John Purcell
Biography
Dr. Purcell received his PhD in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience from Indiana University in 2022 following completion of clinical internship at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow working with Drs. Jennifer Mulle and David Zald. His research investigates how disadvantageous decision-making is impacted by the perception of risk/uncertainty and positive valence systems subserving reward-seeking in psychosis-spectrum and affective disorders.
Outside of the lab, John enjoys singing, being in nature, baking, and dreaming of one day owning a pet skunk.
Research Interests
Psychosis, decision-making, reward processing
Education
BA Music, High Point University, 2013, BA Psychology, High Point University, 2013, PhD Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience, Indiana University, 2022
Titles and Affiliations
pronouns: He/Him
Honors and Awards
NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31MH122122) 2020
Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Core Pilot Grant (UL1TR002529) 2019
Hoosier Lottery Problem Gambling Dissertation Research Grant 2018
Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Fellowship (UL1TR001108) 2018 – 2020
Clinical Translational Science Training Fellowship (T32MH103213) 2016 – 2018
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Society for Research in Psychopathology, Biological Psychiatry
Selected Publications
Insular and Striatal Correlates of Uncertain Risky Reward Pursuit in Schizophrenia., A review of risky decision-making in psychosis-spectrum disorders., Neural correlates of visual attention during risky decision evidence integration., Lack of emotional gaze preferences using eye-tracking in remitted bipolar I disorder.
