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Erin McGlade

Erin McGlade, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Psychiatry , Adjunct - Psychiatry

Divisions: Adult Psychiatry

Academic Office Information

Erin.McGlade@hsc.utah.edu

Research Statement

Dr. McGlade is a Clinical Psychologist whose research focuses on brain differences in females compared to males. She seeks to better understand sex differences in psychiatric symptoms through the use of clinical interviews, neuropsychological assessments, standardized symptom measures, and neuroimaging. Her primary work is on sex differences in brain development of adolescents and young adults, suicide risk in adolescents, and suicide prevention in female veterans.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Wyoming
BA
Graduate Training Idaho State University
MS
Doctoral Training Idaho State University
PhD
Internship University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute
Intern
Residency University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute
Resident
Research Fellow The Brain Institute, University of Utah
Research Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Sung YH, Yurgelun-Todd D, Kondo D, Shi XF, Lundberg K, Hellem T, Huber R, McGlade E, Jeong EK, Renshaw P (2015). Gender Differences in the Effect of Tobacco Use on Brain Phosphocreatine Levels in Methamphetamine-dependent Subjects. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 41(4), 281-289.
  2. Sheth C, Rogowska J, Legarreta M, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2021). Functional Connectivity of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Behavioural brain research, 112282.
  3. McGlade E, Bakian A, Coon H, Yurgelun-Todd D, Callor WB, Byrd J, Gray (2016). Male Suspected Suicide Decedents in Utah: A Comparison of Veterans and Nonveterans. Comprehensive psychiatry, 69, 1-10.
  4. Sung YH, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Shi XF, Kondo DG, Lundberg KJ, McGlade EC, Hellem TL, Huber RS, Fiedler KK, Harrell RE, Nickerson BR, Kim SE, Jeong EK, Renshaw P (2012). Decreased Frontal Lobe Phosphocreatine Levels in Methamphetamine Users. Drug and alcohol dependence, 129(1-2), 102-109.
  5. Mastaloudis A, Sheth C, Hester SN, Wood SM, Prescot A, McGlade E, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D (2020). Supplementation with a Putative Calorie Restriction Mimetic Micronutrient Blend Increases Glutathione Concentrations and Improves Neuroenergetics in Brain of Healthy Middle-aged Men and Women. Free radical biology & medicine, 153, 112-121.
  6. McGlade E, Rogowska J, DiMuzio J, Bueler E, Legarreta M, Yurgelun-Todd (2020). Neurobiological Evidence of Sexual Dimorphism in Limbic Circuitry of US Veterans. Journal of affective disorders, 274, 1091-1101.
  7. Sheth C, Prescot AP, Legarreta M, Renshaw PF, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2019). Reduced Gamma-amino Butyric acid (GABA) and Glutamine in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) of Veterans Exposed to Trauma. Journal of affective disorders, 248, 166-174.
  8. Subramaniam P, Rogowska J, DiMuzio J, Lopez-Larson M, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2018). Orbitofrontal Connectivity is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in Marijuana-using Adolescents. Journal of affective disorders, 239, 234-241.
  9. Legarreta M, Bueler E, DiMuzio J, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2018). Suicide and Chronic Pain: An Exploration of Pain Catastrophizing, Disability Perception, and Descriptions of the Pain Experience. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 206(3), 217-222.
  10. Sheth C, Prescot AP, Legarreta M, Renshaw PF, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2020). Increased Myoinositol in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Veterans with a History of Traumatic Brain Injury: a Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Journal of neurophysiology, 123(5), 1619-1629.
  11. Legarreta MD, Sheth C, Prescot AP, Renshaw PF, McGlade EC, Yurgelun-Todd D (2020). An Exploratory Proton MRS Examination of Gamma-aminobutyric Acid, Glutamate, and Glutamine and Their Relationship to Affective Aspects of Chronic Pain. Neuroscience research, 163, 10-17.
