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Post-Doctoral:

Dr. Cristiana Araujo, Post-Doctoral Associate – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Ranjithkumar Chellian, Post-Doctoral Associate – Bruijnzeel Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Mojdeh Faraji, Post-Doctoral Associate – Setlow & Bizon Laboratories – Departments of Psychiatry & Neuroscience
Dr. Melissa Fenton, Post-Doctoral Associate – Striley Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Dr. Christina Gobin, Post-Doctoral Associate – Warren Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics – ResearchGate
Dr. Tristan Hynes, Posdoctoral Associate – Knackstedt Laboratory – Department of Neuroscience – ResearchGate
Dr. Marilyn Horta, Post-Doctoral Associate – Ebner Laboratory – Department of Psychology – Twitter
Dr. Yiyang Liu, Post-Doctoral Associate – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Dr. Shawnta Lloyd, Post-Doctoral Associate – Department of Epidemiology – ResearchGate
Dr. Carly Logan, Post-Doctoral Associate – Department of Neuroscience (with Dr. Sara Burke) – Twitter – ResearchGate – Podcast Episode
Dr. James Moran, Post-Doctoral Associate – Hone Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior
Dr. Samuel Obeng, Post-Doctoral Associate – McMahon Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics – ResearchGate
Dr. Tekendra Kumar Rai, Post-Doctoral Associate – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology – NIDA INVEST Prevention Research Fellowship
Dr. Eric Richardson, Post-Doctoral Associate – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry – ResearchGate
Dr. Andrew Rizzo, Post-Doctoral Associate – Scaglione Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior
Dr. Jillian Rung, Post-Doctoral Associate – Berry & Ebner Laboratories – Department of Epidemiology – ResearchGate
Dr. Fatemeh Shaerzadeh, Post-Doctoral Associate – Khoshbouei Laboratory – Department of Neuroscience – ResearchGate
Dr. Vinita Sharma, Post-Doctoral Associate – Lopez-Quintero Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology – ResearchGate
Dr. Bethany Stennett, Post-Doctoral Associate – Boissoneault Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology – Twitter – ResearchGate
Dr. Katherine N. Wright, Post-Doctoral Associate – Wesson Laboratory – Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Pre-Doctoral:

