Naomi Friedman

  • Associate Professor
  • INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL GENETICS
  • PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE
Address

Institute for Behavioral Genetics
University of Colorado Boulder
447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0447

Dr. Friedman is recruiting new students for a fall 2026 start date

Applications are typically due mid November; for exact dates please check the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience webpage, if you intend to work with Dr. Friedman. Additional information is available on IBG's Prospective Students page.

Research Interests:

Mechanisms (neural and genetic) underlying individual differences in executive functions and their relations to everyday self regulation as well as various forms of psychopathology.

Active Grants:

  • NIDA U01 DA051018 (Banich/Friedman) 4/15/20 – 03/31/27. 14/21 ABCD-USA Consortium: Research Project Site at CU Boulder. Role: MPI
  • NIDA R01 DA046064 (Friedman, Wager) 4/15/18 – 1/31/23. Brain and Genetic Predictors of Individual Differences in Pain and Placebo Analgesia. Role: MPI
  • NIDA U01 DA046413 (Vrieze, Friedman) 8/15/18 – 6/30/23. A Twin Study of Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Development: Leveraging Intensive Longitudinal Assessments. Role: MPI
  • NIMH R01 MH124846 (Kaiser/Snyder) 6/10/22 – 4/30/27. Leveraging Latent Factors and Machine Learning to Forecast Internalizing Psychopathology in Emerging Adulthood. Role: Co-I
  • NIA R01 AG046938 (Reynolds/Wadsworth) 6/01/15 – 5/31/25. Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan Behavioral Development & Cognitive Aging (CATSLife). Role: Co-I
  • NIMH R01 MH117131 (Kaiser) 7/03/20 – 4/30/24. Biotyping Mood Health in Late Adolescence: Neurocognitive Dimensions and Stress Pathways. Role: Co-I
  • NIDA R01 DA042742 (Palmer) 4/01/18 – 1/31/23. Integrative Prioritization of Alcohol and Drug-Addiction Related Genetic Loci. Role: Co-I, subcontract PI
  • R21 ES035826 (Smolker), 2/07/24 – 1/31/26. Long-term Effects of Developmental Air Pollution Exposure on Adult Mental Health: Sensitive Periods, Neural Correlates, and Genetic Risk Factors. Role: Co-investigator.
  • NIMH T32 MH016880 (Keller, Friedman) 7/01/20 – 6/30/25. Research Training: Mental Health Behavior Genetics. Role: Multiple principal investigator.
  • NIDA R01 DA059804 (Gustavson) 8/15/24 – 5/31/29. Establishing if Music Engagement is a Protective Factor in Adolescent Substance Use Using Existing Longitudinal, Genetic, and Environmental Datasets. Role: Co-investigator

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