  12. Lopez-Larson MP, King JB, Terry J, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2012). Reduced Insular Volume in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Psychiatry research, 204(1), 32-39.
  13. Lopez-Larson MP, Rogowska J, Bogorodzki P, Bueler CE, McGlade EC, Yurgelun-Todd D (2012). Cortico-cerebellar abnormalities in adolescents with heavy marijuana use. Psychiatry research, 202(3), 224-32.
  14. Cellucci T, Remsperger P, McGlade (2007). Psycho-Educational Evaluations for University Students in One Clinic. Psychological reports, 101(2), 501-11.
  15. Gray D, Coon H, McGlade E, Callor W, Byrd J, Viskochil J, Bakian A, Yurgelun-Todd D, Grey T, McMahon (2014). Comparative Analysis of Suicide, Accidental, and Undetermined Cause of Death Classification. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 44(3), 304-316.
  16. Hagler DJ Jr, Hatton S, Cornejo MD, Makowski C, Fair DA, Dick AS, Sutherland MT, Casey BJ, Barch DM, Harms MP, Watts R, Bjork JM, Garavan HP, Hilmer L, Pung CJ, Sicat CS, Kuperman J, Bartsch H, Xue F, Heitzeg MM, Laird AR, Trinh TT, Gonzalez R, Tapert SF, Riedel MC, Squeglia LM, Hyde LW, Rosenberg MD, Earl EA, Howlett KD, Baker FC, Soules M, Diaz J, de Leon OR, Thompson WK, Neale MC, Herting M, Sowell ER, Alvarez RP, Hawes SW, Sanchez M, Bodurka J, Breslin FJ, Morris AS, Paulus MP, Simmons WK, Polimeni JR, van der Kouwe A, Nencka AS, Gray KM, Pierpaoli C, Matochik JA, Noronha A, Aklin WM, Conway K, Glantz M, Hoffman E, Little R, Lopez M, Pariyadath V, Weiss SR, Wolff-Hughes DL, DelCarmen-Wiggins R, Feldstein Ewing SW, Miranda-Dominguez O, Nagel BJ, Perrone AJ, Sturgeon DT, Goldstone A, Pfefferbaum A, Pohl KM, Prouty D, Uban K, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, Galvan A, Bagot K, Giedd J, Infante MA, Jacobus J, Patrick K, Shilling PD, Desikan R, Li Y, Sugrue L, Banich MT, Friedman N, Hewitt JK, Hopfer C, Sakai J, Tanabe J, Cottler LB, Nixon SJ, Chang L, Cloak C, Ernst T, Reeves G, Kennedy DN, Heeringa S, Peltier S, Schulenberg J, Sripada C, Zucker RA, Iacono WG, Luciana M, Calabro FJ, Clark DB, Lewis DA, Luna B, Schirda C, Brima T, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Mruzek DW, Mason MJ, Huber R, McGlade E, Prescot A, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Allgaier NA, Dumas JA, Ivanova M, Potter A, Florsheim P, Larson C, Lisdahl K, Charness ME, Fuemmeler B, Hettema JM, Maes HH, Steinberg J, Anokhin AP, Glaser P, Heath AC, Madden PA, Baskin-Sommers A, Constable RT, Grant SJ, Dowling GJ, Brown SA, Jernigan TL, Dale A (2019). Image Processing and Analysis Methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. NeuroImage, 202, 116091.
  17. Yurgelun-Todd DA, Bueler CE, McGlade EC, Churchwell JC, Brenner LA, Lopez-Larson M (2011). Neuroimaging Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicidal Behavior. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 26(4), 276-89.
  18. Sabic H, Kious B, Boxer D, Fitzgerald C, Riley C, Scholl L, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd D, Renshaw PF, Kondo D (2019). Effect of Altitude on Veteran Suicide Rates. High altitude medicine & biology, 20(2), 171-177.
  19. Graham J, Legarreta M, North L, DiMuzio J, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2016). A Preliminary Study of DSM-5 PTSD Symptom Patterns in Veterans by Trauma Type. Military psychology, 28(2), 115-122.
  20. Legarreta M, Bueler E, DiMuzio D, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2016). Pain Catastrophizing, Perceived Pain Disability, and Pain Descriptors: Their Association with Neuropsychological Performance. Professional psychology, research and practice, 47(6), 418-426.
  21. McGlade E, Agoston AM, DiMuzio J, Kizaki M, Nakazaki E, Kamiya T, and Yurgelun-Todd (2015). The Effect of Citicoline Supplementation on Motor Speed and Attention in Adolescent Males. Journal of attention disorders, 108705471559363.
