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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. Substantively, her research is concentrated on understanding individual differences in cognitive and affective processes as they relate to vulnerability for disinhibited (impulsive, antisocial) behaviors. Methodologically, she is interested in integrating a wide range of techniques and technologies to explore this issue. 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: Kirtland 217 Mailing: Yale University, P.O. Box 20820, New Haven, CT 06520 |
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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 the causes behind antisocial behaviors and externalizing psychopathology. He aims to do this by integrating multiple levels of analysis (e.g., environmental, cognitive, and neural data), and through the application and development of quantitative methods. Email: brendan.lam@yale.edu |
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Dr. Cortney Simmons (pronouns: she/her/hers) received her B.A. in Psychology from Rice University and her Ph.D. in Psychological Science from the University of California-Irvine. She broadly focuses on juvenile delinquency and adolescent development within the context of the juvenile justice system. Cortney’s research integrates developmental psychology, criminology, psychobiology, and quantitative modeling to examine how individual and contextual factors contribute to risk taking and antisocial behavior. She also examines the juvenile justice system as a developmental context that affects adolescents’ educational achievement, wellbeing, and behavior. Email: cortney.simmons@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. Jiv will be joining the MoD lab in Fall 2023! |
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Jordyn Ricard (pronouns: she/her/hers) received her B.S. in Human Development and Psychological Services from 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 the development of aggression, delinquency, and substance use among Black youth and young adults from low-income and minoritized communities. Email: jordyn.ricard@yale.edu |
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May Conley completed her B.A. in Environmental Studies and Psychology at the University of Montana. May’s research examines environmental influences on neurocognitive development and mental health. She is particularly interested in utilizing multicontextual, multilevel, and multioutcome approaches to identify risk and protective factors that can inform clinical practice and policy. May is co-advised with BJ Casey. Email: may.conley@yale.edu |
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Dr. Sam Paskewitz received his B.A. from St. John’s College and his PhD in cognitive psychology and MS in Applied Mathematics from UC-Boulder. His research is focused on developing mathematical models of cognitive functions as they relate to risk-taking behaviors. Email: samuel.paskewitz@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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Anna Beloborodova (ABCD Staff; anna.beloborodova@yale.edu) |
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Cali Baillie (ABCD Staff; cali.baillie@yale.edu) |
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Callie Benson-Williams, (MoD post-bacc; callie.benson-williams@yale.edu) |
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Eda Naz Dinc (ABCD Staff; edanaz.dinc@yale.edu) |
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Esther Seo (ABCD Staff; esther.seo@yale.edu) |
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Jennifer DiMuzio (ABCD Staff; Jennifer.dimuzio@yale.edu) |
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Saif Behairy (ABCD Staff; saif.behairy@yale.edu) |
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Sharina Hamm (ABCD Staff; sharina.hamm@yale.edu) |
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Zhuoran (Rick) Xiang (ABCD Staff; zhuoran.xiang@yale.edu) |
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Atticus Margulis-Ohnuma, Branford ‘25 (atticus.margulis-ohnuma@yale.edu) |
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Ben Scheve, Silliman ‘24 (ben.scheve@yale.edu) |
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Catherina Kiwanian, Pierson ’25 (catherina.kiwanian@yale.edu) |
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Ingrid Muniz Almaguer, Pauli Murray ’25 ( ingrid.munizalmaguer@yale.edu) |
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JP Ditto, Silliman ‘24 (jp.ditto@yale.edu) |
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Klara Aastroem, Saybrook ‘24 (klara.aastroem@yale.edu) |
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Mikayla Barber, Morse ‘24 (mikayla.barber@yale.edu) |
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Norvin West, Timothy Dwight ’25 (norvin.west@yale.edu) |
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Samuel Santana, Timothy Dwight ’25 (samuel.santana@yale.edu) |