2024 Undergraduate Developmental Science Summer Internship
Intern: Jordyn Barkley, Spelman College
Mentor: Christina Cipriano, PhD
Title: Most frequently used emotion regulation strategies of black students reflect parental socialization
Intern: Maya Steiger, Otterbein University
Mentor: Christina Cipriano, PhD
Title: Validating and invalidating teacher behaviors in elementary school classrooms
Intern: Adriana Rivera Vega, San Diego State University
Mentor: Christina Cipriano, PhD
Title: Examining cross cultural inclusive practices for students with intellectual & developmental disabilities (IDD)
Intern: Logan Marco, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Michael Crowley, PhD
Title: Self-referential processing and negative rumination: A meta-analytic approach
Intern: Sofia Ferrucci, University of Georgia
Mentor: Uche Aneni, MD, MHS
Title: Association between Adolescent Anxiety, Cannabis Use, and Family Functioning: A Cross-Sectional
Observational Study
Intern: Joshua Fairhead, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Ellen Hoffman, MD, PhD
Title: Mutations in Autism Risk Genes Cause Behavioral Phenotypes in Zebrafish
Intern: Ash Chinta, Dartmouth University
Mentor: Dustin Scheinost, PhD
Title: Understanding ADHD through naturalistic fMRI data: symptoms & whole-brain connectivity
Intern: Cindi Blanco Villanueva, Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Carla Stover, PhD
Title: A systematic review of migration and mental health outcomes among Latino children
Intern: Olivia Ciocca, University of Vermont
Mentor: Karim Ibrahim, PhD
Title: Sex differences in transdiagnostic structural brain correlates of emotion regulation in youth with disruptive behavior problems
Intern: Addison Cassada, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Erin Warnick, PhD
Title: Comparing clinician, parent, and youth CGI improvement ratings at discharge
Intern: Rob Sullivan, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Hilary Hahn, MPH, MEd & Declan Barry, PhD
Title: Understanding MOMS partnership program participants according to Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs
Intern: Arianna Medina, St. Edwards University
Mentor: Emily Olfson, MD, PhD
Title: Rare de novo DNA Mutations found in ADHD and other NDDS are enriched for nervous system and sensory system functioning
Intern: Akansha Magal, UCLA
Mentor: Wan-Ling Tseng, PhD
Title: Positive parenting may moderate associations between reward sensitivity and state irritability
Intern: Mia Tan, University of Virginia
Mentor: Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD
Title: Inhibitory control and irritability in autistic adolescents
Intern: Caroline Alessio, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Dylan Gee, PhD
Title: Family factors related to response to parent-based treatment for child anxiety disorders
Intern: Claire Chiles, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Nadia Ameen, MBBS
Title: Immunofluorescence: an important tool to study CHE cells
Intern: Mc Noriel Baldonado, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Sacit Omay, MD, FAANS
Title: Effect of central diabetes insipidus on social- emotional functioning in patients with hypothalamic-pituitary tumors