Cynthia Killough is a native New Mexican, first generation college graduate and U.S. citizen. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from New Mexico State University. Her interests are in health communications as she currently works as a Community Health Specialist for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences’ Clinical and Translational Science Center and serves as a community liaison between health science researchers and rural populations around the state of New Mexico. She is passionate about disseminating data back to patients and communities and hopes to discover more ways to facilitate communications between researchers and the public through her studies in health communications.  

In her free time Cynthia enjoys taking long walks, hiking, spending time with her family, playing violin, and visiting museums. 

Publications: 

Killough, C., Ortegon, E. R., Vasireddy, R., Kincaid, T., Silverblatt, H., Crisanti, A., & Page, K. (2022). Training psychiatrists in new mexico: reflections from psychiatry residents who participated in a rural track versus a traditional program alone over the past decade. Academic Psychiatry, 1-5. 

Crisanti, A. S., Murray-Krezan, C., Reno, J., & Killough, C. (2019). Effectiveness of peer-delivered trauma treatment in a rural community: a randomized non-inferiority trial. Community mental health journal, 55(7), 1125-1134. 

Crisanti, A. S., Reno, J., Salvador, J. G., Killough, C., & Greene, R. N. (2019). Perceived helpfulness of peer-delivered trauma specific treatment: A randomized controlled trial. Psychological services, 16(3), 425. 

Killough, C. M., Thompson, L. A., & Morgan, G. (2015). Self-regulation and working memory in musical performers. Psychology of music, 43(1), 86-102. 

Morgan, G., Killough, C. M., & Thompson, L. A. (2013). Does visual information influence infants’ movement to music?. Psychology of music, 41(2), 249-264. 

Bowen-O’Connor, C. A., Hubstenberger, J., Killough, C., VanLeeuwen, D. M., & St Hilaire, R. (2007). In vitro propagation of Acer grandidentatum Nutt. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 43(1), 40-50.