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Desirée White
Titles
Associate Professor of Psychology

Office Contact Information

Degree
PHD, Washington University in St. Louis
Degree
MA, Washington University in St. Louis
Degree
BS, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Office
Psychology Building 321A
Mailbox

Campus Box 1125

Phone
(314) 935-6511
Email

Research specialization

Publications
  • White, D. A., Moinuddin, A., Mckinstry, R., Noetzel, M., Armstrong, M., & DeBaun, M. R. (2006). Cognitive screening for silent cerebral infarction in children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 28, 166-169.
  • Christ, S. E., Moinuddin, A., McKinstry, R. C., DeBaun, M., & White, D. A. (2007). Inhibitory control in children with frontal infarcts related to sickle cell disease. Child Neuropsychology, 13, 132-141.
  • Araujo, G., Christ, S., Steiner, R. D., Grange, D. K., Nardos, B., McKinstry, R. C., & White, D. A. (2009). Response monitoring in children phenylketonuria. Neuropsychology, 23, 130-134. 
  • Christ, S. E., Huijbregts, S., de Sonneville, L., & White, D. A. (2010). Executive function in early-treated phenylketonuria: Profile and underlying mechanisms. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 99(Supplement 1), 22-32.
  • White, D. A., Connor, L. T., Nardos, B., Shimony, J., Archer, R., Snyder, A. Z., Moinuddin, A., Grange, D. K., Steiner, R. D., & McKinstry, R. C. (2010). Age-related decline in the microstructural integrity of white matter in children with early- and continuously-treated phenylketonuria: A diffusion tensor imaging study of the corpus callosum. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 99(Supplement 1), 41-46. 
Courses
  • Developmental Neuropsychology
  • Children's Studies Minor Seminar
  • Psychological Assessment I
  • Neuropsychological Assessment
  • Psychological Interventions II: Neuropsychology
  • Neuropsychological Syndromes
Research Interests

The research of Dr. White's Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory focuses on cognitive development in typically-developing children and children with damage to frontal brain regions. Primary emphasis is on executive abilities such as working memory, inhibitory control, response monitoring, and strategic processing. Neuroimaging correlates of cognition are examined using methods such as diffusion tensor imaging. Studies of pharmacological effects on brain and cognition are also ongoing. Pediatric populations of particular interest include phenylketonuria, stroke related to sickle cell disease, traumatic brain injury, and prematurity. 

Departments
  • Philosophy
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology