Current Members

Dr. Wan-Ling Tseng is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Tseng is committed to a long-term career as a developmental affective neuroscientist conducting innovative and collaborative research focused on irritability and related symptoms. Her research program, currently funded by her NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2), aims to delineate mechanisms and predictors of chronic irritability across multiple levels of analysis from neural circuits, physiology, behaviors, social experiences (e.g., peer interactions), to familial and environmental factors and across development. In addition to the New Innovator Award, Dr. Tseng’s work has been recognized by other prestigious awards and organizations including the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), Society of Biological Psychiatry Travel Award, Career Development Institute for Bipolar Disorder, NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence, NIMH OFT Trainee Travel Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award, Doris Duke Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists, and Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Award.

After graduating from Wellesley College in 2023 with a bachelor’s in psychology, Hailing joined the YAY Lab as a postgraduate associate where she is studying how brain mechanisms in youth are related to their irritability over time. At Wellesley, she was involved in research on Chinese American families’ experiences as well as the relation between thought diversity and friendship quality. Her research interests are in how cultural factors impact youth well-being.

Kelsey is an undergraduate student at the University of New Haven majoring in Psychology with a concentration in Forensic Psychology and a minor in Criminal Justice. Her research interests revolve around how adverse childhood experiences influence criminal behavior. Kelsey is also a member of the CORE Lab and is working on research with two professors at the University of New Haven. She is also president of Juvenile Justice Club and Sergeant at Arms for Psychology club at her institution. Her plan is to get a master's in Child Development in Europe. In her free time she enjoys reading, traveling, and baking.

Angelique graduated from Columbia University in 2023 with an MA in Clinical Psychology, and from NYU in 2021 with a BA in English and American Literature. At Columbia, she worked as a research assistant in the Laboratory for Clinical and Developmental Studies studying cognitive risk factors for suicide among adolescence. There, she completed her master's thesis, Death Conceptualizations: How do suicidal adolescents presenting to a pediatric psychiatric emergency department view the end of their lives? Her research interests include anxiety and irritability in youth and their potential link to later suicidality. In addition to working with the YAY lab, Angelique is also working as a research assistant at the Montefiore Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. She hopes to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology and continue to work with children and families.