Publications

I believe that research and clinical work should inform each other. I am careful to never lose sight of the research, while also personalizing care for you. I was previously faculty at Stanford, researching brain development and its relationship with executive function, suicidal thinking, anxiety, and depression. Here are my peer-reviewed publications:

Development of executive function during childhood and adolescence

Ravindranath, O., Ordaz, S., Padmanabhan, A., Foran, W., Jalbrzikowski, M., Calabro, F., Luna, B. (2020). Influences of affective context on amygdala connectivity during cognitive control from adolescence through adulthood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100836.

Ordaz, S., Fritz, B., Forbes, E., Luna, B. (2017). The influence of pubertal maturation on antisaccade performance. Developmental Science. doi: 10.1111/desc.12568. PMC5709236

Ordaz, S., Foran, W., Velanova, K., Luna, B. (2013). Longitudinal growth curves of brain function underlying cognitive control through adolescence. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(46), 18109-24. PMCID24227721.

Ordaz, S., Luna, B. (2012). Sex differences in physiological reactivity to acute psychosocial stress in adolescence. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(8): 1135-57. PMCID 22281210.

Padmanabhan, A., Ordaz, S., Geier, C., Teslovich, T., Luna, B. (2011). Developmental changes in brain function underlying the influence of reward processing on inhibitory control. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1(4), 517-529. PMCID21966352.

Ordaz, S., Davis, S., Luna, B. (2010). Effects of response preparation on developmental improvements in inhibitory control. Acta Psychologica, 134(3), 253-263. PMCID20347061.

O’Hearn, K., Asato, M., Ordaz, S., Luna, B. (2008). Neurodevelopment and executive function in autism. Development and Psychopathology, 20(4), 1103-1132. PMCID18838033.

How parenting promotes resilience against anxious and depressive symptoms

Ordaz, S.*, Manczak, E.*, King, L., Colich, N., Humphreys, K., Goyer, M., Pham, H., Price, A., Gotlib, I. (submitted). Parental monitoring buffers the effect of early life stress on anxious/depressed symptoms among early pubertal adolescents. *=co-first authors

Manczak, E., Ordaz, S., Singh, M., Goyer, M., Gotlib, I. (2019). Time spent with parents predicts change in depressive symptoms in adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.009

Characterizing biomarkers for suicidal thoughts, anxiety, and depression

Schwartz, J., Ordaz, S., Ho, T., Goyer, M., Gotlib, I. (2019). Longitudinal association between brain networks and suicidal ideation in depressed adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.009

Kircanski, K., Sisk, L., Ho, T., Humphreys, K., King, L., Colich, N., Ordaz, S., Gotlib, I. (2019). Early life stress, cortisol, frontolimbic connectivity, and depressive symptoms during puberty. Development & Psychopathology.

Schwartz, J., Ordaz, S., Kircanski, K., Ho, T., Davis, E., Camacho, M., Gotlib, I. (2019). Resting-State Functional Connectivity and Inflexibility of Daily Emotions in Major Depression. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Ho, T., Cichocki, A., Gifuni, A., Camacho, M., Ordaz, S., Singh, M., Gotlib, I. (2018). Reduced dorsal striatal gray matter volume predicts implicit suicidal ideation in adolescents. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsy089

Humphreys, K., King, L., Sacchet, M., Camacho, M., Colich, N., Ordaz, S., Ho, T., Gotlib, I. (2018). Evidence for a sensitive period in the effects of early life stress on hippocampal volume. Developmental Science.

LeMoult, J., Humphreys, K., King, L., Colich, N., Price, A., Ordaz, S., Gotlib, I. (2018). Associations among early life stress, rumination, symptoms of psychopathology, and sex in early pubertal youth: a moderated mediation analysis. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

Ellwood-Lowe, M., Humphreys, K., Ordaz, S., Camacho, C., Sacchet, M., Gotlib, I. (2018). Time-varying effects of income on hippocampal volume trajectories in adolescent girls. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2017.12.005.

Ordaz, S., Goyer, M., Ho, T., Singh, M., Gotlib, I. (2017). Salience network coherence is associated with suicidal ideation in depressed adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.09.021, PMC5308464.

Ho, T., King, L., Leong, J., Colich, N., Humphreys, K., Ordaz, S., Gotlib, I. (2017). Effects of sensitivity to life stress on uncinate fasciculus segments in early adolescence. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsx065, PMC5629927.

