Dear Brown Alum:

In June, we said congratulations to our 2025-2026 graduates!  You can view the 21 clinical psychology residents and 33 postdoctoral fellows who graduated in 2026 by visiting the  Recent Graduates pages below.

The 2026-2027 internship class will start on July 1 and postdoctoral fellows have been coming in throughout the summer.

We have many new initiatives relating to the Department's commitment to a culture of belonging. If you are interested in reading more check out the information on our Department's Belonging website.

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, Dean Emeritus, School of Public Policy at Duke University gave the Grand Rounds selected by our trainees.  The talk was entitled, “Harnessing Science to Create Social, Policy, and Legal Change.” After the presentation, Dr. Brownell met virtually with the trainees to discuss research questions and talk about his career path. 

Mind-Brain Research Day was held on March 26, 2026! The Keynote address was entitled, "Resilience in the Wake of Mass Violence: Evidence, Challenges and Hope," presented by Alyssa Rheingold, PhD from the Medical University of South Carolina.   Several of our trainees won awards for their academic presentations.

Among our clinical psychology residents, two received awards, Jessica Smith, M.S. received first place for the presentation titled, “The Influence of ADHD, Anxiety, and Psychological Stress on Vigilance and Reaction Time Variability after Sleep Restriction in Adolescents,” and Rachel Keszycki, M.S. received second place for the presentation titled, “Digital Clock Drawing Performance is Associated with Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults.”

In the postdoc group, Alexis Adams-Clark, Ph.D. received first place for the presentation titled, “Predictors of Nonconsensual Condom Removal Victimization: Interactions Between Alcohol Use and Minoritized Identities in College Students” and second place went to Destiny Printz Pereira, Ph.D. for the presentation titled, “Preliminary Findings of a Culturally-Adapted Mindful Parenting Intervention for Black and Hispanic Mothers.”  

The Clinical Psychology Training Programs at Brown has a Facebook account to help current trainees and alumni stay connected.  We are proud to say that we already have added 400+ members to the group and encourage alumni to join!

As always, we are interested in hearing from you so please visit our Clinical Psychology website. Update your contact information on the Alumni Directory via reply email and/or leave us a message at (401) 444-1938. 

Best wishes!

Beth

Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD, ABPP
Director, Division of Clinical Psychology