Rebekah S. Huber

Rebekah S. Huber, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Psychiatry

Divisions: Adult Psychiatry

Research Statement

Rebekah Huber, PhD is a licensed psychologist and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Her research aims to identify risk factors for suicide with a specific focus on emerging bipolar disorder. In particular, she is interested in the role that cognitive impairments play in suicide behavior and the relationship between neurocognitive changes and suicide risk in youth with bipolar disorder.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Nebraska
 BS
Graduate Training Minnesota State University
 MA
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD
Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Huber RS, Boxer D, Smith CJ, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Kondo D (2023). Detailed assessment of suicidal ideation in youth with bipolar disorder versus major depressive disorder. Bipolar disorders, 25(3), 200-208.
  2. 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.
  3. Sperry SH, Douglas KM, Dean OM, Fries GR, Gomes FA, Hosang GM, Morton E, Sandorffy B, Van Rheenen TE, Xu N, Huber R (2023). Barriers to and facilitators of success for early and Mid-Career professionals focused on bipolar disorder: A global needs survey by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. Bipolar disorders, 25(5), 379-390.
  4. Sheth, C., Huber, R.S., Renshaw, P.F, Yurgelun-Todd, D.A. & McGlade, E.C (2022). Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Behavior and Sleep among 9- and 10-Year Old Children: Initial Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. The Journal of early adolescence, Epub ahead of print,
  5. Lisdahl, K.M., Tapert, S., Sher, K.J., Gonzalez, R., Nixon, S.J., Feldstein Ewing, S.W., Conway, K.P., Wallace, A., Sullivan, R., Hatcher, K., Kaiver, C., Thompson, W., Reuter, C., Bartsch, H., Wade, N.E., Jacobus, J., Albaugh, M.D., Allgaier, N., Anokhin, A.P., Bagot, K., Baker, F.C., Banich, M.T., Barch, D.M., Baskin-Sommers, A., Breslin, F.J., Brown, S.A., Calhoun, V., Casey, B.J., Chaarani, B., Chang, L., Clark, D.B., Cloak, C., Constable, R.T., Cottler, L.B., Dagher, R.K., Dapretto, M., Dick, A., Do, E.K., Dosenbach, N.U.F., Dowling, G.J., Fair, D.A., Florsheim, P., Foxe, J.J., Freedman, E.G., Friedman, N.P., Garavan, H.P., Gee, D.G., Glantz, M.D., Glaser, P., Gonzalez, M.R., Gray, K.M., Grant, S., Haist, F., Hawes, S., Heeringa, S.G., Hermosillo, R., Herting, M.M., Hettema, J.M., Hewitt, J.K., Heyser, C., Hoffman, E.A., Howlett, K.D., Huber, R.S., Huestis, M.A., Hyde, L.W., Iacono, W.G., Isaiah, A., Ivanova, M.Y., James, R.S., Jernigan, T.L., Karcher, N.R., Kuperman, J.M., Laird, A.R., Larson, C.L., LeBlanc, K.H., Lopez, M.F., Luciana, M., Luna, B., Maes, H.H., Marshall, A.T., Mason, M.J., McGlade, E., Morris, A.S., Mulford, C., Nagel, B.J., Neigh, G., Palmer, C.E., Paulus, M.P., Pecheva, D., Prouty, D., Potter, A., Puttler, L.I., Rajapakse, N., Ross, J.M., Sanchez, M., Schirda, C., Schulenberg, J., Sheth, C., Shilling, P.D., Sowell, E.R., Speer, N., Squeglia, L., Sripada, C., Steinberg, J., Sutherland, M.T., Tomko, R., Uban, K., Vrieze, S., Weiss, S.R.B., Wing, D., Yurgelun-Todd, D.A., Zucker, R.A., Heitzeg, M.M., ABCD., C.o.n.s.o.r.t.i.u.m... (2021). Substance use patterns in 9-10 year olds: Baseline findings from the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study. Drug Alcohol Depend, 227, 108946.
  6. Huber RS, McGlade EC, Legarreta M, Subramaniam P, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D (2021). Cingulate white matter volume and associated cognitive and behavioral impulsivity in Veterans with a history of suicide behavior. Journal of affective disorders, 281, 117-124.
