Updated January 2026

Emily Weiss, Ph.D.

  • Under Review

    Weiss, E., Bartlett, E., Naganawa, M., Asch, R., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Miller, R.C., Freeman, D., Nabulsi, N., Radhakrishnan, R., Matuskey, D., Esterlis, I., Davis, M.T. (submitted for review under Nature Neuroscience). Relationships between kappa opioid receptor availability and borderline personality disorder: An in-vivo examination with [11C]EKAP PET imaging.

  • Freeman, D.*, Li, X.*, Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Naganawa, M., Matuskey, D. Nabulsi, N., & Davis, M. T. (2025, November). Kappa Opioid Receptor Availability and Interoceptive Awareness: Investigating Links across Disordered Eating Behaviors. [Poster Presentation]. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

              *co first-authors

    Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Freeman, D., Navarre, K., Faisal, A., Barnes, S., Davis, M. T. (2025, November). Taekwondo-Based Mindful Movement for Improving Interoceptive Deficits: A Pilot Study in a DBT IOP. [Poster Presentation]. The International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA, United States.

    Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Freeman, D., Pittenger, C., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., & Davis, M. T. (2025, April). Associations Between Kappa Opioid Receptor Availability and Hoarding Behaviors: Preliminary Evidence Using [11C]EKAP Positron Emission Tomography. [Poster Presentation]. Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP), Toronto, ON, Canada.

    Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Freeman, D., Naganawa, M., Pittenger, C., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., & Davis, M. T. (2025, February). Associations Between Kappa Opioid Receptor Availability and Hoarding Behaviors: Preliminary Evidence Using [11C]EKAP Positron Emission Tomography. [Poster Presentation]. Center for Brain and Mind Health Winter Symposium, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.

    Lewis, T., Freeman, D., & Davis, M. T. (2026, January). Frontal and Amygdalar KOR Availability and BPD Traits: Neurochemical Correlates of Impulsivity, Emotional Dysregulation, and Suicide Risk. Poster accepted for presentation at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Conference, Nassau, Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

    Li, R., Wong, V., Naganawa, M., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Freeman, D., Miller, R. C., Weiss, E. R., & Davis, M. T (April, 2026). In vivo Examination of the Kappa Opioid Receptor in Borderline Personality Disorder: Relationship to Restrictive Eating Cognitions and Behavior. Poster accepted for presentation at The North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD).

  • Weiss, E. R., Li, X., Freeman, D., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Navarre, K., Kalotihos, L., Barnes, S., & Davis, M. T. (2025, November). Getting in Touch: Exploring Mindful Taekwondo in High-level Treatment Settings. [Symposium Presentation]. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference (ABCT), New Orleans, LA, United States.

    Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Freeman, D., Naganawa, M., Pittenger, C., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., & Davis, M. T. (2025, March). Associations Between kappa opioid receptor availability and hoarding behaviors: Preliminary evidence using [11C]EKAP PET. [Oral Talk]. 8th Conference on Therapeutic Potential of Kappa Opioids, St. Louis, MO, United States. 

    Weiss, E. R., Bartlett, E., Naganawa, M., Asch, R. H., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Miller, R. C., Freeman, D., Radhakrishnan, R., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., Huang, Y., & Davis, M. T. Examining the Kappa Opioid Receptor in Borderline Personality: An in-vivo Study Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging. Oral presentation accepted for presentation at The North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD).