Research
Cynthia Battle, PhD, Coordinator
Information on the Research Placement Program and the Internship Grant Program.
Information on the Research Placement Program and the Internship Grant Program.
Cynthia Battle, PhD, Coordinator
Research and grant writing are a major activity of many psychologists in academic settings. The training program provides three possible research experiences. Two are optional and one is required. One option is that clinical psychology residents may choose to participate in research that is being conducted as part of the ongoing clinical programs. This could be integrated into part of their clinical duties. A second option is that clinical psychology residents may choose to independently investigate a research question under faculty supervision.
Participation in the Research Placement Program, which is required, provides clinical psychology residents with opportunities to work on programmatic faculty research; typically grant funded projects. Research sites have been developed within each of the four training tracks. Clinical psychology residents are assigned to a project based upon their previous experience in an area, research interests, training needs, and availability of training supervisors. Clinical psychology residents are assigned to a research site for the full internship year and spend approximately four to six hours a week at that placement. Clinical psychology residents may participate in research team meetings and have responsibilities that could include, but are not limited to, research design, data collection, coding and analysis, and manuscript preparation.
View specific Track (Adult, Child, Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine, & Neuropsychology) for a listing of faculty offering potential research placements this recruitment year.
Christy Capone and Erica Eaton: Drs. Capone and Eaton are founders of the Innovations in PTSD Research lab (IPTR) with a mission to explore novel approaches that advance clinical practice for veterans with PTSD. Our program of research synthesizes converging areas including neuroscience, psychotherapy, and complementary interventions for PTSD and associated problems (e.g., co-occurring substance use). Clinical psychology residents involved in this research placement will be offered training opportunities related to treatment of trauma and substance use with psychedelic therapy. Co-Mentors Capone and Eaton currently have Brown funding to conduct a pilot trial of MDMA-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for veterans with comorbid PTSD and alcohol use disorders. We are pursuing additional funding through NIDA to evaluate MDMA-AT in veterans with opioid use disorders (OUD) and trauma-related symptoms. Our research aims include studying brain changes and biomarkers related to inflammation and neuroplasticity. Clinical psychology residents may have opportunities to conduct diagnostic assessments with study participants, assist with data analysis, and contribute to manuscript and/or conference preparation. We are also happy to mentor residents in grant writing skill development.
Brandon Gaudiano: Dr. Gaudiano works as a psychologist at Butler Hospital and the Providence VA Medical Center. He also is Primary Faculty in Brown’s Mindfulness Center. Dr. Gaudiano’s research includes psychosocial treatment development, testing, and dissemination/implementation work for patients with severe psychiatric disorders (psychosis, mood disorders, comorbid substance use, and suicidality). His interventions frequently focus on the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mobile technologies. Projects for the upcoming year include clinical trials testing an mHealth intervention for patients with severe mental illness, suicide prevention programs for at-risk patients, and a novel transitions of care program for individuals with comorbid bipolar disorder and substance use disorders.
Kirsten Langdon: Dr. Langdon’s research is centered on two overlapping areas: 1) elucidating the interplay of mood/anxiety-based processes and co-occurring substance use disorders through experimental paradigms, and 2) developing specialized intervention programs designed to target these malleable risk factors to improve treatment outcomes for individuals with co-occurring mood/anxiety and substance use disorders, particularly through digital health platforms. Recent projects involve the development/evaluation of a combined web- and text message-delivered intervention to support stabilization in medication-based treatments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD); mixed-method approach to examine structural changes to OUD treatment (specifically the delivery of buprenorphine) as a result of COVID-19; and mixed-method evaluation of combined long-acting injectable treatment for HIV and OUD.
Jane Metrik & Rachel Gunn: This placement has several available areas of research focus. The overall aim of this research placement is to provide training opportunities in the area of alcohol and cannabis co-use and related risk behaviors. Our NIH-funded program of research utilizes several levels of data collection including laboratory and field-based methods. Opportunities to collaborate on the following current and recently completed studies are as follows: 1) a human laboratory study examining acute effects of cannabis on alcohol craving and consumption; 2) an ecological momentary assessment study focused on assessing effects of cannabis on driving-related impairment; 3) an ambulatory assessment study of the impact of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use on alcohol consumption and consequences using alcohol biosensors to measure alcohol use in the field; 4) a mixed-methods (laboratory and ecological momentary assessment) study of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use, including examination of the impact of multiple cannabinoids (THC versus CBD) on drinking behaviors; and 5) a longitudinal study examining cannabis use and comorbidity with heavy drinking and affective disorders in returning Veterans. Opportunities for learning applied aspects of the human laboratory studies involving cannabis and alcohol administration are a major part of this placement, as well as integration of data from multiple levels (e.g., person- and event-level). Multiple other opportunities are available for collaboration on various projects including data analysis, manuscript preparation, and development of grant proposals.
