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Rachel Tomlinson, PhD

Title(s)Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0003-4349-0081 Additional info
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    UCSF, San Francisco, CATranslational Epidemiology (TE-TRAC) T32
    UCSF, San Francisco, CA04/2024Clinical Psychology Training Program
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIPhD08/2023Clinical Psychology
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIM.S.08/2018Psychology
    Duke University, Durham, NCB.S.05/2014Psychology, Biology

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    I study executive functioning (EF) as a stress-sensitive, two-generation target for improving mental health in families. I am affiliated with the Child Trauma Research Program and supported by an NIA-funded T32 in translational epidemiology. My work bridges developmental neuroscience, computational modeling, and intervention science to clarify how early-life adversity shapes EF in both children and caregivers. My long-term goal is to develop translational interventions that strengthen EF in parents and children, helping to disrupt intergenerational cycles of stress by targeting the cognitive systems that support regulation, flexibility, and resilience.

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    Precision in Childhood Executive Functioning Measurement: Advancing Efficiency of Evidence Accumulation (EEA) for Developmental Insights
    NIH Office of the Director, Opportunities and Innovation Fund, ECHO 2U2COD023375Jun 1, 2025 - May 31, 2027
    Role: Principal Investigator (Subcontract)
    Exploring How Perinatal Interventions Influence Executive Functioning
    UCSF Nancy Adler Seed Grant Oct 1, 2024 - Oct 1, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator
    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program DGE 1256260Sep 1, 2017 - May 31, 2022

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    1. Efficiency of evidence accumulation as a formal model-based measure of task-general executive functioning in adolescents. J Psychopathol Clin Sci. 2025 Oct; 134(7):761-774. Tomlinson RC, Weigard AS, Sripada C, Jonides J, Klump KL, Burt SA, Hyde LW. PMID: 40839478; PMCID: PMC12373008.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Mental Health in Toddlerhood: The Dynamic Balance of Anxiety, Autonomy, and Attachment. WAIMH Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Biopsychosocial Factors. 2024; 1:91-110. Lieberman, AF Tomlinson, RC.
    3. Pilot Study of Self-Distancing Augmentation to Exposure Therapy for Youth Anxiety. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 Feb; 56(1):153-165. Bilek EL, Meyer AE, Tomlinson R, Chen C. PMID: 37231323; PMCID: PMC10212740.
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    4. Parents, neighborhoods, and the developing brain. Child Development Perspectives. 2022; 16(3):148-156. Hyde, LW Gard, AM Tomlinson, RC Suarez, GL Westerman, HB.
    5. The role of parenting in the intergenerational transmission of executive functioning: A genetically informed approach. Dev Psychopathol. 2022 Dec; 34(5):1731-1743. Tomlinson RC, Hyde LW, Weigard AS, Klump KL, Burt SA. PMID: 35957575; PMCID: PMC9922338.
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    6. Illuminating Associations between Parenting and Deleterious Neighborhood Characteristics via an Exhaustive Modeling Approach. J Marriage Fam. 2023 Feb; 85(1):153-172. Burt SA, Thaler D, Shewark EA, Pearson AM, Anaya C, Tomlinson RC, Neiderhiser JM, Klump KL, Lonstein JS. PMID: 36776571; PMCID: PMC9916660.
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    7. Parenting moderates the etiology of callous-unemotional traits in middle childhood. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2022 Aug; 63(8):912-920. Tomlinson RC, Hyde LW, Dotterer HL, Klump KL, Burt SA. PMID: 34796486; PMCID: PMC10049759.
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    8. Neurocognitive abilities associated with antisocial behavior with and without callous-unemotional traits in a community sample. Neuropsychology. 2021 May; 35(4):374-387. Dotterer HL, Tomlinson RC, Burt SA, Weigard AS, Klump KL, Hyde LW. PMID: 34043388; PMCID: PMC8350929.
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    9. Exposure-Focused CBT Outperforms Relaxation-Based Control in an RCT of Treatment for Child and Adolescent Anxiety. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2022; 51(4):410-418. Bilek E, Tomlinson RC, Whiteman AS, Johnson TD, Benedict C, Phan KL, Monk CS, Fitzgerald KD. PMID: 33905281; PMCID: PMC8548408.
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    10. Treating Social Anxiety in an Era of Social Distancing: Adapting Exposure Therapy for Youth During COVID-19. Cogn Behav Pract. 2021 Nov; 28(4):669-678. Khan AN, Bilek E, Tomlinson RC, Becker-Haimes EM. PMID: 33564222; PMCID: PMC7862041.
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    11. An ecological approach to understanding the developing brain: Examples linking poverty, parenting, neighborhoods, and the brain. Am Psychol. 2020 Dec; 75(9):1245-1259. Hyde LW, Gard AM, Tomlinson RC, Burt SA, Mitchell C, Monk CS. PMID: 33382290; PMCID: PMC8167378.
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    12. Number sense biases children's area judgments. Cognition. 2020 Nov; 204:104352. Tomlinson RC, DeWind NK, Brannon EM. PMID: 32629292; PMCID: PMC7494554.
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    13. Neighborhood poverty predicts altered neural and behavioral response inhibition. Neuroimage. 2020 Apr 01; 209:116536. Tomlinson RC, Burt SA, Waller R, Jonides J, Miller AL, Gearhardt AN, Peltier SJ, Klump KL, Lumeng JC, Hyde LW. PMID: 31935521; PMCID: PMC7065021.
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    14. The Acuity and Manipulability of the ANS Have Separable Influences on Preschoolers' Symbolic Math Achievement. Front Psychol. 2018; 9:2554. Starr A, Tomlinson RC, Brannon EM. PMID: 30618975; PMCID: PMC6297384.
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    15. Five-year-olds do not show ambiguity aversion in a risk and ambiguity task with physical objects. J Exp Child Psychol. 2017 Jul; 159:319-326. Li R, Roberts RC, Huettel SA, Brannon EM. PMID: 28359540.
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    16. Non-symbolic approximate arithmetic training improves math performance in preschoolers. J Exp Child Psychol. 2016 Dec; 152:278-293. Park J, Bermudez V, Roberts RC, Brannon EM. PMID: 27596808; PMCID: PMC5053875.
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