Colich, N., Williams, E., King, L., Ho, T., Humphreys, K., Price, A., Ordaz, S., Gotlib, I. (2017). Sex differences in the effects of early life stress on prefrontal cortex activation during implicit emotion regulation. Development and Psychopathology.

King, L., Colich, N., LeMoult, J., Humphreys, K., Ordaz, S., Price, A., Gotlib, I. (2017). The impact of early life stress on diurnal cortisol: The role of puberty. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Ordaz, S., LeMoult, J., Colich, N.L., Prasad, G., Pollak, M., Popolizio, M., Price, A., Greicius, M., Gotlib, I. (2016). Ruminative brooding is associated with salience network coherence in early pubertal girls. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsw133

Colich, N., Ho, T., Foland-Ross, L., Eggleston, C., Ordaz, S., Singh, M., Gotlib, I. (2016; in press). Frontocingulate dysfunction in adolescent depression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

Kircanski, K., LeMoult, J., Ordaz, S., Gotlib, I. (2016). Investigating the nature of co-occurring depression and anxiety: Comparing diagnostic and dimensional research approaches. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Gotlib, I. & Ordaz, S. (2015). The importance of assessing neural trajectories in pediatric depression. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(1), 9-10. PMCID26676653

LeMoult, J., Ordaz, S., Kircanski, K., Singh, M., Gotlib, I. (2015). Predicting first onset of depression in young girls: Interaction of diurnal cortisol and negative life events. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. PMCID26595472.

Genetic and environmental influences on brain development (twin studies)

Schmitt, J., Wallace, G., Lenroot, R., Ordaz, S., Greenstein, D., Clasen, L., Kendler, K., Neale, M., Giedd, J. (2010). A twin study of intracerebral volumetric relationships. Behavior Genetics, 40(2), 114-124. PMCID20112130.

Ordaz, S., Lenroot, R., Wallace, G., Clasen, L., Blumenthal, J., Schmitt, J., Giedd, J. (2009). Are there differences in brain morphometry between twins and singletons? A pediatric MRI study. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, 9(3), 288-295. PMCID20100212.

Schmitt, J., Lenroot, R., Ordaz, S., Wallace, G., Lerch, J., Evans, A., Prom, E., Kendler, K., Neale, M., Giedd, J. (2009). Variance decomposition of MRI-based covariance maps using genetically informative samples and structural equation modeling. NeuroImage, 47(1), 56-64. PMCID18672072.

Lenroot, R., Schmitt, E., Ordaz, S., Wallace, G., Lerch, J., Kendler, K., Evans, A., & Giedd, J. (2009). Differences in genetic and environmental influences on the human cerebral cortex associated with development during childhood and adolescence. Human Brain Mapping, 30(1), 163-174. PMCID18041741.

Schmitt, J., Lenroot, R., Wallace, G., Ordaz, S., Taylor, K., Kabani, N., Greenstein, D., Lerch, J., Kendler, K., Neale, M., & Giedd, J. (2008). Identification of genetically mediated cortical networks: A multivariate study of twins and siblings. Cerebral Cortex, 18(8), 1737-1747. PMCID18234689.

Schmitt, J., Wallace, G., Rosenthal, M., Molloy, E., Ordaz, S., Clasen, L., Kendler, K., Neale, M., & Giedd, J. (2007). A multivariate analysis of neuroanatomic relationships in a genetically informative pediatric sample. NeuroImage, 35, 70-82. PMCID17208460.

Giedd, J., Clasen, L., Lenroot, R., Greenstein, D., Wallace, G., Ordaz, S., Molloy, E., Blumenthal, J., Tossell, J., Stayer, C., Samango-Sprouse, C., Shen, D., Davatzikos, C., Merke, D., & Chrousos, G. (2006). Puberty-related influences on brain development. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 254-255, 154-162. PMCID16765510.

Wallace, G., Schmitt, J., Viding, E., Rosenthal, M., Molloy, E., Ordaz, S., Lenroot, R., Clasen, L., Blumenthal, J., Kendler, K., Neale, M., & Giedd, J. (2006). Genetic and environmental influences on brain morphometry: A pediatric twin study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 987-993. PMCID17073977.