Robert Miranda: The Vista Clinical Research Group at Brown University has several research opportunities available for a research placement. This research program focuses on how biobehavioral mechanisms that confer liability for addiction influence treatment responsiveness. The overarching goal of this work is to translate findings from the human laboratory and natural environment to improve treatment initiatives. Several recently completed (and ongoing) clinical trials investigated the combined effects of pharmacotherapy and psychosocial interventions for treating alcohol and cannabis misuse among adolescents and young adults. An innovative methodological strategy employed across much of this work involves the systematic pairing of experimentally controlled human laboratory paradigms with ecological momentary assessment (EMA), whereby participants use handheld electronic diaries to monitor their behavior as well as sensitivity to alcohol and other drugs in real time in their natural environment. Additionally, in each study a broad spectrum of psychopathology was assessed, as well as myriad domains of temperament and cognitive function. Multiple opportunities are available for collaboration in analyzes these large datasets, including manuscript preparation and the development of grant proposals. In addition, newly funded studies afford the opportunity for collaboration in various aspects of ongoing data collection. Individual and group research supervision will be provided by Dr. Robert Miranda.
Lindsay Orchowski: Sexual assault prevention, including the development and evaluation of approaches for young adult, college, and military populations; The intersections between sexual violence, substance use and other health risk behaviors; Perpetrator characteristics; Mental health consequences of sexual violence.
Jessica Peters: Dr. Peters’ research focuses broadly on mechanisms underlying the development and exacerbation of borderline personality disorder and related emotion-driven, risky behavior (e.g., self-harm/suicide, aggression, substance misuse) in adolescents and adults. Current projects include (but are not limited to) 1.) research on menstrual cycle exacerbation of BPD symptom expression, 2.) psychological mechanisms underlying how minority stress increases risk of self-injurious behavior and suicide in LGBTQ+ adolescents, with the goal of identifying potential intervention targets, and 3.) applying network analysis and advanced longitudinal methods to large datasets of BPD symptoms. Clinical residents would have the opportunity to be involved with one or more of these projects. Prior experience with advanced quantitative methods and coding (e.g., R, Mplus) is likely needed for some potential projects, though not necessary for all.
Hayley Treloar Padovano: A common theme in Dr. Treloar Padovano's research is the use of multiple methodologies (i.e., clinical laboratory paradigms and ecological momentary assessment [EMA] in daily life) to understand the development of substance use disorder (SUD) among adolescents and treatment of SUD among adults with co-occurring physical health risks or conditions. She has research interests in the areas of substance-use outcome expectancies, subjective alcohol and other drug response, reactivity to substance cues, and meaning or purpose in life. Her programmatic research funded by the National Institutes of Health includes projects exploring change in substance-use effects (i.e., cannabis, alcohol) across adolescence via accelerated, longitudinal burst designs; and biobehavioral mechanisms of treatment outcomes (i.e., brief motivational interviewing with personalized liver-health and lifestyle feedback from laboratory results and EMA in daily life) in adults with alcohol-associated liver disease and other chronic conditions. Dr. Treloar Padovano's research projects are inclusive of individuals who speak English or Spanish. Dr. Treloar Padovano is offering a collaborative research placement with a clinical psychology resident who seeks to carve their own path within these general domains. Contributions from residents with diversity-enhancing factors and unique perspectives or expertise are welcomed.
