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Elizabeth Penner, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Huntsman Mental Health Institute

Huntsman Mental Health Institute Downtown Behavioral Health Clinic
525 East 100 South
Salt Lake City , UT 84102
  • Elizabeth Penner, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor (Clinical), earned her medical degree at University of Nebraska College of Medicine. She earned her MPH at Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her general Psychiatry residency as well as her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine/Creighton Residency combined program, and is board certified in both Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Penner's clinical interests are broad and include ADHD, and child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders. Her academic interests include medical student and resident education. Dr. Penner is excited to continue her career in Utah as a member of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry outpatient team at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
  • Elizabeth Penner, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor (Clinical), earned her medical degree at University of Nebraska College of Medicine. She earned her MPH at Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her general Psychiatry residency as well as her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine/Creighton Residency combined program, and is board certified in both Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Penner's clinical interests are broad and include ADHD, and child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders. Her academic interests include medical student and resident education. Dr. Penner is excited to continue her career in Utah as a member of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry outpatient team at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Psychiatry -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    Board Certification
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

    Education history

    Undergraduate Nutrition Science - University of Nebraska¿Lincoln B.S.
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine M.D.
    Graduate Training Quantitative Methods - Harvard School of Public Health M.P.H.
    Residency Internal Medicine - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Resident
    Postdoctoral Fellowship Developmental Psychopathology - Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Residency Psychiatry - Creighton University School of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center Resident
    Fellowship Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Creighton University School of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center Fellow

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Meffert H, Penner E, VanTieghem MR, Sypher I, Leshin J, Blair RJ (2018). The role of ventral striatum in reward-based attentional bias. Brain research, 1689, 89-97. (Read full publication)
    2. Thornton LC, Penner EA, Nolan ZT, Adalio CJ, Sinclair S, Meffert H, Hwang S, Blair RJR, White S (2017). The processing of animacy information is disrupted as a function of callous-unemotional traits in youth with disruptive behavior disorders. NeuroImage. Clinical, 16, 498-506. (Read full publication)
    3. Penner EA, Buettner H, Mittleman M (2013). The impact of marijuana use on glucose, insulin, and insulin resistance among US adults. The American journal of medicine, 126(7), 583-9. (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Mostofsky E, Penner EA, Mittleman M (2014). Outbursts of anger as a trigger of acute cardiovascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European heart journal, 35(21), 1404-10. (Read full publication)

    Abstract

    1. Thornton L, Penner E, Crum K, Nolan Z, Adalio C, Sinclair S, Meffert H, Hwang S, Blair J, White (2017). 128. Dysfunction in Animacy Information Processing in Adolescents with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Callous-Unemotional Traits. 81(10), S53-S54.