Hebaalla Agha, Graduate Student – McCurdy Laboratory – Department of Medicinal Chemistry – ResearchGate
Sharmagh Aghabeigi, Graduate Student – Boissoneault Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
Amy Rose Alleyne, Graduate Student – McLaughlin Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics – ResearchGate
Jordan Bateman, Graduate Student – Levitt Laboratory – Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics – ResearchGate
Shelby Blaes, Graduate Student – Boissoneault Laboratory (previously Setlow Laboratory) – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology – Twitter
Harrison Blount, Graduate Student – Schwendt Laboratory – Psychology Department
Mark Britton, Graduate Student – Cook Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Mallory Burns, Graduate Student – McCurdy Laboratory – Department of Medicinal Chemistry – ResearchGate
Nicholas Bush, Graduate Student – Boissoneault Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology – ResearchGate
Alex Clement, Graduate Student – Gabrielli Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
Erin Corcoran, M.S., Graduate Student – Gabrielli Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology – ResearchGate
Morgan Crowley, Graduate Student – McCurdy Laboratory – Department of Medicinal Chemistry – ResearchGate
Katherine Driver, Graduate Student – Schwendt Laboratory – Psychology Department
Amy Elliott, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology – ResearchGate
Alyssa Falise, Graduate Student – Lopez-Quintero & Striley Laboratories – Department of Epidemiology – Twitter
Hugh Farrior, Graduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry – Twitter – ResearchGate
Erin Ferguson, Graduate Student – Boissoneault Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology – Twitter – ResearchGate – Podcast Episode
Ariana Figueroa, Graduate Student – Liu Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Nicole Fitzgerald, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology – Twitter – ResearchGate
Marco Funez, Graduate Student – Boissoneault Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
Christian Garcia, Graduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry – Twitter – ResearchGate – Podcast Episode
Emely Gazarov, Graduate Student – Setlow & Bizon Laboratories – Departments of Psychiatry & Neuroscience
Neo Gebru, Graduate Student – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior – Twitter – ResearchGate – Podcast Episode
Christina Gilmour, Graduate Student – Boissoneault Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology – Twitter – ResearchGate
Katherine Gonzalez, Graduate Student – Setlow Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Laura Gonzalez Paz, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Adithya Gopinath, Graduate Student – Khoshbouei Laboratory – Department of Neuroscience
Matteo Grudny, Graduate Student – Febo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Peter Hamor, Graduate Student – Schwendt Laboratory – Psychology Department – Twitter – ResearchGate
Carolin Hoeflich, Graduate Student – Striley Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Natalie Johnson, Graduate Student – Wesson Laboratory – Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Cassidy Jones-Goucher, Graduate Student – Knackstedt Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Elena Kalina, Graduate Student – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior
Motomori Lewis, Graduate Student – Lo-Ciganic Laboratory – Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy
Abigail Masterson, Graduate Student – Hone Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior
Javier Mesa, Graduate Student – Knackstedt Laboratory – Department of Psychology – ResearchGate
Douglas Miller, Graduate Student – Khoshbouei Laboratory – Department of Neuroscience – Twitter – ResearchGate
Cassandra Modrak, Graduate Student – Schwendt Laboratory – Psychology Department – Twitter – ResearchGate
Andrew Moore, Graduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry – Twitter – ResearchGate
Yuma Ortiz, Graduate Student – Wilkerson Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Ayodeji Otufowora, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology – ResearchGate
Christina Parisi, Graduate Student – Cook Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Juan Perez-Carreno, Graduate Student – Lopez-Quintero Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Rebecca Polk, Graduate Student – Ebner Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Ricarda Pritschmann, Graduate Student – Yurasek Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior – Twitter – ResearchGate
Wonn Pyon, Graduate Student – Setlow Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry – Twitter
Samantha Rakela, Graduate Student – Warren Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Mariah Ravet, Graduate Student – Gabrielli Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
Alexandra Sanchez, Graduate Student – Knackstedt Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Sandy Saunders, Graduate Student – Levitt Laboratory – Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics – ResearchGate
Victor Schneider, Graduate Student – Boissoneault Laboratory – Department of Clinical & Health Psychology – Twitter
Vijaya Seegulam, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Zachary Simon, Graduate Student – Febo Laboratory – Department of Neuroscience
Nathan Smith, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Nicolette Sponer, PharmD Program ’21 – Peris Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Bo Sortman, Graduate Student – Warren Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics – ResearchGate
Andrea Vasquez, Graduate Student – Leeman & Berry Laboratories – Department of Health Education and Behavior – Twitter
Anna Wang, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Courtney Wilkinson, Graduate Student – Knackstedt Laboratory – Department of Psychology – Twitter – ResearchGate
Morgan Williamson, Pharm.D. Student ’22 – McMahon Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Lisa Wilson, Graduate Student – McLaughlin Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics – ResearchGate
Nae Won, Graduate Student – Cottler Laboratory – Department of Epidemiology
Mingxin Yang, Graduate Student – Peris Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Sabrina Zequeira, Graduate Student – Setlow & Bizon Laboratories – Department of Psychiatry – Twitter – ResearchGate
Julio Zuarth Gonzalez, Graduate Student – McMahon Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics

Undergraduate:

