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Our Derner School of Psychology doctoral students are passionate about their dissertation and research topics. Explore some of their areas of focus.
Fourth Year Students
| Name | Advisor | Research Interests | Externship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerman, Sayde | Dr. Michael Moore | Stigma and bias in borderline personality disorder; underlying mechanisms of depression | Mount Sinai Beth Israel |
| Chen, Crystal | Dr. Carolyn Springer | Cross-cultural perspectives on attachment; culture-specific assessment of parental sensitivity among Chinese families; weight stigma in eating disorder treatment | The Compassion Practice |
| Degtyarev, Zoren | Dr. Michael Moore | The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Induction on Experimentally-Induced Anxiety | NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island |
| Delgado, Brian Andres | Dr. Joel Weinberger | Effects of Subliminal Psychodynamic Activation on implicit racial bias. | Stony Brook University Neuropsychology Service |
| Fayyaz, Sundus | Dr. Kate Szymanski | Examining the relationship between trauma, shame expression, psychopathology, and interpersonal relationships cross-culturally. | The City College of New York Counseling Center |
| Kisson, Kimberly | Dr. Carolyn Springer | Anxiety, depression, culture, and stress | Northwell Health/LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital, Geriatric Unit |
| Krovatin, Brendan | Dr. Lawrence Josephs | Masculinity and the effects of non-normative masculine behavior on men’s feelings about their masculinity. | NYU Student Health Counseling Center |
| Kulsa, Mila Kirstie | Dr. Michael O’Loughlin | Complexities of and intersectionality between severe psychiatric distress, psychiatric care, subjectivity, narrative, and restorative justice | Northwell/LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital, Women’s Unit |
| Mikelić, Maxwell | Dr. Christina Marini | Romantic relationship initiation, development, and maintenance; attachment interventions; SMI/psychotic disorders and romantic relationships | Mount Sinai School of Medicine Psychosis Risk Program (CUE) |
| Peebles-Dorin, Maggie | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Children’s experience of therapy, LGBTQ+ parenting and families | William Alanson White Institute |
| Rodrigues, Gabriela | Dr. Laura Brumariu | Children’s positive traits, parent-child attachment, internalizing symptomology in preadolescence | Child Mind Institute, Mood Disorders Center |
| Sangster, Raynell | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Cultural issues in treatment, black youth and mental health | |
| Schwartz, Joshua | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Parent-child emotion communication, emotion regulation, same-sex parenting, LGBTQ mental health | Alice Brown Early Learning Center |
| Sheridan, Richard | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Psychology of religion and spirituality, psychodynamic theory & practice, dying and grieving during the Coronavirus pandemic | |
| So, Christine | Dr. Kate Fiori | Romantic relationships and social network of emerging adults, reintegration of older adults during COVID-19 | William Alanson White Institute |
| Soultanian, Stephanie | Dr. J. Christopher Muran | ||
| Terry, Kendra | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Language and literature in the therapeutic encounter | New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NYPSI) |
| Teodoro de Assis, Renata | Dr. Michael O’Loughlin | Infantile theories of death, protosymbolization and psychosomatic psychoanalysis, unnacompanied hospitalized children, parental representations and parenthood, early childhood mental health | Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research |
| Tseng, Ting-Yun | Dr. Robert Bornstein | Interpersonal dependency and detachment, acculturation, psychometrics of Relational Profile Test (RPT) | CUNY, Graduate Center, Student Counseling Services |
| Tuminelli, Logan | Dr. Joel Weinberger | Unconscious processes involved in repressive and self-deceptive mechanisms, early object relations, substance use | Northwell/LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital, Bipolar Centers |
| Vizlakh, Breanna | Dr. Michael O’Loughlin | Intergenerational trauma, immigration and assimilation, PTSD, neurodiversity | Private practice |