  7. Chaarani B, Hahn S, Allgaier N, Adise S, Owens MM, Juliano AC, Yuan DK, Loso H, Ivanciu A, Albaugh MD, Dumas J, Mackey S, Laurent J, Ivanova M, Hagler DJ, Cornejo MD, Hatton S, Agrawal A, Aguinaldo L, Ahonen L, Aklin W, Anokhin AP, Arroyo J, Avenevoli S, Babcock D, Bagot K, Baker FC, Banich MT, Barch DM, Bartsch H, Baskin-Sommers A, Bjork JM, Blachman-Demner D, Bloch M, Bogdan R, Bookheimer SY, Breslin F, Brown S, Calabro FJ, Calhoun V, Casey BJ, Chang L, Clark DB, Cloak C, Constable RT, Constable K, Corley R, Cottler LB, Coxe S, Dagher RK, Dale AM, Dapretto M, Delcarmen-Wiggins R, Dick AS, Do EK, Dosenbach NUF, Dowling GJ, Edwards S, Ernst TM, Fair DA, Fan CC, Feczko E, Feldstein-Ewing SW, Florsheim P, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Friedman NP, Friedman-Hill S, Fuemmeler BF, Galvan A, Gee DG, Giedd J, Glantz M, Glaser P, Godino J, Gonzalez M, Gonzalez R, Grant S, Gray KM, Haist F, Harms MP, Hawes S, Heath AC, Heeringa S, Heitzeg MM, Hermosillo R, Herting MM, Hettema JM, Hewitt JK, Heyser C, Hoffman E, Howlett K, Huber RS, Huestis MA, Hyde LW, Iacono WG, Infante MA, Irfanoglu O, Isaiah A, Iyengar S, Jacobus J, James R, Jean-Francois B, Jernigan T, Karcher NR, Kaufman A, Kelley B, Kit B, Ksinan A, Kuperman J, Laird AR, Larson C, LeBlanc K, Lessov-Schlagger C, Lever N, Lewis DA, Lisdahl K, Little AR, Lopez M, Luciana M, Luna B, Madden PA, Maes HH, Makowski C, Marshall AT, Mason MJ, Matochik J, McCandliss BD, McGlade E, Montoya I, Morgan G, Morris A, Mulford C, Murray P, Nagel BJ, Neale MC, Neigh G, Nencka A, Noronha A, Nixon SJ, Palmer CE, Pariyadath V, Paulus MP, Pelham WE, Pfefferbaum D, Pierpaoli C, Prescot A, Prouty D, Puttler LI, Rajapaske N, Rapuano KM, Reeves G, Renshaw PF, Riedel MC, Rojas P, de la Rosa M, Rosenberg MD, Ross MJ, Sanchez M, Schirda C, Schloesser D, Schulenberg J, Sher KJ, Sheth C, Shilling PD, Simmons WK, Sowell ER, Speer N, Spittel M, Squeglia LM, Sripada C, Steinberg J, Striley C, Sutherland MT, Tanabe J, Tapert SF, Thompson W, Tomko RL, Uban KA, Vrieze S, Wade NE, Watts R, Weiss S, Wiens BA, Williams OD, Wilbur A, Wing D, Wolff-Hughes D, Yang R, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Zucker RA, Potter A, Garavan HP, ABCD Consortium (2021). Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study. Nature neuroscience, 24(8), 1176-1186.
  8. Simmons C, Conley MI, Gee DG, Baskin-Sommers A, Barch DM, Hoffman EA, Huber RS, Iacono WG, Nagel BJ, Palmer CE, Sheth CS, Sowell ER, Thompson WK, Casey B (2021). Responsible Use of Open-Access Developmental Data: The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Psychological science, 32(6), 866-870.
  9. Herting MM, Uban KA, Gonzalez MR, Baker FC, Kan EC, Thompson WK, Granger DA, Albaugh MD, Anokhin AP, Bagot KS, Banich MT, Barch DM, Baskin-Sommers A, Breslin FJ, Casey BJ, Chaarani B, Chang L, Clark DB, Cloak CC, Constable RT, Cottler LB, Dagher RK, Dapretto M, Dick AS, Dosenbach N, Dowling GJ, Dumas JA, Edwards S, Ernst T, Fair DA, Feldstein-Ewing SW, Freedman EG, Fuemmeler BF, Garavan H, Gee DG, Giedd JN, Glaser PEA, Goldstone A, Gray KM, Hawes SW, Heath AC, Heitzeg MM, Hewitt JK, Heyser CJ, Hoffman EA, Huber RS, Huestis MA, Hyde LW, Infante MA, Ivanova MY, Jacobus J, Jernigan TL, Karcher NR, Laird AR, LeBlanc KH, Lisdahl K, Luciana M, Luna B, Maes HH, Marshall AT, Mason MJ, McGlade EC, Morris AS, Nagel BJ, Neigh GN, Palmer CE, Paulus MP, Potter AS, Puttler LI, Rajapakse N, Rapuano K, Reeves G, Renshaw PF, Schirda C, Sher KJ, Sheth C, Shilling PD, Squeglia LM, Sutherland MT, Tapert SF, Tomko RL, Yurgelun-Todd D, Wade NE, Weiss SRB, Zucker RA, Sowell E (2021). Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Frontiers in endocrinology, 11, 549928.
  10. Prescot A, Huber R, Kanekar S, Kondo D, Prisciandaro J, Ongur D, Renshaw P (2021). Effect of moderate altitude on human cerebral metabolite levels: A preliminary, multi-site, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation. Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging, 314, 111314.
  11. Palmer CE, Sheth C, Marshall AT, Adise S, Baker FC, Chang L, Clark DB, Coronado C, Dagher RK, Diaz V, Dowling GJ, Gonzalez MR, Haist F, Herting MM, Huber RS, Jernigan TL, LeBlanc K, Lee K, Lisdahl KM, Neigh G, Patterson MW, Renshaw P, Rhee KE, Tapert S, Thompson WK, Uban K, Sowell ER, Yurgelun-Todd (2021). A Comprehensive Overview of the Physical Health of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study Cohort at Baseline. Frontiers in pediatrics, 9, 734184.
