Daniel Moriarity

Assistant Professor

B.A. in Psychology, Elmira College

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Temple University

Office Location: 
Levin 453
Email: 
dmoriarity@mednet.ucla.edu
Research Interests: 

Precision psychopathology, psychoneuroimmunology, methodological reform

Research Synopsis:

Biological psychopathology is an inherently multidisciplinary field—this is both its core strength and also a risk factor for suboptimal methodological decisions becoming the status quo as researchers and clinicians alike work diligently to master the nuances of both psychology and biology.​ The Precision Psychopathology and Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab simultaneously conducts research that (a) investigates diverse dimensions of "precision" (i.e., symptom-level phenotyping, temporal phenotyping, biological profiling) in pursuit of refining psychopathological theories and interventions and (b) interrogates common methodologies in biological psychopathology using quantitative methods and creative data collection strategies in pursuit of continuously raising the standards of rigor and ultimately streamlining the research—clinical impact pipeline. This team takes a broadly multidisciplinary and transdiagnostic approach to this work; however, the dynamic interplay between stress, immunology, and affective psychopathology (depression, hypo/mania, and anxiety) will be common foci of our research.​

Will review applications but not actively recruiting for Fall 2025 admission.

 

Selected Publications: 
Moriarity, D. P., & Slavich, G. M. (2023). The future is dynamic: A call for intensive longitudinal data in immunopsychiatry. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 112, 118-124.
 
Moriarity, D. P., Mengelkoch, S., & Slavich, G. M. (2023). Incorporating causal inference perspectives into psychoneuroimmunology: A simulation study highlighting concerns about controlling for adiposity in immunopsychiatry. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 113, 259-266.
 
Moriarity, D. P., Slavich, G. M., Alloy, L. B., & Olino, T. M. (2023). Hierarchical inflammatory phenotypes of depression: a novel approach across five independent samples and 27,730 adults. Biological psychiatry, 93(3), 253-259.
 
Moriarity, D. P., Grehl, M. M., Walsh, R. F., Roos, L. G., Slavich, G. M., & Alloy, L. B. (2023). A systematic review of associations between emotion regulation characteristics and inflammation. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 150, 105162.
 
Moriarity, D. P., Joyner, K. J., Slavich, G. M., & Alloy, L. B. (2022). Unconsidered issues of measurement noninvariance in biological psychiatry: A focus on biological phenotypes of psychopathology. Molecular psychiatry, 27(3), 1281-1285.
 
Moriarity, D. P., & Alloy, L. B. (2021). Back to basics: The importance of measurement properties in biological psychiatry. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 123, 72-82.