Ohio
NeurodevelopmentResearchLab
PrincipleInvestigator:AnastasiaDimitropoulos,Ph.D.
Project:FacialProcessinginPrader-WilliSyndrome
ResearchwithinDr.Dimitropoulos’NeurodevelopmentalResearchLabutilizesgenetics,
neuroimagingtechniques,andbehavioralparadigmstoexaminethecognitiveandsocial
deficitsofindividualswithdevelopmentaldisorders,suchasPrader-WilliSyndromeand
AutismSpectrumDisorder.AsaresearchassistantinthislabIwasinvolvedaprojectthat
utilizedanfMRIfacialprocessingparadigmtoexaminesocialprocessinginindividualswith
Prader-WilliSyndromecontrastedagainstindividualswithAutismSpectrumDisorderand
healthycontrols.ForthisprojectIwasresponsiblefortheanalysisanddisseminationofthe
data.
2010-2013
UndergraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofCognitiveScience,CaseWesternReserveUniversity;Cleveland,Ohio
BrainMindandConsciousnessLab
PrincipleInvestigator:AnthonyJack,Ph.D.
ResearchwithintheBrainMindandConsciousnessLabutilizedneuroimagingtechniques
toexaminetheneuralunderpinningsofhigher-levelcognitiveprocesses(e.g.social
cognition,introspection,andmechanicalreasoning)inthehumans.Onecomponentof
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thisresearchinvolvesexaminingthefunctionstheDefaultModeNetwork(aneural
networkassociatedwithsocialcognitionandinternallydirectedattention).Duringmy
timeinthislab,IranaprojectrelatedtothisDefaultModeNetworkresearch.Specifically,
IcompletedanActivationLikelihoodEstimation(ALE)basedmeta-analysisofneuroimaging
datatoidentifyandclassifyregionsoffunctionalspecializationwithintheDefaultMode
Network.Forthisproject,Iperformedtheinitialliteraturesearchanddatacollection,
developedandtrainedlabmembersonadataclassificationsystem,processedand
analyzedthedatausingGingerALEandCaret,anddisseminatedthedata.Additionally,
duringmytimeinthislab,IassistedinfMRIdatacollectionforvariousotherprojects.
UndergraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofPsychologicalSciences,CaseWesternReserveUniversity;Cleveland,Ohio
Relationships,EmotionandFamilyLab
PrincipleInvestigator:ArinConnell,Ph.D.
ResearchintheRelationships,Emotion,andFamilyLabutilizedmulti-modalresearch
methods(e.g.EEG,physiologicalrecording,behavioralobservations,andself-report)to
examinetheetiologyofinternalizingdisordersinchildrenandadolescents.Duringmytime
asaresearchassistantinthislabIpreprocessedEEGandphysiologicalrecordingdata,
completeddiagnosticinterviewsfordepressioninadolescents,andassistedindata
collection(EEG,physiological,andbehavioral)forvariousprojects.
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
Spring2017
GraduateTeachingFellow
DepartmentofPsychology,YaleUniversity;NewHaven,Connecticut
Professor:GregoryMcCarthy
Class:PSYC160-TheHumanBrain
Duties:gradedassignmentsandexams,heldofficehourstomeetwithstudents,facilitated
reviewsessions
Fall2016
GraduateTeachingFellow
DepartmentofPsychology,YaleUniversity;NewHaven,Connecticut
Professor:TyroneCannon,Ph.D.
Class:PSYC190-IntroductiontoClinicalNeuroscience
Duties:gradedassignmentsandexams,heldofficehourstomeetwithstudents,facilitated
reviewsessions
Spring2012
UndergraduateTeachingAssistant
DepartmentofCognitiveScience,CaseWesternReserveUniversity;Cleveland,Ohio
Professor:AnthonyJack,Ph.D.
Class:COGS102-IntroductiontoCognitiveNeuroscience
Duties:gradedassignmentsandexams
CLINICALEXPERIENCE
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2016-Present StudentClinician
YalePsychologyDepartmentClinic,YaleUniversity;NewHaven,Connecticut
Supervisors:MaryO’Brien,Ph.D.,ChristineDeMaio,Ph.D.,&ArielleBaskin-Sommers,Ph.D.
TheYalePsychologyDepartmentClinicprovidesoutpatientindividual,couples,andgroup
treatmentstoNewHavencommunitymembers.TreatmentprogramsattheclinicareskillsorientedandbasedinbothCognitiveBehavioralTherapy(CBT)andDialecticalBehavioral
Therapy(DBT).DuringmytimeattheclinicIhavecompletedintakeinterviewsforincoming
individualandgroupclientsusingtheSCID-5,conductedweeklysessionsofindividual
therapyutilizingskillstrainingsfrombothCBTandDBT,andconductedweeklysessionsof
groupbasedDBT.
PROFESSIONALSOCIETYMEMBERSHIPS
2017
SocietyfortheScientificStudyofPsychopathy
2014
SocietyforNeuroscience
2013
AssociationforPsychologicalSciences
SKILLSANDQUALIFICATIONS
ComputerSkills
• ExtensiveexperiencewithWindowsXP,WindowsVista,andWindows7,Windows10
• FamiliarwithUnix
• ExpertisewithMicrosoftExcel,MicrosoftPowerpoint,MicrosoftWord,andSPSS
• ProficiencywithMATLABandPsychToolbox
• Experienceprocessing,examining,andanalyzingfMRIdatausingSPM8,Caret(version5),Brain
Voyager,andGingerALE
• Experienceprocessing,examining,andanalyzingEEGdatausingEEGLabandBrainWave
MiscellaneousSkills
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CPRcertified