She received a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a developmental emphasis from the University of Delaware in 2011. She then completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Yale Child Study Center and Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bick’s research program examines how early adverse experiences, including institutional rearing, poverty, and maltreatment, shape neurodevelopment in ways that increase risk for emotional and cognitive problems. She also studies how early intervention can mitigate neural and behavioral consequences associated with early adverse exposures.