| Waslin, Stephanie | Dr. Laura Brumariu | Parental emotion socialization; parent-child attachment; child psychological adjustment, anxiety, and depression |
Third Year Students
| Name | Advisor | Research Interests | Externship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayala Aguilera, Nathalia | Dr. Laura Brumariu | Parents’ strengths and challenges in navigating children’s ASD diagnosis, parental resolution of the diagnosis, parental implicit and explicit cognitions | Maimonides Medical Center Child and Adolescent Outpatient Service (CAPS) |
| Blake, Elyse | Dr. Lawrence Josephs | Confict in romantic relationships, human computer interaction, emergent technological disorders | The Village Institute; Kind Mind Psychology |
| Chassman, Emily | Dr. Joel Weinberger | Unconsious processes of shame and mental health stigma | Mount Sinai Beth Isreal, Addictions Unit; John Jay College Counseling Center |
| Goldman, Samantha | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Sexually coercive behavior, #MeToo narratives, empathy, empathic accuracy | Heights Hill Clinic |
| Gruenstein, Jessica | Dr. Nathan George | Emotional intelligence and parental reactions to children’s negative emotions | Brooklyn College Counseling Center |
| Kanani, Anxhela | Dr. Lauren Gonzales | Cultural Dimension, attitude towards help seeking and shame proness | Department of Rehabilitation at Mount Sinai |
| Khan, Amna | Dr. Kate Fiori | Social network/sociability of emerging adults; parent-child religiosity and mental health outcomes; parent-child bonding | Healthy Brain Network, Child Mind Institute |
| Levy, Dorin | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Parent-child realtionship through the lifespan | National Institute for the Psychotherapies |
| Liang, Qianlin | Dr. Lawrence Josephs | The impact of social factors on least favorite sexual activities in heterosexual romantic relationships. | Pilgrim state mental hospital |
| Linn, Emily | Dr. Carolyn Springer | Mental health effects of COVID-19 on healthcare workers and their children; vicarious acquisition of stress, anxiety, trauma | Pratt Institute Counseling Center |
| Lombardi Civin, Chloe | Dr. Michael O’Loughlin | psychoanalysis, intersectionality, post-colonial studies, trauma, transracial and transnational adoption, film | Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research |
| Luong, Emily Hang | Dr. Chana Etengoff | Multiculturalism, intersectionality, depression, Asian American mental health | Hofstra University Student Counseling Center |
| Marte, Chrystal | Dr. Kate Szymanski | Trauma, intergenerational trauma, resilience, factors which make individuals resilient to past traumatization | Fordham University Center for Psychological Services (Lincoln Center) |
| Viswanath, Pavithra | Dr. Kate Szymanski | Trauma, attachment, parental reflective functioning, emotional regulation, acculturation and immigrant mental health | Saint Barnabas Hospital |
| Pereyra, Andrea | Dr. Damian Stanley | Foster youth, trauma, how trauma impacts development, resilience | The City College of New York Counseling Center |
| Petrovska, Elena | Dr. Carolyn Springer | Psychoanalytic & psychodynamic theory and practice; unconscious factors involved in repetitive patterns, such as rapid-repeat teenage pregnancy | Mount Sinai Morningside, Child and Family Institute |
| Podell, Samuel | Dr. J. Christopher Muran | Therapeutic alliance, rupture, motivation, substance use | Mount Sinai Beth Israel |
| Rabinowitz, Yocheved | Dr. J. Christopher Muran | The termination phase of psychotherapy | NYU Postdoc |
| Rojas, Victoria | Dr. Kate Szymanski | Trauma; Eating Disorders; Dependency | TreatNYC |
| Schiff, Talia | Dr. Dominic Fareri | Neuroimaging psychological processes and pathology, reward processing in healthy and clinical populations | Saint Christopher Ottilie (SCO) Residential Treatment Facility; Nassau University Medical Center |
| Sheridan, Silas | Dr. Robert Bornstein | Personality assessment; personality disorders; moral psychology | Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research; Mount Sinai ACT Team |
| Wainstein, Jeffrey | Dr. Karen Lombardi | Countertransference, (role-)play, mentalization, and the virtual; psychoeducation in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapies | Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR); Derner Hempstead Child Clinic (DHCC) |
