Clinical Psychology Residents 2020-2021

Micheline Anderson [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: Teachers College at Columbia University

Dissertation Title: Enhancing Awareness Among Undergraduate Students: Improving Physiological Reactivity to and Recovery from Everyday Stressors

Clinical Interests: Micheline’s clinical interests include the role of psychology in integrative healthcare and wellness and the application of mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions with individuals with mood disorders and comorbid medical or substance use disorders.

Research Interests: Micheline’s graduate research has focused on the intersection of spirituality and physical and mental health. She is interested in mind-body interventions and underlying psychological and physiological mechanisms linking psychopathology and health conditions.

Andrew Barnett [email protected]

Internship track: Child (Pedi) Graduate School: George Washington University

Dissertation Title: PrEP- and Condom-related Attitudes and Behavior among Young Men who have Sex with Men

Clinical Interests: Andrew’s clinical interests include using cognitive behavioral therapy and third-wave approaches such as mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to treat anxiety and mood disorders and improve adherence to medical treatment among children and adolescents with comorbid medical conditions.

Research Interests: Andrew’s research focuses on environmental factors and psychological processes that shape health behaviors among marginalized adolescents, particularly adolescents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Corinne Bart [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: Temple University

Dissertation Title: Neural Reward Functioning in Bipolar Spectrum Disorders and Substance Use Disorders: Identifying Common Mechanisms

Clinical Interests: Corinne’s clinical interests include the treatment of co-occurring mood disorders and substance use. She is particularly interested in applying third-wave CBT therapies, such as ACT and DBT.

Research Interests: Corinne’s research interests include investigating co-occurring substance use and mood disorders, specifically understanding the neurobiological and cognitive mechanisms underlying their comorbidity, as well as identifying predictors of treatment outcome.

Prachi H Bhuptani [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: Miami University

Dissertation Title: Role of Blame and Assault-Related Shame in Distress among Rape Victims

Clinical Interests: Prachi's clinical interest lies in multiculturally-sensitive treatments of traumatic sequelae as well as interventions that promote reductions of shame in therapy.

Research Interests: Prachi's research program focuses on understanding experiences of shame in women following sexual victimization. Through this scholarship, Prachi is interested in examining risk factors for post-victimization shame. Prachi is also interested in investigating the processes underlying the relation between shame and psychological distress. Allison Borges [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: Rutgers University NJ-Piscataway/New Brunswick

Dissertation Title: Transdiagnostic risk factors and the relative reinforcing efficacy of cigarettes

Clinical Interests: Allison’s clinical interests include cognitive-behavioral treatment for substance use, trauma, and depression.

Research Interests: Allison’s research examines the role of cognitive-affective vulnerabilities in the maintenance of substance use and how this work may inform transdiagnostic treatments.

Alex Busuito [email protected]

Internship track: Child Graduate School: Pennsylvania State University

Dissertation Title: The Intergenerational Reach of Childhood Maltreatment: Exploring Transmission Mechanisms in Developmental and Ecological Contexts

Clinical Interests: Alex's clinical interests include evidence-based trauma interventions for children and teens and community-based interventions for disadvantaged children and families.

Research Interests: Alex's research is focused on identifying mechanisms (e.g., impaired self-regulation) of the intergenerational transmission of adversity that can be targeted by policy and practice to promote resilience. Kimberly Chapman [email protected]

Internship track: Neuro Graduate School: Kent State University

Dissertation Title: Development of an Assessment Measure for Sexual Disinhibition in Dementia

Clinical Interests: Kim's clinical interests include assessment of neurological/neurodegenerative disease in patients with complex medical comorbidities, and integrative patient and family care for older adults.

Research Interests: Kim's research interests include assessment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in neurodegenerative disorders, and associations between neuropsychiatric symptoms and caregiver burden in dementia. Kim is also interested in the development of screening tools and supportive interventions for dementia care recipients and caregivers.

Emily Cherenack [email protected]

Internship track: Beh Med Graduate School: Duke University

Dissertation Title: Stress, coping, mental health, and reproductive health among adolescent girls and young women transitioning through puberty in Tanzania

Clinical Interests: Emily’s clinical interests include using evidence-based strategies to improve coping with illness among individuals with complex medical concerns.

Research Interests: Emily’s research interests include the impact of stress and coping on mental health and physical health among people living with chronic illness. Emily is also interested in global mental health, psychoneuroimmunology, and biobehavioral approaches to improve health. Po-hun Chou [email protected](Tommy)

Internship track: Child Graduate School: Florida International University

Dissertation Title: Parent-Preschooler Emotion Narratives: Reading to Promote Literacy and Socioemotional Competency in Urban Communities of Poverty

Clinical Interests: Tommy's clinical interests include assessment and intervention for both internalizing and externalizing disorders, and implementation of evidence-based practices in youth-serving settings to support the mental health and wellbeing of young children and teens.