Lauren Weinstock: Dr. Weinstock's research is focused on treatment of SMI and suicide prevention at high-risk care transitions, primarily from criminal legal settings to the community, from inpatient to outpatient treatment, and following ED discharge. Current and recently completed projects include the SPIRIT Trial, a multi-site RCT which evaluated the effectiveness of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) with telephone follow-up in the period around jail detention and return to the community; the 3C Trial, which pairs risk identification using a machine learning algorithm with the Coping Long-Term with Active Suicide Program (CLASP) in a multi-site RCT across 7 geographically distinct VA hospitals; the Peace of Mind and Body Study, which piloted and evaluated a gentle Hatha yoga intervention for anger dysregulation among incarcerated adults; and the NIMH P50-funded National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention (NCHATS), which leverages biomedical informatics to connect records across the health and criminal legal systems to identify at-risk individuals who move between the two, in order to evaluate the delivery and implementation of evidence-based suicide prevention practices at scale. Opportunities for psychology residents may potentially include secondary analysis of existing data for conference presentation and manuscript submission, grant writing, and hands-on experiences with intervention development and delivery within an RCT context.
Lisa Uebelacker: Study of physical activity, yoga, and integrated primary care interventions for depression and/or chronic pain. Specifically, ongoing studies include: a) a study of which components of a yoga intervention help to increase yoga practice in people with opioid use disorder and chronic pain; b) a comparative effectiveness study of yoga vs. behavioral activation for people with depression; and c) a study examining interventions to increase physical activity in older adults with HIV.
Anastacia Kudinova: Bio-behavioral mechanisms of youth suicide risk focussing on self-referential cognitive-affective processes (e.g., self-criticism, self-compassion) and sleep and circadian timing. The current studies integrate ecological momentary assessment technology, neuroimaging techniques, circadian phase and sleep biology measures, and self-report interview and questionnaire assessment modes.
Christopher Houck: Emotion regulation and its relationship to adolescent health risk behaviors (e.g., sexual risk, partner violence, and substance use) including behavioral interventions to promote ER.
Dave Barker: Pairing individual participant data from clinical trials with causal analysis to better understand what works for whom. Secondary data analysis with modern analytic techniques to address a variety of questions in clinical child psychology.
Mary Kathryn Cancilliere: Psychiatric Emergency Service Research lab focuses on qualitative and mixed methods research utilizing implementation strategies for the development of intervention and prevention protocols, while leveraging digital health technology, for youth during acute psychiatric risk (including suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors) and their families. Our lab's current studies include 1) the development of a mental health family navigator protocol in the emergency department (ED), 2) linkage to community-based outpatient mental health care, 3) the development of a diversion protocol for youth boarding in the ED, and 4) adaptive intervention development.
Elizabeth Thompson: Psychosis-spectrum disorders in adolescence, with a focus on screening and assessment across settings, intervention development, and co-occurring suicidality.
Hannah Frank, Brown Research on Implementation and Dissemination to Guide Evidence Use (BRIDGE) Program: The BRIDGE program focuses on fostering the translation, spread, and scale-up of evidence-based practices into routine clinical care settings across a range of research areas. Dr. Frank leads research on clinician adoption and sustainment of evidence-based interventions in community mental health settings, particularly exposure therapy for pediatric anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Other BRIDGE program projects span several content areas (e.g., mindfulness-based stress reduction, food insecurity, perinatal sleep, assessment of youth suicidality) and use a wide range of implementation science methods (e.g., qualitative and mixed methods analyses; hybrid effectiveness-implementation trials; community engagement).
Jared Saletin: Adolescent sleep research and cognitive neuroscience. Our current focus is on impact of sleep and sleep loss on cognition, brain function, and the underpinnings of mental health in early adolescents. We are particularly interested in ADHD as a lens of vulnerability to sleep loss. The lab blends sleep and circadian science with neuroscience techniques of EEG and fMRI, and cognitive and mental health probes of relevant functional domains (e.g., learning, attention, impulsivity). Our team is embedded in the Sleep for Science Lab and collaborates closely with Prof. Mary A. Carskadon, PhD.
Laura Stroud: Biobehavioral & epigenetic mechanisms of stress, depression, and substance use. The BAMBAM lab focuses on two sensitive periods of development: perinatal-fetal-infant transition and the adolescent/pubertal transition. Within the perinatal-fetal-infant period, we focus on the impact of perinatal exposures on maternal, fetal and infant health and development. Within the adolescent period, we have focused on neural and neuroendocrine biomarkers of risk for adolescent depression. Opportunities for psychology residents typically include secondary analysis of existing data for manuscript submission and/or conference presentations, grant writing, and hands-on exposure to perinatal and substance use research.
