Internship Placements

Intern: Bryson Boone, Brown University
Mentor: Jessica Hoffmann, PhD
Title: The role of sports participation, extracurricular involvement, and trusted adult relationships in adolescent emotional development

Intern: Glory Dada, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Christine Cha, PhD
Title: Prevalence of suicide-related disclosure to informal, formal, and technology-based sources

Intern: Mariana Damron, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Bulent Omay, MD
Title: Prolactin’s effect on cognition and attention

Intern: Kien Dang, Boston University
Mentor: Karim Ibrahim, PsyD
Title: Emotion regulation modulates the link between brain structure and disruptive behavior problems in youth

Intern: Elzie Elmore, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD
Title: Self-reported anger in autistic children and adolescents

Intern: Ankitha Ganesan, UC San Diego
Mentor: Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD
Title: Irritability and anxiety as predictors of adaptive functioning in autistic youth

Intern: Ariel Hornek, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Wan-Ling Tseng, PhD
Title: Preliminary analysis of parent-child verbal interactions using large language models

Intern: Sreoshi Hossain Adhora, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Uche Aneni, MBBS, MHS
Title: Parent-Adolescent discrepancy in parental monitoring and adolescent executive and attention functioning: a pilot analysis of the playsmart trial

Intern: Genesis Jiminez Chavez, University of Florida
Mentor: Uche Aneni, MBBS, MHS
Title: Cognitive mediators of family functioning and opioid risk perception among adolescents

Intern: Sara Welch, Providence College
Mentor: Dustin Scheinost, PhD
Title: Functional connectivity differences in youth with externalizing behaviors: findings from the healthy brain network

Intern: Ivy Wilson, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Declan Barry, PhD
Title: A pilot study of novel nonpharmacological pain management interventions targeting social inclusion in methadone treatment

Intern: Claire Zhang, Middlebury College
Mentor: Julia Leonard, PhD
Title: The effect of stakes on children’s optimistic self-beliefs

Intern: Dianne Celemen, UNC Chapel Hill
Mentor: Erin Warnick, PhDTitle: Evaluating Use of Evidence-Based Treatments for Outpatient Youth with Trauma History at the Yale Child Study Center

Intern: Suzanne Cole, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Michael Crowley, PhD
Title: Attention Bias to Threat in Anxious Individuals: A Meta-Analysis

Intern: Heidi Du, University of Iowa
Mentors: Dylan Gee, PhD & Amanda Dettmer, PhD
Title: Cross Species Comparison of Parental Warmth as a Predictor of Prosocial Behavior Across Early Environments

Intern: Amanda Shelton, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD
Title: Sensory Sensitivities and Irritability in Adolescents with ASD: Assessing Parent-Child Rating Discrepancies

Intern: Lucy Yang, Cornell University
Mentor: Dustin Scheinost, PhD & Wan-Ling Tseng, PhD
Title: Sensory-Motor Neural Variability Predicts Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Intern: Karis Gillen, Grand Valley State University
Mentor: Dustin Scheinost, PhD &
Title: Sensory-Motor Neural Variability Predicts Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Intern: Samuel Muwanika, St. Edwards University
Mentor: Amanda Dettmer, PhD
Title: Hair Cortisol: DHEA ratio as a predictor of growth in juvenile rhesus macaques

Intern: Samuel Grace, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Deepa Camenga, MD
Title: Exploring the duality of adolescent vaping discourse: A qualitative study of middle school students perceptions of nicotine & cannabis use in schools & communities

Intern: Lexie Lewis, Northeastern University
Mentor: Gunjan Tiyyagura, MD
Title: Universal IPV Education Provider Perspectives in Pediatric Primary Care

Intern: Sreoshi Adhora, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Richard Pierce, MD
Title: Investigating the effects of simvastatin on endothelial barrier functions

Intern: Valentino Cheek, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Karim Ibrahim, PsyD
Title: Sex differences in structural brain correlates of internalizing symptoms in youth

Intern: Oleksii Pidlypenets, Sewanee: The University of the South
Mentor: Nadia Ameen, MBBS
Title: Non-genomic stress-induced inflammatory effects in jejunum of SGK1 KO mouse intestine