After 2 application cycles, I am so thrilled to announce that I will begin my PhD in clinical psychology at
@UCLA
this fall under the mentorship of Dr. Michelle Craske
@ADRC_UCLA
! So incredibly excited and grateful to join this group and department
#AcademicTwitter
#psychtwitter
Overwhelmingly shocked and honored to have received the
@NSF
GRFP! I am immensely grateful to my mentors (
@ADRC_UCLA
,
@DiegoPizzagalli
,
@maqroll62
,
@SaraMasland
) for their guidance and to
@NSF
for supporting me and my research on cumulative stress and neural reward processes 🎉
My ✨first✨ first-author publication is out now in the Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders! Here,
@DiegoPizzagalli
,
@JessicaMDuda
, and I explore childhood unpredictability, social support, and anhedonia using questionnaires and a novel online PRT
Had a great time sharing some of my recent work on associations between worry and resting state fMRI networks, learning about exciting new research across the field, and catching up with friends, colleagues, and mentors at
#ADAA2024
@ADAA_Anxiety
✨✨✨
#ASFP2022
Roll Call! I’m a clinical psych PhD student
@UCLA
helping underrepresented PhD applicants as an editor for
@asfp_phd
. Increasing access to feedback and guidance navigating the hidden curriculum is a small step toward fostering inclusivity and diversity in psych science
Huge congrats to
@ShibaEsfand
! 🎉 Our Online PRT journey with
@DiegoPizzagalli
started ~3 years ago, with
@JessicaMDuda
and I sifting through cute animal pics and running multiple iterations through pilot testing. So grateful to be part of this.
More to come!
So excited to share my first first-author paper published in Journal of Affective Disorders! We developed and validated a novel online version of the probabilistic reward task in a community sample of adults with self-reported MDD.
Beyond thrilled to announce that I will be starting my PhD in Clinical Psychology this fall
@UCLA
under the mentorship of
@TiffanyCheingHo
! Can’t properly put into words how excited I am to join such an incredible lab and department.
#AcademicTwitter
#psychtwitter
🌟🌟 ASFP is a fantastic organization supporting prospective graduate psychology students with their SOPs! Friends and colleagues in the field -- especially clinical! -- please consider signing up to be an editor and support the next gen of psych scholars 🌟🌟
@UCLA
@ADRC_UCLA
@DiegoPizzagalli
@SaraMasland
@sarahfineberg
I'm also grateful to
@PsychinOut
and every applicant and current student I interacted with during this arduous process. This genuine support and community has been inspiring and brightened the last few months. I'm excited to give back to aspiring psych students moving forward
This collaboration with
@SaraMasland
began in 2018 and resulted in a publication last year examining the impact of diagnostic label construction and gender on stigma toward people with BPD. Grateful to see our work featured in Psychology Today recently!
SO so excited to announce that after an emotional rollercoaster of a PhD app cycle, I will be continuing my exciting work on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders with the fantastic Dr Rachel Rodgers at Northeastern University as a counseling psych PhD student !!!!
@SaraMasland
Thank you so much, Sara!! I am so grateful I joined your lab as a second-year undergrad; I can't thank you enough for helping me find my place in and passion for clinical research 🥲🎉