Research Discipline/Bio
Haleigh is a doctoral student working under Drs. Sonya Troller-Renfree and Kimberly Noble. She is interested in studying how early-life stress, social, and nutritional contexts shape child brain development via electroencephalography (EEG). Haleigh is trained in data collection for a host of physiological measures (e.g., EEG, RSA, cortisol, DNA) and is dedicated to working with diverse global populations. Haleigh has worked under Dr. Catherine Monk at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and previously as an undergraduate research assistant in three psychology laboratories (clinical, school, neuropsychology) to support her honors thesis, in authoring a book on improving child health outcomes.
Educational Background
Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience and Psychology: Neurodevelopment and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of South Carolina Honors College, 2023.
Honors/Awards
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2025; Dean's Grant for Student Research, Teachers College, 2025; Shirley Chisholm Trailblazer Award Nominee, Teachers College, 2024; Teachers College Scholarship, Teachers College, 2023; M. Kershaw Walsh Academic Achievement Award, University of South Carolina, 2023; Neuroscience Upstanding Student, University of South Carolina, 2023; Poster Honorable Mention, University of South Carolina, 2022.
Publications/Exhibitions
Brown, H.M., Pini, N., Fifer, W.P., & Troller-Renfree. S.V. (in prep). Socioeconomic Status and Infant Brain Development: A Cross-National EEG Investigation in the United States and South Africa.
Brown, H.M., Gray, K.N., Rico-Picó, J., Hart, E.R., & Troller-Renfree. S.V. (in prep). Childhood Adversity and Resting Functional Brain Development: A Meta-Analytic and Systematic Review.
Brown, H.M., Sandre, A., Troller-Renfree. S.V., & Noble K.G. (in prep). Associations Between Infant Nutrition and Functional Brain Activity at 12 months.
Troller-Renfree. S.V., Rosen, M., Brown, H.M., & Smith, H. (under review). The Impact of Poverty on Brain Architecture. In A. Mastergeorge & M. Barnett (Ed.), The Impact of Poverty on Early Development: Implications for Practice and Policy.
Last Updated: Jun 2, 2025