  12. Karcher NR, Loewy RL, Savill M, Avenevoli S, Huber RS, Makowski C, Sher KJ, Barch D (2021). Persistent and distressing psychotic-like experiences using adolescent brain cognitive development¿ study data. Molecular psychiatry, 27, 1490-1501.
  13. Li Y, Thompson WK, Reuter C, Nillo R, Jernigan T, Dale A, Sugrue LP, ABCD Consortium., Brown J, Dougherty RF, Rauschecker A, Rudie J, Barch DM, Calhoun V, Hagler D, Hatton S, Tanabe J, Marshall A, Sher KJ, Heeringa S, Hermosillo R, Banich MT, Squeglia L, Bjork J, Zucker R, Neale M, Herting M, Sheth C, Huber R, Reeves G, Hettema JM, Howlett KD, Cloak C, Baskin-Sommers A, Rapuano K, Gonzalez R, Karcher N, Laird A, Baker F, James R, Sowell E, Dick A, Hawes S, Sutherland M, Bagot K, Bodurka J, Breslin F, Morris A, Paulus M, Gray K, Hoffman E, Weiss S, Rajapakse N, Glantz M, Nagel B, Ewing SF, Goldstone A, Pfefferbaum A, Prouty D, Rosenberg M, Bookheimer S, Tapert S, Infante M, Jacobus J, Giedd J, Shilling P, Wade N, Uban K, Haist F, Heyser C, Palmer C, Kuperman J, Hewitt J, Cottler L, Isaiah A, Chang L, Edwards S, Ernst T, Heitzeg M, Puttler L, Sripada C, Iacono W, Luciana M, Clark D, Luna B, Schirda C, Foxe J, Freedman E, Mason M, McGlade E, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D, Albaugh M, Allgaier N, Chaarani B, Potter A, Ivanova M, Lisdahl K, Do E, Maes H, Bogdan R, Anokhin A, Dosenbach N, Glaser P, Heath A, Casey BJ, Gee D, Garavan HP, Dowling G, Brown (2021). Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children. JAMA neurology, 78(5), 578-587.
  14. 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, 26(2), 1-15.
  15. Bakian AV, Huber RS, Scholl L, Renshaw PF, Kondo (2020). Dietary creatine intake and depression risk among U.S. adults. Translational psychiatry, 10(1), 52.
  16. Karcher NR, Loewy RL, Savill M, Avenevoli S, Huber RS, Simon TJ, Leckliter IN, Sher KJ, Barch D (2020). Replication of Associations With Psychotic-Like Experiences in Middle Childhood From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Schizophrenia bulletin open, 1(1), sgaa009.
  17. Huber RS, Hodgson R, Yurgelun-Todd D (2019). A qualitative systematic review of suicide behavior using the cognitive systems domain of the research domain criteria (RDoC) framework. Psychiatry research, 282, 112589.
  18. Huber RS, Subramaniam P, Kondo DG, Shi X, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D (2019). Reduced lateral orbitofrontal cortex volume and suicide behavior in youth with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorders, 21(4), 321-329.
  19. 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.
  20. Prescot, A.P., Miller, S.R., Ingenito, G., Huber, R.S., Kondo, D.G., Renshaw, P.F. (2018). In Vivo Detection of CPP-115 Target Engagement in Human Brain. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(3), 646-654.
  21. Huber RS, Kondo DG, Shi XF, Prescot AP, Clark E, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd D (2018). Relationship of executive functioning deficits to N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in youth with bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders, 225, 71-78.
  22. Huber RS, Kim TS, Kim N, Kuykendall MD, Sherwood SN, Renshaw PF, Kondo D (2018). Association Between Altitude and Regional Variation of ADHD in Youth. Journal of attention disorders, 22(14), 1299-1306.
  23. Karcher NR, Barch DM, Avenevoli S, Savill M, Huber RS, Simon TJ, Leckliter IN, Sher KJ, Loewy R (2018). Assessment of the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief Child Version for Measurement of Self-reported Psychoticlike Experiences in Childhood. JAMA psychiatry, 75(8), 853-861.
