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Evan J. White, Ph.D.


Principal Investigator, LIBR
Director of Electroencephalography Core, LIBR
Director of Native American Research, LIBR
Research Associate Professor, The University of Tulsa, Oxley College of Health Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Oklahoma State University, Center of Indigenous Health Research and Policy
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Our Research Approach


Dr. White’s laboratory aims to establish and advance neuroscientific understanding of cultural factors that are protective against poor mental health among American Indians utilizing a strength-based framework. A focus of this research is implementing multi-modal neuroscience and psychophysiology with a particular emphasis in electroencephalography/event-related potentials. Our goal is to integrate clinical and cultural neuroscience to identify modifiable factors as candidate treatment targets for mental health intervention and prevention.

Current research aims:
  • Establish functional framework for the protective role of cultural engagement against poor mental health outcomes
  • Identify neuroscientific signatures of cultural protective factors that may enhance culturally informed prevention and intervention efforts  

Dr. White’s research has received extramural funding from National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (R00MD015736), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5P20GM121312-04, 8737; PI: Paulus) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (R25DA050645, PIs: Whitesell & Sarche). 

In addition to his work with American Indians, Dr. White is interested in employing translational neuroscience and psychophysiological research (especially even-related potentials) to understand development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders. Currently, he is collaborating with investigators at LIBR to examine concurrent EEG-ERP/fMRI indicators of cognitive processing relevant to mental health disorders.

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Research Program Highlights


Main Question

What is the neural instantiation of mental health protection conveyed by cultural engagement among American Indians and how can this inform treatment and prevention of mental disorders?​
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Approach

We utilize a multi-modal (e.g., Neural, physiological, neuropsychological, behavioral, subjective) investigative framework to characterize the protective role of culture at multiple levels of analysis.
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Future Directions

Establish a clinical-cultural-neuroscience framework in which mental health intervention and prevention efforts are culturally grounded and guided by neuroscience. 

Scientific Background


Dr. White was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is an enrolled member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. He belongs to the Shawnee Chapter of the Native American Church of Oklahoma and the Whiteoak Shawnee Ceremonial Grounds. He received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Oklahoma State University. He also, completed his master’s and doctoral education in clinical psychology at Oklahoma State University under the mentorship of DeMond M. Grant, Ph.D. His graduate research focused on employing psychophysiological techniques, to test predictions from cognitive models of mood and anxiety disorders. His clinical training was generalist clinical science broadly with an emphasis in adult outpatient treatment of anxiety, mood, and trauma related disorders using evidence based psychotherapy approaches.  He completed his predoctoral clinical internship at the Charleston Consortium (Medical University of South Carolina/ Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center) in Charleston South Carolina working closely with his research preceptor Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.

Dr. White joined LIBR in 2019 as a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Robin Aupperle. During his fellowship, his training focused on using translational neuroimaging methodologies to predict treatment response in mood and anxiety disorders. In July 2022, Dr. White became a Principal Investigator at LIBR and Director of Native American Research and the Electroencephalography Core. The focus of his work is employing clinical cultural neuroscience to improve mental health outcomes among American Indians. ​

Meet Our Team


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Danielle Bethel, B.S.
Lab Coordinator
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Ricardo Wilhem, Ph.D.
Post-Doc Research Associate
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Nicole Baughman
Research Intern
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Eric Mann
Research Assistant (EEG Core)
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Lizbeth Rojas
Research Assistant
DReaM-Neuro Fellow

Selected Publications


Aupperle, R.L., McDermott, T.J., White, E.J., & Kirlic, N. (2022). The neuropsychology of anxiety: An approach-avoidance decision making framework. In G. G. Brown, T. Z. King, K. Y. Haaland, & B. Crosson (Eds.), APA handbook of neuropsychology: Vol. 1, Neurobehavioral disorders and conditions: Accepted science and open questions. American Psychological Association.
Coser A, Kominsky TK, White EJ. For the Good of the Community: Considering the Impact of Evidence-Based Treatment Adaptation on Tribal Communities. Behav Ther (N Y N Y). 2021 Apr;44(4):161-170. PMID: 34539031; PMCID: PMC8445390.
White EJ, Nacke M, Akeman E, Cannon MJ, Mayeli A, Touthang J, Zoubi OA, McDermott TJ, Kirlic N, Santiago J, Kuplicki R, Bodurka J, Paulus MP, Craske MG, Wolitzky-Taylor K, Abelson J, Martell C, Clausen A, Stewart JL, Aupperle RL. P300 amplitude during a monetary incentive delay task predicts future therapy completion in individuals with major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord. 2021 Dec 1;295:873-882.
White EJ, Grant DM, Taylor DL, Kraft JD, Frosio KE. The influence of state worry on covert selective attention and suppression of threatening distractors: An ERP study. Psychology & Neuroscience. 2021 14(1), 94-109.
White EJ, Grant DM, Kraft JD, Taylor DL, Deros D, Nagel K, Frosio KE. Psychometric properties and prospective predictive utility of the Contrast Avoidance Questionnaires. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 2020 37(6), 460-472.
White EJ, Wray JM, Shepardson RL. Clinical considerations in designing brief exposure interventions for primary care behavioral health settings. Fam Syst Health. 2020 Dec;38(4):439-449.
FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Research Collaborators


Valerie Jernigan, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Executive Director, Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy, Oklahoma State University
Ashleigh D. Coser, Ph.D.
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Cherokee Nation
DeMond M. Grant, Ph.D.
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Oklahoma State University
Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.
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Medical University of South Carolina
Melissa Walls, Ph.D.
Director Center for Indigenous Health, Great Lakes Hub, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Christopher Sege, Ph.D.
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Medical University of South Carolina
Danielle L. Taylor, Ph.D.
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
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