JHU COACH

Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Related Disorders for Children

Mary Gum

Research Program Coordinator

Division: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Institution: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

My primary research interests are in adolescent mental health, particularly the co-occurrence of multiple types of psychopathologies. I am especially interested in ADHD, given its high rates of comorbidity, and in understanding how these overlapping conditions influence both assessment and treatment. Additional interests include the development, evaluation, and application of psychometric tools for assessing adolescent disorders to improve diagnostic accuracy and enhance clinical utility.

Education

Degrees

B.A., Psychology and Anthropology (May 2024), Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Honors

  • Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Activities and Honors

  • Amherst College Gregory Call Research Award ($1,000; 2023) Amherst Department of Student-Faculty Research
  • Sigma Xi Honor Scientific Research Honor Society (2023) Awarded to faculty nominees for undergraduates who show definite promise of research ability.
  • Magna Cum Laude Awarded to faculty nominees based on thesis recommendations from the top 25% of the class
  • IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2023 & 2024) Awarded to junior or senior student-athletes who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or greater.

Research and Publications

  1. Slavish, D.C., Petherbridge, R., Murillo, G., Gum, M., & Ruggero, C.J. Efficacy of Spanish language smartphone apps for depression and anxiety. Submitted to Hispanic Healthcare International.
  2. Chmielewski, M., Jimenez1, A., & Gum, M.A. (2025). Exploring Changes in Employment Settings Among Psychology Doctoral Graduates. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, in press.
  3. Ruggero, C.J. & Gum, M.A. (2025). The Psychology Workforce and Disadvantaged Communities: A Brief Report on State-Level Differences. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, in press.

Conference Presentations

  1.  Gum, M. A., Vasquez, M. N., Brewster, N., Callahan, J. L., & Camilo, R. J. (2025, March). Specificity of Stigma Across HiTOP dimensions. [Flash talk]. 2025 The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) annual meeting, Denver, CO.
  2. Ruggero, C.J., Zapata, R., Logan, C., Vasquez, M.,Gum, M., Callahan, J., Cicero, D., & Rodriguez, J.H. (2025). National Survey of Psychology Majors. Invited talk to Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP) Taskforce MidWinter Meeting. Charleston, SC.
  3. Gum, M., Vasquez, M., Bennett, C., Brewster, N., Callahan, J. L., & Ruggero, C. J. (2025, May). Associations between Adaptive Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology. [Poster presentation]. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington DC.
  4. Gum, M. A., Vasquez, M. N., Brewster, N., Callahan, J. L., & Camilo, R. J. (2025, March). Specificity of Stigma Across HiTOP dimensions. [Poster presentation]. The 2025 The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) annual meeting, Denver, CO. Note: Gum, M. A. & Vasquez, M. N. contributed equally to this work.
  5. Vasquez, M., Gum, M., Bennett, C., Brewster, N., Callahan, J. L., & Ruggero, C. J. (2025, May). Maladaptive Emotion Regulation Strategies within Thought Disorder. [Poster presentation]. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington DC.
  6. Vasquez, M. N., Gum, M. A., Brewster, N., Callahan, J., & Camilo, R. J. (2025, April). When Should Clinicians Pay Attention to Stigma. [Poster presentation]. Metrocare Inaugural Research Symposium, Dallas, TX.
  7. Gum, M. & Palmquist, C.M. (2024, March). Less (and more) are not always more: Individual differences in children’s information-seeking strategies on epistemic trust tasks. [Poster presentation]. Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA.
  8. Vasquez, M., Gum, M., Brewster, N., Gonzalez-Zapata, D., Cicero, D., Callahan, J. L., & Ruggero, C. J. (2025, November). NSSI and Suicidal Behaviors Within Thought Disorder. [Poster presentation]. International Summit on Suicide Research, Boston, MA.