  24. Kondo DG, Forrest LN, Shi X, Sung YH, Hellem TL, Huber RS, Renshaw P (2016). Creatine target engagement with brain bioenergetics: a dose-ranging phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of adolescent females with SSRI-resistant depression. Amino acids, 48(8), 1941-54.
  25. Sung, Y.H., Yurgelun-Todd, D.A., Kondo, D.G., Shi, X.F., Lundberg, K.J., Hellem, T.L., Huber, R.S., McGlade, E.C., Jeong, E.K., Renshaw, P.F. (2015). Gender differences in the effect of tobacco use on brain phosphocreatine levels in methamphetamine-dependent subjects. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 41(4), 281-9.
  26. Bakian, A.V., Huber, R.S., Coon, H., Gray, D., Wilson, P., McMahon, W.M., Renshaw, P.F. (2015). Bakian et al. respond to "Assessing air pollution and suicide risk". Am J Epidemiol, 181(5), 309-10.
  27. Bakian, A.V., Huber, R.S., Coon, H., Gray, D., Wilson, P., McMahon, W.M., Renshaw, P.F. (2015). Acute air pollution exposure and risk of suicide completion. Am J Epidemiol, 181(5), 295-303.
  28. Shi XF, Carlson PJ, Sung YH, Fiedler KK, Forrest LN, Hellem TL, Huber RS, Kim SE, Zuo C, Jeong EK, Renshaw PF, Kondo D (2015). Decreased brain PME/PDE ratio in bipolar disorder: a preliminary (31) P magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Bipolar disorders, 17(7), 743-52.
  29. Hellem TL, Sung YH, Shi XF, Pett MA, Latendresse G, Morgan J, Huber RS, Kuykendall D, Lundberg KJ, Renshaw P (2015). Creatine as a Novel Treatment for Depression in Females Using Methamphetamine: A Pilot Study. Journal of dual diagnosis, 11(3-4), 189-202.
  30. Kondo, D.G., Hellem, T.L., Shi, X.F., Sung, Y.H., Prescot, A.P., Kim, T.S., Huber, R.S., Forrest, L.N., Renshaw, P.F. (2014). A review of MR spectroscopy studies of pediatric bipolar disorder. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 35(6 Suppl), S64-80.
  31. Shi, X.F., Forrest, L.N., Kuykendall, M.D., Prescot, A.P., Sung, Y.H., Huber, R.S., Hellem, T.L., Jeong, E.K., Renshaw, P.F., Kondo, D.G. (2014). Anterior cingulate cortex choline levels in female adolescents with unipolar versus bipolar depression: a potential new tool for diagnosis. J Affect Disord, 167, 25-9.
  32. Huber RS, Coon H, Kim N, Renshaw PF, Kondo D (2014). Altitude is a risk factor for completed suicide in bipolar disorder. Medical hypotheses, 82(3), 377-81.
  33. Sung, Y.H., Yurgelun-Todd, D.A., Shi, X.F., Kondo, D.G., Lundberg, K.J., McGlade, E.C., Hellem, T.L., Huber, R.S., Fiedler, K.K., Harrell, R.E., Nickerson, B.R., Kim, S.E., Jeong, E.K., Renshaw, P.F. (2013). Decreased frontal lobe phosphocreatine levels in methamphetamine users. Drug Alcohol Depend, 129(1-2), 102-9.
  34. Shi XF, Kondo DG, Sung YH, Hellem TL, Fiedler KK, Jeong EK, Huber RS, Renshaw P (2012). Frontal lobe bioenergetic metabolism in depressed adolescents with bipolar disorder: a phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Bipolar disorders, 14(6), 607-17.
  35. Huber RS, Sifers SK, Houlihan D, Youngblom (2012). Teacher support as a moderator of behavioral outcomes for youth exposed to stressful life events. Education research international, 1-10.
  36. Agarwal N, Prescot AP, Pertile R, Huber RS, Bromberg MB, Shah LM, Renshaw P (2011). Reduced N-acetylaspartyl glutamate in the primary motor cortex of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Journal of neurology, 258, 222.
  37. Huber RS, Houlihan D, Filter (2011). Dubowitz syndrome: a review and implications for cognitive, behavioral, and psychological features. Journal of clinical medicine research, 3(4), 147-55.

Book Chapter

  1. Clark E, Radley KC, Huber RS, Jenson W (2015). The Neuropsychology of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Men.

Editorial

  1. Huber RS, Douglas KM, Sperry SH, Gomes FA, Van Rheenen TE, Xu N, Hosang G (2022). The Early Mid-Career Committee (EMCC) of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders: Aspirations and goals. Bipolar disorders, 24(8), 781-783.

Letter

  1. Huber RS, Yurgelun-Todd D (2020). Neural mechanisms underlying suicide behavior in youth with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorders, 22(2), 193-194.