Jennifer Freeman, Kristen Benito & Josh Kemp - Pediatric Anxiety Research Clinic (PARC): Assessment and treatment of childhood and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders; development of new treatments/augmentation strategies, including neuromodulation; dissemination and implementation of exposure treatment for anxiety, including development of innovative service models and technology to support implementation.
Jennifer Wolff - Adolescent Mental Health Collaborative (AMHC): Improving the identification and treatment of suicidal youth in various settings. Current research involves: 1) implementing evidence-based care in community settings for juvenile justice youth at-risk for suicide, 2) developing a valid assessment of suicide for pre-adolescents, and 3) examining patient perspectives and outcomes in inpatient psychiatric treatment.
Karen Cammuso, David Lichtenstein, Petya Radoeva – Verrecchia Clinic for children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities: An exploration of the relationship between outpatient therapy, child and family factors, and use of higher levels of care for children with developmental disabilities (including Autism).
Lindsay Huffhines: Early childhood development in the context of family and social risk; study of community dissemination of evidence-based preventive interventions for young children and families.
Petya Radoeva - Neural mechanisms of depressive symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); broader interests include risk and protective factors for mood problems and disorders and for suicidality in youth with ASD (including sleep, nutritional factors, cognitive flexibility).
Sarah Thomas: Adolescent cannabis use and association with psychopathology; parent-adolescent interactions; and brain/behavior alterations (MRI) associated with reward-related decision-making in the context of adolescent cannabis use.
David Barker: Pairing individual participant data from clinical trials with causal analysis to better understand what works for whom. Secondary data analysis with modern analytic techniques to address a variety of questions in pediatric psychology.
David Barker, Elizabeth McQuaid, Daphne Koinis-Mitchell: Using qualitative and quantitative data from a recently completed implementation trial along with medical records and insurance claim data to understand the impact of a community-based asthma treatment program implemented in Greater Providence, RI. The program was focused on communities with the highest asthma burden.
Mary Kathryn Cancilliere: Psychiatric Emergency Service Research lab focuses on qualitative and mixed methods research utilizing implementation strategies for the development of intervention and prevention protocols, while leveraging digital health technology, for youth during acute psychiatric risk (including suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors) and their families. Our lab's current studies include 1) the development of a mental health family navigator protocol in the emergency department (ED), 2) linkage to community-based outpatient mental health care, 3) the development of a diversion protocol for youth boarding in the ED, and 4) adaptive intervention development.
Christopher Houck: Emotion regulation and its relationship to adolescent health risk behaviors (e.g., sexual risk, partner violence, and substance use) including behavioral interventions to promote ER.
Barbara Jandasek and Elizabeth McQuaid: Pediatric Cardiology: Program Evaluation and QI focused on assessment and treatment of psychosocial and behavioral health issues amongst youth presenting to Outpatient Cardiology. Current research includes: 1) standardized assessment, evaluation, and enhancement of behavioral health services in the Pediatric Heart Center, 2) program development (e.g., for parents of children with Congenital Heart Disease),3) Evaluation of Heart Camp.
Elissa Jelalian: Adolescent weight control; community-based interventions; and weight gain prevention.
Daphne Koinis-Mitchell: Risk and resilience in urban children with chronic illness; pediatric health disparities in asthma and sleep; asthma and immune function.
Melissa Pielech: Pediatric pain, substance use, implementation science, and mixed methodologies. Current research involves: 1) RCT of a novel intervention targeting acute pain coping and substance use behaviors among youth after oral surgery; 2) Examination of pain experiences in youth who use substances; 3) Addressing barriers to family involvement in opioid use disorder treatment for adolescents and young adults; 4) Increasing access to evidence-based pain and substance use treatment.
Jared Saletin: Adolescent sleep research and cognitive neuroscience. Our current focus is on impact of sleep and sleep loss on cognition, brain function, and the underpinnings of mental health in early adolescents. We are particularly interested in ADHD as a lens of vulnerability to sleep loss. The lab blends sleep and circadian science with neuroscience techniques of EEG and fMRI, and cognitive and mental health probes of relevant functional domains (e.g., learning, attention, impulsivity). Our team is embedded in the Sleep for Science Lab and collaborates closely with Prof. Mary A. Carskadon, PhD.