Research Interests: In his research, Tommy engages with communities and stakeholders to identify and leverage natural, resource-efficient opportunities that promote resilience and healthy development among children and families impacted by socioeconomic disadvantage.

Grace Cushman [email protected]

Internship track: Child (Pedi) Graduate School: University of Georgia

Dissertation Title: The Role of Stress, Disease Activity, and Reactivity in Health-related Quality of Life for Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Clinical Interests: Grace’s clinical interests include prevention and early intervention to improve child and family functioning following a new diagnosis of a medical condition and throughout the course of a chronic illness.

Research Interests: Grace’s research interests include identifying risk and protective factors for psychosocial functioning, health outcomes, and access to medical care in pediatric patients with chronic illness. Alyssa De Vito [email protected]

Internship track: Neuro Graduate School: Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge

Dissertation Title: An examination of cognitive intraindividual variability as a predictor of cognitive and functional decline in older adulthoo

Clinical Interests: Alyssa's clinical interests involve early detection of neurodegenerative disorders, the assessment of cognitive difficulties in medical populations as well as adapting and enhancing evidence-based treatments to better serve the older adult population.

Research Interests: Alyssa's research interests include examining early cognitive and neuropsychiatric markers of cognitive decline in neurodegenerative disorders as well as health and psychiatric predictors of cognition in cognitively healthy older adults.

Claire Dunphy [email protected]

Internship track: Beh Med Graduate School: Fordham University (Rosehill)

Dissertation Title: Cognitive and Psychosocial Predictors of Immunosuppressive Medication Nonadherence in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients

Clinical Interests: Claire’s clinical interests include psychological evaluation for organ transplant and other surgical procedures, the integration of psychological services into interdisciplinary primary care settings, and evidence-based treatment of comorbid medical and psychiatric issues.

Research Interests: Claire’s research interests include the psychological impact of chronic illness, cognitive and psychosocial correlates of medication nonadherence among organ transplant recipients, and the development and evaluation of behavioral interventions for medication nonadherence. Stacy Ellenberg [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: Binghamton University/SUNY

Dissertation Title: Correlates and predictors of asociality in schizophrenia- spectrum disorders

Clinical Interests: Stacy’s clinical interests include acceptance- and mindfulness-based treatments, behavioral interventions for individuals with and without serious mental illness, and technology-facilitated approaches to behavioral assessment and intervention.

Research Interests: Stacy's research interests include digital mental health, serious mental illness, and evidence-based treatments.

Dov Gold [email protected]

Internship track: Neuro Graduate School: William James College

Dissertation Title: Comparing Patient and Informant Ratings of Depressive Symptoms in Various Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

Clinical Interests: Dov's clinical interests include differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders, cognitive rehabilitation of age-related and acquired cognitive deficits, and mitigation and management of risk factors for cognitive decline.

Research Interests: Dov's research interests include Alzheimer's disease, anosognosia, qualitative features of neuropsychological testing, and Routine Outcome Measurement (ROM). Tiffany Jenzer [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: University at Buffalo/North Campus

Dissertation Title: Adaptive Responding to Stress: The role of emotion regulation flexibility in problematic alcohol use

Clinical Interests: Tiffany's clinical interests include prevention and treatment of substance use disorders, treatment for PTSD, emotion regulation skills training, and the use of technology to assist with treatment.

Research Interests: Tiffany's research interests include the etiological factors impacting comorbid PTSD and substance use. She is interested in the transdiagnostic processes implicated in these disorders, such as emotion regulation. Her recent work uses intensive longitudinal designs to capture these processes.

Lisa LaRowe [email protected]

Internship track: Beh Med Graduate School: Syracuse University

Dissertation Title: A Measure of Expectancies for Alcohol Analgesia: Preliminary Factor Analysis, Reliability, and Validity

Clinical Interests: Lisa’s clinical interests include the provision of evidence-based assessments/interventions for health behavior change, substance use, and management of chronic illness.

Research Interests: Lisa’s research interests include the identification of cognitive-affective mechanisms underlying comorbid substance use and chronic medical conditions (e.g., chronic pain, HIV), and the development of integrated treatments for this population. Sharon Lee [email protected]

Internship track: Beh Med Graduate School: University of Connecticut

Dissertation Title: Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Approaches to Understanding the Effects of Psychological Trauma and Cognitive Stress Appraisals on Cardiovascular Reactivity

Clinical Interests: Sharon's clinical interests include stress and coping in relation to cardiovascular events and disease management, behavioral interventions for mitigating cardiovascular disease risk, and mind-body approaches to trauma treatment.

Research Interests: Sharon's research interests center on biobehavioral mechanisms underlying the detrimental effects of trauma and stress on cardiovascular health.

