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Dr. Arielle Baskin-Sommers (pronouns: she/her/hers) is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor (with tenure) at Yale University. She received her Sc.B. from Brown University (2007), a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2013), and completed her pre-doctoral internship and fellowship at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Her work focuses on identifying and specifying the cognitive, emotional, and environmental mechanisms that contribute to disinhibited behavior (e.g., substance use, criminal activity, aggression). She uses a wide range of techniques and technologies to explore this topic. Overall, her professional career goals are based on a desire to develop both innovative theory and research in service of increasing the efficacy of clinical intervention for disinhibited behaviors. Email: arielle.baskin-sommers@yale.edu Office: 100 College St, #1427 |
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Aleija Rodriguez is joining the MoD Lab Fall 2025! |
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Brendan Lam (pronouns: he/him/his) received his B.A. in psychology from Queen’s University. Prior to his graduate studies, he was a post-baccalaureate Research Assistant at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, where he worked with Dr. Shannon Scratch studying acquired brain injury. Brendan is interested in understanding the intersection between socioeconomic experiences and decision-making. He is interested in integrating multiple levels of analysis (e.g., environmental, cognitive, and neural data) using sophisticated quantitative models. Email: brendan.lam@yale.edu |
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Dr. Jivesh Ramduny received his BEng from Nanyang Technological University and his PhD in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin. Jiv’s research focuses on improving the robustness and reproducibility of functional connectivity measures derived from fMRI paradigms (e.g., resting-state, movie-watching) in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions. His work employs conventional and advanced functional connectivity techniques to facilitate the detection of brain-behaviour relationships in both community-based samples and large-scale datasets. Email: jivesh.ramduny@yale.edu |
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Jordyn Ricard (pronouns: she/her/hers) received her B.S. from the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University in 2020. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as a post-baccalaureate research assistant in Dr. Matthew Nock’s lab where she studied the relationship between early adversity and suicide risk. Jordyn is interested in investigating how community violence exposure shapes mental health outcomes and exploring how structural interventions can mitigate these effects, with the goal of building safer communities, improving well-being, and reducing pathways into the legal system. Email: jordyn.ricard@yale.edu |
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Sonia Ruiz (pronouns: she/her/hers) received her B.S. in Psychology from Yale University in 2019. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as a post-baccalaureate IRTA in Dr. Daniel Pine’s Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience at the National Institute of Mental Health, where she studied threat learning and avoidance in youth. Sonia is interested in investigating cognitive and affective processes underlying why some individuals have difficulty learning from consequences. Email: sonia.ruiz@yale.edu |
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Ziwei Zhang will be starting August 2025 in the MoD lab as a post-doc! |
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Anna Beloborodova (ABCD Staff; anna.beloborodova@yale.edu) |
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Brooke Chernek (ABCD Staff; brooke.chernek@yale.edu) |
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Calvin Dupree (ABCD Staff; calvin.dupree@yale.edu) |
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Jennifer DiMuzio (ABCD Staff; Jennifer.dimuzio@yale.edu) |
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Mikayla Barber (ABCD Staff; mikayla.barber@yale.edu) |
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Nathan Skinner (MoD/ABCD Staff; nathaniel.skinner@yale.edu) |
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Zhuoran (Rick) Xiang (ABCD Staff; zhuoran.xiang@yale.edu) |
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Alex Williams, Silliman ‘25 (alex.williams@yale.edu) |
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Atticus Margulis-Ohnuma, Branford ‘25 (atticus.margulis-ohnuma@yale.edu) |
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Catherina Kiwanian, Pierson ’25 (catherina.kiwanian@yale.edu) |
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Charlotte Fink, Pierson ‘26 (charlotte.fink@yale.edu) |
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Dom Gearing, Silliman ‘26 (dominic.gearing@yale.edu) |
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Hunter Robbins, Silliman ‘27 (hunter.robbins@yale.edu) |
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Katya Pinchuk, Silliman ‘26 (katya.pinchuk@yale.edu) |
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Lily Goren, Berkeley ‘27 (lily.goren@yale.edu) |
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Lily Horenkamp, Timothy Dwight ‘26 (lily.horenkamp@yale.edu) |
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Madelynn Huff, Davenport ‘27 (madelynn.huff@yale.edu) |
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Matt Lasorsa, Benjamin Franklin ’25 (matt.lasorsa@yale.edu) |
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Nick Townsend, Davenport ‘26 (nick.townsend@yale.edu) |
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Norvin West, Timothy Dwight ’25 (norvin.west@yale.edu) |