Alumni
The internship program draws exceptionally qualified students from around the nation and abroad. Below is a list of current fellows by placement and graduate program.
Graduates of the internship are very competitive for post-internship opportunities, which include postdoctoral fellowships, clinical positions, and faculty positions. Listed below under other tabs are recent alumni identified by year, placement, graduate school, and post-internship position.
2023-2024 Internship Class
| Name | Graduate Program | Training Site | Post-Internship Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Mental Health Center | |||
| Jonathan Samuel Briseño | University of Massachusetts-Boston | Hispanic Behavioral Health Services | Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School |
| Victoria Phillips Diamond | City University of New York – Queens College | Substance Use Services | Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow, Silver Hill Hospital |
| Nakisa Ghannad | Nova Southeastern University | Adult Inpatient Services | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital |
| Adrian J. Hernandez | Western Michigan University | Young Adult Services | Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School |
| Daisy Ort | Columbia University- Teachers College | Adult Community Mental Health Services | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dean Hope Center for Education & Psychological Services at Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Raquel E. Rose | New York University | The Consultation Center | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, Department of Psychiatry |
| Min K. Souther | University of Pennsylvania | Substance Use Services | Psychologist, Madison Park Psychological Services |
| Noah Shay Triplett | University of Washington | The Consultation Center | Assistant Research Professor, University of Maryland |
| Michelle A. Worthington | Yale University | Adult Community Mental Health Services | Research Scientist, Brooklyn Health |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital | |||
| Belinda Rose Breen | The Wright Institute | Psychological Assessment Services | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, Department of Psychiatry |
| Rachel L. Doyle | University of Kansas | Pediatric Gender Program | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, Department of Psychiatry |
| Sarah M. Ghose | Virginia Commonwealth University | Behavioral Medicine | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cleveland Clinic |
| Danielle Schwartz Miller | Ball State University | Behavioral Medicine | Health Psychology Resident, Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital |
| Callon M. Williams | Binghamton University/State University of New York | Behavioral Medicine | Clinical and Research Fellow, Toronto General Hospital |
2022-2023 Internship Class
| Name | Graduate School | Training Site | Post-Internship Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Mental Health Center | |||
| Frances Griffith | Bowling Green State University | The Consultation Center | Postdoctoral Fellow, T32 Division of Prevention Community Research, Yale Department of Psychiatry |
| Sydney Simmons | University of Virginia | The Consultation Center | Postdoctoral Fellow, T32 Division of Prevention Community Research, Yale Department of Psychiatry |
| Caroline Ferreira | William James College | Substance Abuse Services | Clinical Psychology Fellow, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| Jessica Flori | University of Central Florida | Substance Abuse Services | T32 Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Connecticut Health |
| Samantha Ojeda | Alliant IU/ CSPP-San Diego | Hispanic Behavioral Health Services | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Health
|
| Emily Farina | University of Connecticut | Adult Community Mental Health Services | Postdoctoral Associate, PRIME Clinic, Yale Department of Psychiatry |
| Helen Hailes | Boston College | Adult Community Mental Health Services | Postdoctoral Resident, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Veterans Health Administration |
| Tina Halabian | Loma Linda University | Young Adult Services | Child Anxiety & Mood Disorders Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University Child Study Center |
| Daniel Tso | University of Hartford | Adult Inpatient Services | Postdoctoral Fellow, MindWell Practice |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital | |||
| Madeleine Hardt | University of Missouri-Kansas City | Behavioral Medicine | T32 Postdoctoral Associate in Behavioral Geriatrics,
Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Kelcie Willis | Virginia Commonwealth University | Behavioral Medicine | Clinical and Research Fellow for the TOPS T32, Harvard Cancer Center |
| Natasha Sidhu | Kent State University | Adult DBT | Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University |
| Emily Weiss | The New School | Adult DBT | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale
Department of Radiology, |
| Allura Ralston | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Pediatric Gender Program | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale
Department of Psychiatry |
2021-22 Internship Class
| Name | Graduate School | Training Site | Post-Internship Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Mental Health Center | |||
| Ishita Arora | University Maryland Baltimore | The Consultation Center | YSM T32 Division of Prevention Community Research |
| Tania Chowdhury | New York University | Adult Community Health Services | Student Health on Haven at Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
| Wendy Cook | Nova Southeastern University | Hispanic Behavioral Health Services | Yale Health |
| Reihonna Frost-Calhoun | Clark University | Young Adult Service | WH Mental Health Clinic |
| Christie Musket | University of Pittsburgh | Adult Community Health Services | WH VA – VA Advanced Fellowship in Mental Health Illness Research |
| Rachel Ouellette | Florida International University | The Consultation Center | YSM T32 Division of Prevention Community Research |
| Shannon Schrader | George Mason University | Substance Abuse Services | Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry, West Haven VA |
| Isaiah Sypher | University of Michigan | Substance Abuse Services | Postdoctoral Fellowship at Wholeview Wellness |
