Mentors
We attempt to match interns with faculty mentors who best suit their training needs; we also encourage interns to develop a team of mentors to enhance career development.
Any Department of Psychiatry faculty members are potentially eligible to serve as primary research mentors for interns. The following list represents only a sample of recent/ active faculty mentors, so we encourage you to visit the people page of our website to view a full list of our faculty and to search for potential mentoring fits based on academic and clinical interests:
| Faculty * | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
| David A. Brent, MD | Childhood Depression, Suicide |
| Meryl Butters, PhD | Late-life Depression, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia |
| Daniel J. Buysse, MD | Multidimensional Sleep Health in Relation to Physical and Mental Disorders, Behavioral Sleep and Circadian Interventions, Insomnia |
| Lauren M. Bylsma, PhD | Depression, Emotion Reactivity and Regulation, Developmental Risk Factors, Affective Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Ambulatory Assessment |
| Amy Byrd, PhD | Biopsychosocial Mechanisms of Aggression, Emotion and Behavior Dysregulation, Emotion Socialization, Parent-Child Interactions |
| Rachel Kolko Conlon, PhD | Eating Disorders and Weight-Related Behavior; Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period; Family-Based Interventions; Dissemination and Implementation Science |
| Alexandre Y. Dombrovski, MD | Decision Neuroscience, Reinforcement Learning, Suicide, Dimensions of Psychopathology, fMRI, EEG, and EMA |
| Affective Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults, Clinical Developmental Neuroscience | |
| Peter Franzen, PhD | Sleep and Sleep Disorders, Affective Neuroscience, Adolescent Development |
| Andrea Goldschmidt, PhD | Onset/Maintenance of Loss of Control Eating, Treatment of Eating Disorders |
| Early-Onset Mood Disorders and Suicidality | |
| Swathi Gujral, PhD | Geriatric Neuropsychology, Behavioral Medicine, Cognitive Dysfunction and Depression in Older Adults; Lifestyle Interventions |
| Psychotic Disorders, Suicidal Behavior | |
| Benjamin L. Handen, PhD | Autism, Psychopharmacology, Alzheimer’s Disease in Down Syndrome |
| Sleep/Circadian Rhythms, Affective Neuroscience, Mood and Substance Use Disorders | |
| Developmental Risk Factors, Developmental Psychopathology | |
| Leslie E. Horton, PhD | Psychosis Risk; Threat Dysregulation, Social Functioning, Ambulatory Assessment |
| Karen P. Jakubowski, PhD | Trauma, Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Behavioral Sleep Medicine |
| Neil P. Jones, PhD | Neuroscience of Threat, Executive Function, and Motivation Underlying Psychopathological Disorders |
| Heather M. Joseph, DO | Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Infancy and Early Childhood Risk Factors, and Parenting Behaviors and Interventions |
| David J. Kolko, PhD | Treatment Effectiveness, Child Psychopathology, Behavior and Trauma |
| Cecile D. Ladouceur, PhD | Developmental Affective Neuroscience, Puberty, Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Depression |
| Jessica Levenson, PhD | Adolescent Sleep and Mental Health; Behavioral Interventions; Community Engagement; Implementation Science |
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Maternal Health, Health Behavior Change Interventions, Eating Disorders and Obesity |
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| Oliver Lindhiem, PhD |
Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Parenting, mHealth, Evidence-Based Assessment, Research Methodology |
| Carla Mazefsky, PhD | Autism, Emotion Regulation, Psychiatric Inpatients, Clinical Trials, Measure Development |
| Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Substance Use and Disorders, Developmental Risk Factors, Interventions | |
| Judith K. Morgan, PhD | Children at Familial Risk for Depression, Behavior Inhibition |
| Sarah Pedersen, PhD |
Health Disparities in Alcohol and Substance Use Problems, Alcohol Response, Impulsivity, Substance Use Cognitions, Ambulatory Assessment |
| Paul A. Pilkonis, PhD |
Personality Disorders, Treatment Research |
| Rebecca Price, PhD | Neurocognitive Factors and Brain-based Interventions in Anxiety and Depression |
| Lori N. Scott, PhD | Proximal Risk for Suicide and Self-injury, Interpersonal and Emotion Regulatory Processes, Intensive Longitudinal Methods, and Ambulatory Assessment |
| Jennifer Silk, PhD | Anxiety and Depression in Youth, Emotional Reactivity and Regulation, Ecological Momentary Assessment |
| Stephanie Stepp, PhD | Borderline Personality Disorder, Adolescent Development |
| Holly Swartz, MD | Bipolar Disorder, Maternal Depression, Interpersonal Psychotherapy |
| Brian C. Thoma, PhD | LGBT Health, Suicidal Behavior |
| Rebecca Thurston, PhD | Behavioral Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Menopause, Women's Health, Integrated Care Models |
| Rachel A. Vaughn-Coaxum, PhD | Development and Treatment of Youth Depression, Childhood Adversity and Youth Psychopathology |
| Andrea Weinstein, PhD | Mobile Cognitive Assessment, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, Psychosocial Influences on Cognition |
| Mary L. Woody, PhD | Mechanisms of Depression, Anxiety & Stress; Neurocognitive Interventions; Health Equity |
* These faculty represent a sample of potential faculty mentors; see faculty webpage here for full list