Hatty Lara

I am a Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology program in the Psychology Department. In between school, I worked as a Research Assistant at UT Southwestern Medical Center and then at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso for cancer prevention programs. My clinical training is focused on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and family-based therapies.

Research Interests: 

• Working with English and Spanish-speaking children and families
  Using evidence-based practices to promote mental health 
  Early adversity, sleep, and language development

Selected Publications: 

• Lara, H., Papini, S., Jacquart, J. (2023). Lista de exposición [PDF]. Exposure Therapy Consortium. https://exposure.la.utexas.edu/clinical/resources
• Lara, H., Papini, S., Jacquart, J. (2023). Registro de observación de investigación de campo [PDF]. Exposure Therapy Consortium. https://exposure.la.utexas.edu/clinical/resources
• Sweeney, L.M., Lara, H., Gomez, R.L (2023). Developmental changes in retention and generalization of nonadjacent dependencies over a period containing sleep in 18-month-old infants. Learning & Memory. 30. 212-220. 10.1101/lm.053772.123.
• Lara, H., Nevarez-Brewster, M., Manning, C., Reid, M. J., Parade, S. H., Mason, G. M., & Rojo-Wissar, D. M. (2024). The role of sleep disturbances in associations between early life adversity and subsequent brain and language development during childhood. Frontiers in Sleep, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsle.2024.1405398 

Selected Presentations:

• Simon, K. C., Lara, H., Sweeney, L., Gerken, L., Gomez, R. (2023, June). Fatigue state does not impact attention to learnable information in 17-month-old infants but affects retention. Poster session presented at the Sleep Conference, Indianapolis, IN
• Smith, J., Lara, H., Armin, J., Johnson, N., Klymko, I., Radke, T., Yubeta, A., Hamann, H. (2024, March). Building Community Capacity to Decrease the Financial Burden of Cancer Care for Uninsured Individuals in Pima County, Arizona. Poster session presented at the American Society of Preventative Oncology, Chicago, IL

Master's Project:

• A Storybook Tale of Wordform Learning: How Much Exposure Do 7.5-Month-Olds Need to Form a Stable, Lasting Wordform Memory?

Courses Taught:

• PSY 150A1 - the Structure of Mind & Behavior (2023)

*Year listed indicates when this individual last taught the specified course.

Awards and Recognitions:

• Galileo Circle Scholar (2024)

Updated: 12/04/24