Alumni

Ms. Aks earned her B.S. in Cognitive Science with a Specialization in Computing from the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA, she conducted research on schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders in the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Lab (CCNL) under the mentorship of Dr. Katherine Karlsgodt. Through her independent research project, she examined the implications of early-life adversity on prosocial behavior. As a Research Coordinator in the Pelham Lab, Isabel leveraged data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study to characterize the relationship between mental illness and substance use among adolescents.

Where is she now?

Isabel will start a PhD program in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan in Fall 2025 in the Michigan Neurogenetics and Developmental Psychopathology (MIND) Lab. 

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Ms. Davis earned her B.S. in Psychology and Human Development from Cornell University where she conducted research in the Person and Context (PAC) Lab under Dr. Vivian Zayas as well as the Memory and Neuroscience Lab under Dr. Charles Brainerd.  As a Research Coordinator in the Pelham Lab, her work focused on causal processes linking parental monitoring to externalizing behavior disorders among adolescents.

Where is she now?

Bella will start a PhD program in clinical psychology at Arizona State University in Fall 2025 in the Child Emotion Lab and the Hyperactivity, Executive function, and Attention Treatment (HEAT) Lab. 

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Athena earned her B.A. in Psychology and Spanish at Middlebury College in Vermont. At Middlebury she conducts research in the Sleep and Anxiety Lab under Dr. Martin Seehuus. As a summer research assistant in the Pelham Lab, Athena focused on using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study to improve equitability of screening measures for substance use among adolescents.

Where is she now?

Athena is working at Massachusetts General Hospital.