| Wang, Wei-Qian | Dr. Dominic Fareri | Prosociality and reward processes in decision making, cultural and language nuances in treatment modalities, stigma and shame associated with mental health | Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Dual Diagnosis |
| Xu, Yuanruo | Dr. Carolyn Springer | Multicultural psychology and cultural competency in clinical practice, including Asian Americans. | Baruch College Counseling Center |
| Zylstra, Micah | Dr. Kate Szymanski | The relationships between suicidality and individual/collective trauma, mortality awareness and death anxiety, COVID-19 effect on mental health/psychological functioning | New York Health Hypnosis and Integrative Therapies; Depression Evaluation Service Columbia University |
Second Year Students
| Name | Advisor | Research Interests | Externship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datta, Saumya | Dr. Michael Moore | Suicide risk assessment and prevention, cultural stigma, immigrant mental health | St. Albans VA |
| Dhillon, Ashley | Dr. Michael O’Loughlin | Treatment and prevention of sexual abuse/abusers, grooming, trauma in forensic populations, and social justice | SelfWorks Group Practice |
| Friedman, Olivia | Dr. Jairo Fuertes | Health psychology, physician-patient working alliance in Chronic Kidney Disease patients | Mount Sinai Beth Israel (6 Karpas) |
| George, Elisa | Dr. Lawrence Josephs | Impact of sexual assault knowledge on heterosexual male sexual attraction | Hempstead Clinic |
| Giannopoulos, Evangeline | Dr. Mark Hilsenroth | therapeutic process-outcome, eating disorders, perinatal/pregnancy/postpartum | Mount Sinai Beth Israel (Addictions unit) |
| Gordon, Natacha | Dr. Chana Etengoff | The experience of people with intersecting marginalized identities across the life span | SCO Family Services |
| Greer II, Kendall | Dr. Michael O’Loughlin | Intergenerational Racial Trauma, Mind-Body, Therapeutic Alliance | SCO Family Services |
| Kelleher, Jeremy | Dr. Lawrence Josephs | Internalized heterosexism, attachment disturbances, and identity formation’s effect on self-disclosure in LGBTQ+ relationships and forming new romantice relationships for LGBTQ+ individuals | Mount Sinai Beth Isreal (Dual Diagnosis unit) |
| Knafo, Gavriel | Dr. Joel Weinberger | Political Persuasion, Unconscious Persuasion, Unconscious Influences on Decision-Making, Implicit Motivation | Adelphi Student Counseling Center |
| Kolasi, Jonela | Dr. Jerry Gold | Psychoanalytic theory and practice; dream interpretation; expreiences of immigrants | The Village Institute |
| Lawrence, Carly | Dr. Christina Marini | Health Psychology, Sleep, Romantic Relationships and Social Support in Older Adult Populations | Mount Sinai Beth Israel (ACT Team) |
| Leung, Meili | Dr. Kate Szymanski | Childhood trauma, resilience, attachment, identity | Alice Brown Early Learning Center |
| Miller, Pazia | Dr. Karolina Lempert | Decision-making and valuation in substance use disorders | Hofstra University Counseling Center |
| Nair, Travis | Dr. Laura Brumariu | Parent-child attachment relationships, empathy, internalizing problems, adverse life experiences, and meaning in life/meaning-making | SelfWorks Group Practice |
| Prashad, Neelam | Dr. Michael Moore | Anxiety and depression, rejection sensitivity, cultural adjustment | Mount Sinai Beth Israel (Addictions Unit) |
| Purcell, Alexandra | Dr. Joel Weinberger | Forensic clinical work with individuals w/ psychotic disorders; Early intervention for at-risk juveniles; community mental health in marginalized populations; social justice interventions | Mount Sinai Beth Israel (ACT Team) |
| Romain, Anne-Marie | Dr. Carolyn Springer | Biracial Experiences, Colorism, Racial Identity, Familial Support, Parent-Child Relationshops | Institue for Parenting (Adelphi) |
| Siegel, Jordan | Dr. Dominic Fareri | Developmental Affective Neuroscience, Early life stress, Social Rejection, Decision-Making, Psychopathology | Alice Brown Early Learning Center |
| Thomson, Shannon | Dr. Bob Bornstein | Conceptualization,assessment, and treatment of personality disorders | Stony Brook Counseling and Psychological Services |
| Wolfram, Lindsey | Dr. Damian Stanley | Mind wandering and self-generated thought in clinical disorders | SelfWorks Group Practice |
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