Gianna Rea-Sandin, PhD (she/her).
Dr. Rea-Sandin is a NIDA T32 postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a minor in biology at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2012. After working as postbaccalaureate research assistant at the Institute for Behavior Genetics, Dr. Rea-Sandin completed her graduate training in developmental psychology at Arizona State University in 2022.
Dr. Rea-Sandin’s program of research examines the complex interplay between biological and contextual influences that contribute to the development of youth self-regulation. More specifically, she is interested in self-regulation as an intermediate phenotype linking genomics to outcomes, as well as understanding the neurobiology of executive functioning in the context of psychopathology. Dr. Rea-Sandin is also passionate about the inclusion of underrepresented populations in psychological research and taking a strengths-based approach to understanding the various factors implicated in the development of socioemotional competencies for children from all backgrounds.