  22. Huber RS, Sheth C, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd DA & McGlade E (2020). Suicide Ideation and Neurocognition Among 9- and 10-year Old Children in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Archives of suicide research,
  23. Sachs J, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2015). Safety and Toxicology of Cannabinoids. Neurotherapeutics, 12(4), 735-46.
  24. Hellem T, Scholl L, Sung YH, Ferguson H, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd D, Renshaw P, Hildreth (2017). Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in Methamphetamine Dependence. Journal of dual diagnosis, 13(4), 305-311.
  25. Bae S, Sheth C, Legarreta M, McGlade E, Lyoo IK, Yurgelun-Todd D (2019). Volume and Shape Analysis of the Hippocampus and Amygdala in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Brain imaging and behavior, 14(5), 1850-1864.
  26. McGlade E, Rogowska J, Yurgelun-Todd (2015). Sex Differences in Orbitofrontal Connectivity in Male and Female Veterans with TBI. Brain imaging and behavior, 9(3), 535-49.
  27. Legarreta M, Graham J, North L, Bueler CE, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2015). DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Associated with Suicide Behaviors in Veterans. Psychological trauma, 7(3), 277-85.
  28. Lopez-Larson M, King JB, McGlade E, Bueler E, Stoeckel A, Epstein DJ, Yurgelun-Todd (2013). Enlarged thalamic volumes and increased fractional anisotropy in the thalamic radiations in veterans with suicide behaviors. Frontiers in psychiatry, 4, 83.
  29. Coon H, Darlington T, Pimentel R, Smith KR, Huff CD, Hu H, Jerominski L, Hansen J, Klein M, Callor WB, Byrd J, Bakian A, Crowell SE, McMahon WM, Rajamanickam V, Camp NJ, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd D, Grey T, Gray (2013). Genetic risk factors in two Utah pedigrees at high risk for suicide. Translational psychiatry, 3(11), e325.
  30. Epstein D, Legarreta M, Bueler E, King J, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2016). Orbitofrontal Cortical Thinning and Aggression in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. Brain and behavior, 6(12),
  31. McGlade E, Locatelli A, Hardy J, Kamiya T, Morita M, Morishita K, Sugimura Y, Yurgelun-Todd (2012). Improved Attentional Performance Following Citicoline Administration in Healthy Adult Women. Food and nutrition sciences, 3(6), 769-773.
  32. Cho HB, Bueler CE, DiMuzio J, Hicks-Little C, McGlade E, Lyoo IK, Yurgelun-Todd (2018). Negative Mood States Correlate with Laterobasal Amygdala in Collegiate Football Players. BioMed research international, 2018, 8142631.
  33. Hwang J, Legarreta M, Bueler CE, DiMuzio J, McGlade E, Lyoo IK, Yurgelun-Todd (2018). Increased Efficiency of Brain Connectivity Networks in Veterans with Suicide Attempts. NeuroImage. Clinical, 20, 318-326.
  34. Subramaniam P, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2016). Comorbid Cannabis and Tobacco Use in Adolescents and Adults. Current addiction reports, 3(2), 182-188.
  35. Prescot A, Sheth C, Legarreta M, Renshaw PF, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2018). Altered Cortical GABA in Female Veterans with Suicidal Behavior: Sex Differences and Clinical Correlates. Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2,
  36. Sheth C, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd (2017). Chronic Stress in Adolescents and Its Neurobiological and Psychopathological Consequences: An RDoC Perspective. Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 1,
  37. Sheth C, Prescot A, Bueler E, DiMuzio J, Legarreta M, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D, McGlade (2018). Alterations in Anterior Cingulate Cortex Myoinositol and Aggression in Veterans with Suicidal Behavior: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging, 276, 24-32.
  38. Ma J, McGlade EC, Huber RS, Lyoo IK, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D (2023). Overweight/Obesity-related Microstructural Alterations of the Fimbria-fornix in the ABCD Study: The Role of Aerobic Physical Activity. PloS one, 18(7), e0287682.

Book Chapter

  1. Ehrler M, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd D (2015). Subjective and Cognitive Effects of Cannabinoids in Marijuana Smokers.