Jennifer Wolff: Delivering empirically based treatments within Emergency Departments and Primary Care Practices for at-risk youth particularly those who present for suicidality or behavior problems.
Christopher Houck: Emotion regulation and its relationship to adolescent health risk behaviors (e.g., sexual risk, partner violence, and substance use) including behavioral interventions to promote ER.
Kathleen Kemp: Mental health screening and treatment in the juvenile justice system; suicide prevention with juvenile justice-involved youth; substance use interventions; dissemination and implementation of evidenced-based treatment in juvenile justice settings.
Robert Miranda: Pharmacotherapy and psychosocial intervention development research for adolescents with alcohol, cannabis, and other substance use disorders; ecological momentary assessment methods; psychophysiological and other laboratory-based methods.
Crosby Modrowski: Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress among juvenile justice and child welfare youth; trauma exposure and adolescent risk behavior (e.g., substance use); crossover/dual-system youth.
Christie Rizzo: Dating violence prevention; sexual risk taking behavior; mental health interventions with juvenile justice and child welfare populations.
Mary Carskadon: Psychological, behavioral, social, and biological factors that determine sleep amount and timing for children, adolescents, and emerging adults; sleep, circadian rhythms, and child and adolescent mental health; impact of alcohol on sleep and cognitive behavior in adults; sleep disparities in urban children with asthma; sleep, sleepiness, neurocognitive function, and neuroimaging in early adolescents with and without ADHD.
Shira Dunsiger: Advanced statistical methodology for assessing patterns of behavior change; Longitudinal mediators of intervention effects; Effects of Adherence on Behavioral Outcomes.
Hannah Frank: (BRIDGE Program): Use of implementation science methods to foster the translation, spread, and scale up of evidence-based interventions into routine clinical care settings across a range of content areas (e.g., mindfulness-based stress reduction, sepsis, food insecurity, perinatal sleep, anxiety) and implementation science methods (e.g., qualitative and mixed methods analyses; hybrid effectiveness-implementation trials; community engagement).
Emily Gathright: interventions for depression and/or health behavior change (e.g., medication adherence) and/or promotion of healthy aging; cardiovascular behavioral medicine; psychosocial and behavioral risk factors for poor prognosis in cardiovascular disease; cardiac rehabilitation; meta-analysis
Carly Goldstein: Behavioral obesity treatment; digital health; optimization designs; implementation science; cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment; interventions delivered through integrated care.
Stephanie Goldstein: Applying digital health tools (like ecological momentary assessment [EMA], passive sensing, just-in-time adaptive interventions [JITAIs]), innovative research methods (like optimization designs and behavioral phenotyping), and novel statistical approaches (like machine learning) to advance precision interventions for weight-related behaviors implicated in cardiovascular disease risk. Studying adherence, diet, and eating behaviors in the context of lifestyle modification programs.
KayLoni Olson: Identifying factors that impact health and well being among individuals of higher body weight and adapting evidence-based behavioral treatments to optimize health; weight-related stigma, body image, and weight-related chronic pain
Emily Panza: Identifying psychosocial contributors (e.g., minority stress, weight stigma, negative body image) to disparities in general health and weight-related health in marginalized communities, most notably sexual and gender minority individuals (LGBTQIA+) and people living with HIV. Improving evidence-based behavioral obesity treatments for marginalized populations via cultural tailoring and qualitative methods. Application of Ecological Momentary Assessment and the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Framework.
Laura Stroud: Intergenerational transmission of stress, trauma, psychopathology, and substance use. Biobehavioral & epigenetic mechanisms of stress, depression, tobacco, and substance use. Perinatal and women's health & health disparities; Tobacco, marijuana and new tobacco products (hookah, e-cigarettes); Stress response/HPA stress reactivity in infants/children/adolescents. Opportunities for psychology residents typically include secondary analysis of existing data for manuscript submission and/or conference presentations, grant writing, and hands-on exposure to perinatal and substance use research.
Graham Thomas: Technology for health behavior assessment and intervention; Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA); wearable devices/passive sensing; just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI); engineering-inspired treatment optimization methodologies; behavioral obesity treatment.
