Faculty

Jessie B Northrup, PhD

Jessie B Northrup, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
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Education & Training

PhD
Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology
Clinical Psychology, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Affiliations

Member, International Society on Infant Studies
Member, Society for Research in Child Development
Member, International Society for Autism Research

Selected Honors & Awards

Slifka-Ritvo Innovation in Autism Research Award, International Society for Autism Research
Early Career Investigator Award, International Society for Autism Research

Research Interests

Mother-child interactions; Social and emotional development; Autism spectrum disorders
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Northrup JB, Nuske HJ, Hipwell AE, Mazefsky CA. Review and developmental model: Early childhood emotion regulation and co-regulation in autism. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.07.1063
  2. Northrup JB, Hartman AG, MacKenzie KT, Sivathasan S, Eldeeb S, Mazefsky CA. Emotion dysregulation in autism: Severity and correlates in early childhood. Autism Res. 2024 Dec;17(12):2662-2675. doi: 10.1002/aur.3264.
  3. Northrup JB, Cortez KB, Mazefsky CA, Iverson JM. Expression and co-regulation of negative emotion in 18-month-olds at increased likelihood for autism with diverse developmental outcomes. Autism. 2024 Oct;28(10):2534-2548. doi: 10.1177/13623613241233664.
  4. orthrup JB, Mazefsky CA, Day TN. Valence and intensity of emotional expression in autistic and non-autistic toddlers. J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Feb 3;. doi: 10.1007/s10803-024-06268-8.
  5. Northrup JB, Goodwin MS, Peura CB, Chen Q, Taylor BJ, Siegel MS, Mazefsky CA. Mapping the time course of overt emotion dysregulation, self-injurious behavior, and aggression in psychiatrically hospitalized autistic youth: A naturalistic study. Autism Res. 2022 Jun 25; doi: 10.1002/aur.2773.

Pitt Psychiatry’s 2025 Research Day, Part I: A Celebration of Science

Research Day Attendees

The 23rd annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day, held on June 12, 2025, was the most highly attended Research Day ever, with 653 faculty members, trainees, and staff gathering at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Lunchtime Roundtables More than 300 individuals participated in or facilitated one of 30 roundtable discussion groups focused on topics including...

Biological Psychiatry: Neural Network Functional Interactions Mediate or Suppress White Matter–Emotional Behavior Relationships in Infants 

Infant and Mother

Complex and coordinated brain development progresses rapidly within the first year of a baby’s life, and infant white matter development is associated with future cognitive processes and behavioral problems. Elucidating the neural basis of infant emotional behaviors can identify biomarkers of pathophysiological risk for subsequent behavioral and emotional problems. In Biological Psychiatry, investigators including...

Jessie Northrup, PhD, Receives Two Awards from the International Society for Autism Research

Dr. Jessie Northrup

Congratulations to Jessie Northrup, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), who has received both the prestigious Slifka/Ritvo Innovation in Autism Research Award, as well as an Early Career Investigator Award from the International Society for Autism Research! Dr. Northrup’s research focuses on emotion regulation in individuals with autism spectrum disorder, with a particular focus on parent-child interactions...

A Naturalistic Study of Emotion Dysregulation, Self-injurious Behavior & Aggression in Autistic Youth

Investigators including Jessie Northrup, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), and Carla Mazefsky, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology), from Pitt Psychiatry, have conducted a study of how emotion dysregulation—challenges in modulating the intensity and duration of emotional reactions—may relate to aggressive or self-injurious behaviors in autistic individuals. The study, published in Autism Research...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Jessie Northrup, PhD, to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Jessie Northrup, PhD, Promoted to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry  

We are pleased to announce that Jessie Northrup, PhD, has been promoted to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Northrup earned her PhD in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, and conducted her clinical psychology internship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. Her research focuses on emotion regulation in individuals with...