SPAN Lab

Substance Use, Psychopathology & Neurodevelopment
University of Vermont

We investigate the neurobiological pathways linking substance use, psychopathology, and brain maturation across adolescence and young adulthood. Our lab uses large-scale longitudinal neuroimaging cohorts to understand how substances and mental health shape the developing brain.

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Recent Publications

  1. Attention problems and cortical maturation in a large longitudinal sample of youths: The importance of accounting for sex differences

    O’Connor S, Loughnan R, Ahern J, Fan C, Althoff R, Garavan H, Potter A, Albaugh M

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2026

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  2. Investigating links between prenatal cannabis exposure and brain development using MRI techniques: a narrative review

    Gonçalves P, Woodruff J, Pozzolo Pedro M, …, Talati A, Albaugh M

    Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, 2026

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