Lisa Uebelacker: Study of physical activity, yoga, and integrated primary care interventions for depression and/or chronic pain, including in the context of HIV or opioid use disorder.
Jennifer Davis, PhD, ABPP-CN, Seth Margolis, PhD, ABPP-CN: Researching Everyday Activities of Living (REAL) Lab (RIH). Researching Everyday Activities of Living (REAL) Lab. Drs. Davis and Margolis co-direct the REAL Lab research placement and will be accepting one resident for the 2023-2024 training year. REAL Lab studies center on functional and psychosocial aspects of cognitive impairment in adults and older adults. Current interests relate to neuropsychological and psychosocial aspects of medication adherence, predictors of functional decline and compensatory strategy use in MCI and mild dementia, the ecological validity of cognitive testing, neuropsychological side effects of medications, individual factors related to driving safety, as well as psychosocial adjustment to illness and disability more broadly. There will be opportunities to be involved in grant funded projects aimed at testing new neuropsychologically informed interventions (i.e., beta and feasibility testing of an internet-based anti-stigma intervention for people with epilepsy; health behavior promotion among mid-life adults at risk for cognitive decline in both English and non-English speaking individuals).
Jennifer Barredo, PhD: Neuroimaging in Suicide (VAMC). A placement in neurocognitive approaches to suicide research will be offered at Providence VA Medical Center. This placement will involve analysis of cognitive testing and/or brain imaging data. MRI analyses may involve either structural and functional MRI data (e.g., structural T1-weighted images, diffusion imaging, task-based and/or resting-state fMRI). Potential projects focus on identifying cognitive or imaging markers associated with longitudinal or treatment outcomes for veterans with significant suicidality. The resident will be involved with hands-on analysis of imaging data. Residents will work with supervisors to develop specific research projects with a goal of presenting results at national conferences and/or submitting a manuscript for publication. Dr. Barredo is the main supervisors for this experience; post-doctoral fellows may assist with supervision and training. Prior imaging experience and/or intermediate-level Python proficiency is required.
Louisa Thompson, PhD: (Butler Hospital). Using digital cognitive assessment tools to detect subtle cognitive changes in early stage Alzheimer’s disease. Analyzing associations between longitudinal changes in digital clock drawing performance and MRI markers of neurodegeneration.
Athene Lee, PhD: Alzheimer’s Risk Disclosure and Cultural Diversity. This research placement focuses on a variety of topic areas on Alzheimer’s disease, including the identification of preclinical and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease using biological, cognitive, and behavioral markers; impact of disclosure of Alzheimer's disease risk biomarkers; and the impact of cultural diversity on subjective cognitive decline. Residents in this rotation will have access to the Butler Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry and the neuropsychological clinical database to identify specific research projects with a goal of presenting results at conferences and/or preparing manuscript submission for publication.
Brian Kavanaugh, PsyD, ABPP-CN: Modulation of Frontoparietal Dynamics in Adolescent Working Memory Deficits. This research placement focuses on the modulation of frontoparietal oscillatory dynamics underlying adolescent working memory deficits. Our group utilizes brain imaging (e.g., structural and resting-state functional MRI), electrophysiological activity recording (e.g., task-related EEG), non-invasive brain stimulation (e.g., TMS), and computational modeling to modulate the neural dynamics underlying working memory deficits in adolescents. This involves two ongoing research projects that are attempting to modulate oscillatory dynamics underlying working memory deficits in adolescents with ADHD. The resident will have opportunities to be actively involved in active study procedures, EEG/MRI data analysis, and literature reviews on related topics. There is also access to our pediatric neuropsychology dataset as well as our ongoing study that is investigating smartphone-based neurocognitive testing in children and adolescents. Prior experience with analysis of EEG or MRI data is strongly encouraged.
David Badre, PhD: Basic cognitive neuroscience of cognitive control and executive function. Behavioral, fMRI, and brain stimulation methods.
William Heindel, PhD & Elena Festa, PhD: Neural mechanisms underlying the cognitive deficits associated with the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Methodologies include EEG, pupillometry, and cognitive neuropsychology.
The Internship Grant Program was created to provide the opportunity for clinical psychology residents to apply for 'seed money' for small research projects during the internship year. This research is generally an outgrowth of the research placement, with the research placement supervisor serving as a mentor. There is a total of $7,000 available per internship year.