Isabella Kahhale

Graduate Student, Dr. Hanson

Clinical-Developmental Psychology Program

Lab

https://www.lifelab.pitt.edu/

Research Interests

Isabella is passionate about working with disadvantaged communities and addressing various downstream outcomes faced by at-risk populations throughout the lifespan. She graduated with her B.S. in Cognitive & Brain Sciences from Tufts University and worked as a research assistant at the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab before coming to Pitt. She loves getting a good sweat, trying new restaurants, and talking during movies.

Recent Publications

Kahhale, I., Hanson, J. L, Raine, A. & Byrd, A. L. (2024). Associations Between Subtypes of Empathy and Aggression in High-Risk Adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

Bacas, E., Kahhalé, I., Raamana, P. R., Pablo, J. B., Anand, A. S., & Hanson, J. L. (2023). Probing multiple algorithms to calculate brain age: Examining reliability, relations with demographics, and predictive power. Human Brain Mapping.

News and Awards

Jamie Hanson and colleagues Kristen O'Connor (Saint Vincent College), and LRDC's Dorthea Adkins and Isabella Kahhale, published "Childhood Adversity and COVID-19 Outcomes in the UK Biobank" on November 1 in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The article has garnered extensive national and international publicity.

November 11, 2023

Kudos to the recipients of the Spring 2023 Council Award: Alex Silver, Rebecca McGregor, (Caroline) Xueying Ren, Shirley Duong, Lorraine Blatt, and Isabella Kahhale.

April 3, 2023

Congratulations to Shirley Duong, Nabila Jamal-Orozco, and Isabella Kahhale, recipients of the Spring 2021 LRDC Graduate Student Council Award. The Award is chosen by members of the LRDC Grad Student Council and is designed to support the development of new, innovative, and interdisciplinary research by graduate students within LRDC.

June 1, 2021

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Contact

622A MURDC

isabella.kahhale@pitt.edu