Cate Givens is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Biobehavioral Health. She received her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma in 2019. She previously worked as the project coordinator for the Child Attention and Learning Lab study on Attention and Emotional Development. Before this, she was the lab coordinator at the Child Trauma Services Program lab at the University of Oklahoma Child Study Center studying how different treatment variables affect outcomes of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Cate is interested in studying how childhood maltreatment effects long-term health outcomes such as immune functioning and inflammation. She is particularly interested in possible protective factors against these adverse health outcomes.