Katherine Lenger [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Dissertation Title: Is Mindfulness Only for the Fortunate?: The Development and Dissemination of a Brief, Home- Based, Intervention for Low-Income Couples

Clinical Interests: Katie’s clinical interests include process- and mindfulness-based approaches to treatment, couple/family-based interventions for individual psychopathology, and psychological assessment

Research Interests: Katie’s research interests include studying mindfulness in the context of individual and relationship health, couple/family-based interventions for individual health, and improving access to quality care among marginalized communities. Maya Massing-Schaffer [email protected]

Internship track: Child Graduate School: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Dissertation Title: Adolescent Peer Relations: New Research Directions for Contemporary Youth

Clinical Interests: Maya’s clinical interests include cognitive/dialectical behavioral treatment of adolescent mood and anxiety disorders, parent guidance for high-risk youth, safety assessment and crisis management.

Research Interests: Maya’s research interests include interpersonal contexts for adolescent suicide, the role of social media, and improvement of youth suicide interventions.

Kayleigh McCarty [email protected]

Internship track: Adult Graduate School: University of Missouri-Columbia

Dissertation Title: Neural Correlates of Decision Making under Risk and Substance Misuse

Clinical Interests: Kayleigh's clinical interests include substance use disorders, emotion dysregulation, and working with older adults.

Research Interests: Kayleigh's research interests include modeling risky decision making related to substance misuse and substance related risk taking behaviors. Jamie Parnes [email protected]

Internship track: Child (Juvi Graduate School: ColoradoJustice) State University

Dissertation Title: Positive Outcomes of Marijuana Use

Clinical Interests: Jamie's clinical interests include interdisciplinary treatment for substance use disorder, as well as psychological and neuropsychological assessments of mental health and forensic concerns.

Research Interests: Jamie's research interests include identifying antecedents to problematic marijuana use behavior, measuring outcomes of marijuana use, understanding factors that maintain use over time, and developing harm reduction approaches for marijuana use.

Maribel Plasencia [email protected]

Internship track: Beh Med Graduate School: Rutgers University NJ-Piscataway/New Brunswick

Dissertation Title: Clinician implementation of evidence-based, non- traditional therapy formats

Clinical Interests: Maribel's clinical interests include the integration of behavior therapies within primary care, the treatment of anxiety and depression, and helping individuals cope with and manage chronic health conditions.

Research Interests: Maribel's research interests include the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments through the use of non-traditional therapy formats as well as enhancing current treatments for eating disorders. Ryan Rahm-Knigge [email protected]

Internship track: Beh Med Graduate School: Colorado State University

Dissertation Title: Development and Initial Validation of the Comprehensive HIV Adherence with Treatment Scale

Clinical Interests: Ryan’s clinical interests include sexual health, wellness promotion for people living with chronic health conditions (including HIV/AIDS), and coping strategies to address psychiatric symptoms and emotion dysregulation.

Research Interests: Ryan’s research interests include exploring the influence of personality traits and psychiatric symptoms on health-risk behaviors, reducing negative health outcomes of health-risk sexual behaviors, and promoting health and treatment adherence for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Kaitlin Sheerin [email protected]

Internship track: Child (Juvi Graduate School: UniversityJustice) of Missouri-Columbia

Dissertation Title: Social-Ecological Predictors of Criminal Recidivism for Adults on Probation and Parole

Clinical Interests: Kaitlin clinical interests include the delivery of evidence-based practices for youths with challenging presenting concerns.

Research Interests: Kaitlin’s research interests include the development and evaluation of evidence- based treatments for justice-involved youths and adults. Kelli Sullivan [email protected]

Internship track: Neuro Graduate School: University of Houston

Dissertation Title: Future and Past Autobiographical Memory in HIV Disease

Clinical Interests: Kelli’s clinical interests include neurocognitive assessment and intervention in neurodegenerative disorders, HIV disease, and cancer.

Research Interests: Kelli’s research interests include the neuropsychology of prospective memory, future episodic thinking, and everyday functioning in aging and HIV disease.

Julianne Tirpak [email protected]

Internship track: Adult (MIDAS Graduate School: Bostonresearch) University

Dissertation Title: Theories of borderline personality disorder: A mechanistic evaluation

Clinical Interests: Julianne's clinical interests include transdiagnostic, emotion-focused case conceptualization and treatment (e.g., DBT, ACT, UP) for individuals with emotional disorders, particularly anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder.

Research Interests: Julianne's research focuses on the identification of transdiagnostic mechanisms that maintain symptoms across the range of emotional disorders, and the development and evaluation of treatment directly targeting these processes, particularly amongst higher-risk and severe behavioral presentations (e.g., suicidal thoughts and behaviors, non-suicidal self-injury).