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Email

sarah.tashjian@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Education
PhD
University of California - Los Angeles
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of California - Los Angeles
Juris Doctor
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Florida
ORCID

0000-0002-2944-2203

Dr Sarah M. Tashjian

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

44 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (international)

    Neural Substrates of Avoidance and Exploration in Adolescence
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Disentangling Components of Suboptimal Risky Decision-Making in Affective Distress
    DOI: 10.1177/20438087261429311
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Adverse childhood experiences and adult psychopathology: A latent class analysis approach
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107672
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    From Perception to Action
    DOI: 10.1017/9781009342919.027
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Ten simple rules for research with humans
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013362
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Neural Perturbations in Anxiety Across Development
  • 2024

    Research grants (international)

    Safety Learning in Adolescence
Sarah M. Tashjian

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
NHMRC Fellowship (NHMRCF)
2022
United States National Science Foundation SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NSF SPRF)
2015
United States National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Subregions in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex integrate threat and protective information to meta-represent safety
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002986
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Determinants of Economic Risk Preferences Across Adolescence
    DOI: 10.1002/bdm.70007
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Survival in a world of complex dangers
    DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105924
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Linking Big Five Personality Traits to Components of Diet: A Meta-Analytic Review
    DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000526
  • 2024

    Journal article

    The human hypothalamus coordinates switching between different survival actions
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002624
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Positive and negative emotion are associated with generalized transcriptional activation in immune cells
    DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106103

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Adaptive Decision Making Under Threat: A Developmental Perspective

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