| Hemrie Zalman | Yeshiva University | Adult Inpatient Services | Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai West |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | |||
| Lauren Carney | UCONN | Behavioral Medicine Service | Cancer Prevention and Control in Priority Populations at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Gabriel Cartagena | University of Florida | Behavioral Medicine Service | Postdoctoral Resident in Health Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry |
| Alyssa Conigliaro | Hofstra University | Adult DBT Service | Postdoctoral clinical and research fellowship at NY Presbyterian Hospital |
| Kayla Lord | Suffolk University | Adult DBT Service | Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Living/Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at Hartford Hospital |
| Nicolas Meade | Nova Southeastern University | Adolescent IOP Service | Yale Gender Program |
2020-21 Internship Class
Fellows by Placement |
Graduate Program |
Post-Internship Position |
| CMHC Consultation, Prevention & Program Evaluation Services/The Consultation Center | ||
| Nickholas Grant | University of Illinois Urbana | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine |
| Samuel Joseph Nayman | Rutgers University NJ | Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic |
| CMHC Substance Abuse Services/Substance Abuse Treatment Unit | ||
| Bryan Benitez | University of South Florida | Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Yale School of Medicine, Public Health |
| Maria Christina Crouch | University of Alaska Fairbanks | Postdoctoral Fellow, Substance Abuse Prevention, Yale School of Medicine |
| CMHC Hispanic Behavioral Health Services/The Hispanic Clinic | ||
| Ruben Atilano | University of Georgia | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University Health, Yale University |
| CMHC Adult Community Mental Health/34 Park St | ||
| Zenobia Morrill | University of Massachusetts | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University Health, Yale University |
| Danielle Nicole Pratt | University of Minnesota | Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Psychology Dept |
| CMHC Forensic Addiction Services/Forensic Drug Diversion Clinic | ||
| Cara Struble | Wayne State University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College & Geisel School of Medicine |
| Kathryn Anne Thomas | University Wisconsin/Madison | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, Justice Collaboratory |
| CMHC Young Adult Service | ||
| Matthew Aaron Hagler | University of Massachusetts Boston | Postdoctoral Associate, West Haven Mental Health Clinic Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine |
| CMHC Adult Inpatient Services/Acute Inpatient Unit | ||
| Jasmine Kaur Kaleka | George Washington University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University Health, MHC |
| Yale New Haven Hospital Adult DBT Service | ||
| Vinushini Arunagiri | Hofstra University | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McLean Hospital |
| Hedy Kober | Fielding Graduate University | Yale University, Department of Psychiatry Associate Professor |
| Jennifer Loya | George Mason University | Yale University, School of Medicine, Division of Addictions |
| Yale New Haven Hospital Behavioral Medicine Service | ||
| Mairead McConnell | University of Arizona | Psychologist, Private Practice |
| Chloe Taub | University of Miami | Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Yale New Haven Hospital Adolescent & Adult IOP Service | ||
| Caroline Kaufman | University of Memphis | Postdoctoral Fellow, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School |
2019-20 Internship Class
Fellows by Placement |
Graduate Program |
Post-Internship Position |
| CMHC Consultation, Prevention & Program Evaluation Services/The Consultation Center | ||
| Keisha April | Drexel University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development, New York University |
| Corianna Sichel | New York University | Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, New York Psychiatric Inst; Columbia School of Medicine |
| CMHC Substance Abuse Services/Substance Abuse Treatment Unit | ||
| Zachary Mannes | University of Florida | Postdoctoral Fellow, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University |
| Brittany Miller-Roenigk | University of Cincinnati | |
| CMHC Hispanic Behavioral Health Services/The Hispanic Clinic | ||
| Mariana Nicholls | Northeastern University | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Mental Health and Counseling Yale University Health Services |
| CMHC Adult Community Mental Health/34 Park St | ||
| Arundati Nagendra | University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Health-Mental Health Counseling Yale University |
| David M. Weiss | Ohio State University | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Maine Medical Center |
| CMHC Forensic Addiction Services/Forensic Drug Diversion Clinic | ||
| Jennifer Ellis | Wayne State University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University |
| Madeline Stenersen | University of Memphis | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine |
| CMHC Young Adult Service | ||
| Rachel Slater | Yeshiva University | Postdoctoral Associate, Young Adult Services Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine |
| CMHC Adult Inpatient Services/Acute Inpatient Unit | ||
| Jane Carter | Texas A & M | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Mental Health and Counseling Yale University Health Services |
| Yale New Haven Hospital Adult DBT Service | ||
| Lauren Forrest | Miami University | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Eating Disorders Clinical Research Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine |
| Alec Smidt | University of Oregon | Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Gender Program, Yale School of Medicine |
| Yale New Haven Hospital Behavioral Medicine Service | ||
| Danielle Tometich | Indiana State University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Moffit Cancer Center in Behavioral Oncology |
| Alyssa Van Denburg | Duke University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Prevention and Control, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Yale New Haven Hospital Adolescent & Adult IOP Service | ||
| Linda Oshin | University of Connecticut | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rutgers University |