Cheyenne Acker, Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Natalie Barber, Undergraduate Student – Setlow Laboratories – Department of Psychiatry
Alexia Brown, Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Melissa Castellano, Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Christian Cordon-Cano, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Anamaria Cotelo-Larrea, Undergraduate Student – Wesson Laboratory – Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Ana Cruz, Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Luiza Cunha, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Shane Davis, Undergraduate Student – Knackstedt Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Christina De Solo, Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Molli Dodaro, Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Mackenzie Farkas, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Public Health & Health Professions
Ivy Fitzsimons, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Alara Guvenli, Undergraduate Student – Setlow Laboratories – Department of Psychiatry
Madison Halcomb, Undergraduate Student – Setlow Laboratories – Department of Psychiatry
Griffin Heckler, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Meher Kalkat, Undergraduate Student – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior
Kendall Kristjanson, undergraduate student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Health Science
Jake LeClaire, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Microbiology and Cell Science
Apollonia Lysandrou, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry – Twitter
Eduardo Mejia, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Biology
Corey Miller, Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Madison Mulcahy, Undergraduate Research Assistant– Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Ashley Nechyba, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Avi Patel, Undergraduate Student – McMahon Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Dhir Patel, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Jordan Poe, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Morgan Reeves, Undergraduate Student – McMahon Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics
Angelica Riviezzo, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Biology
Gillian Romeu, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Will Rose, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Taylor Rose Conners, undergraduate student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Brianna Rosner, Undergraduate – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Chemistry
Sage Schaefer, Undergraduate – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Jackie Snytte, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Barbara Solis, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Danielle Springer, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Taylor Thomson, Undergraduate Student – Setlow Laboratories – Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Odelia Tiutyama, Undergraduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Ndidimaka Udokwu, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Sofia Vescovacci, undergraduate student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychology
Mariah Vesely, Undergraduate Student – Lewis Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry
Bailee Wilson, Undergraduate – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology

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Dr. Ben Berey (previously Graduate Student – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior), now an NIAAA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS) at the Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI. – Twitter – ResearchGate – Podcast Episode
Dr. Ariana Brice-Tutt, Graduate Student – McLaughlin Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics – Podcast Episode – ResearchGate
Dr. Thomas Cirino (previously Graduate Student – McLaughlin Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics), now a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, San Francisco with Dr. Elyssa Margolis at UCSF Mission Bay. Podcast Episode – ResearchGate
Evan Curry, M.S. (Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry), now a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Candidate at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).
Kristen Doyle (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Peris Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics)
Richard “Joe” Dragone, M.S. (Graduate Student – Febo & Setlow Laboratories – Department of Psychiatry)
Dr. Tessa Frohe (Graduate Student – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior), now a T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB), working on a Housing First initiative, Seattle, Washington. – Twitter – ResearchGate
Ariana Genovese (Undergraduate Student – Warren Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics)
Angela Grimberg (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior) – ResearchGate
Hannah Holik (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Setlow Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry) – ResearchGate
Sophia Hordeyczuk (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Setlow Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Matthew Jernigan (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry) – ResearchGate
Dr. Joe Lebowitz (previously Graduate Student – Khoshbouei Laboratory – Department of Neuroscience), now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oregon with Dr. John T. Williams.
Dr. Juhan “John” Lee (previously Graduate Student – Cheong Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior), now a Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry – Twitter – ResearchGate – Podcast Episode
Hannah Lester (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Peris Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics)
Guillermo Loyola (Undergraduate Student – Warren Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics)
Nastassja Luna (Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Brandon McConnell (Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Reanne Mathai (Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry), now a medical student at University of Central Florida.
Sarah Michaud (Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Dr. Caitlin Orsini (previously Post-Doctoral Associate – Setlow Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry), now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas. – Twitter – ResearchGate
Yasmin Padovan-Hernandez, Undergraduate Research Assistant – Knackstedt Laboratory – Department of Psychology – ResearchGate
Dr. Robyn Pescatore (previously Graduate Student – Aldrich Laboratory – Department of Medicinal Chemistry), now a Scientist at BioAgilytix, Durham, North Carolina.
Leah Phan, M.S. (previously Graduate Student – Khoshbouei Laboratory – Department of Neuroscience), now a psychometrist at Mind and Brain Care in Fort Myers, FL.
Dr. Julianne Price (previously Graduate Student – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry), now a T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers Molecular Neuroscience of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Training (MNADRT). – Twitter – ResearchGate – Podcast Episode
Dr. Meera Rath (Graduate Student – Liu Laboratory – Department of Pharmacodynamics), Successfully defended her dissertation.
Natalie Rilo (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Rebecca Satz (Undergraduate Student – Merlo Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Denis Schulz, M.S. (Graduate Student – Leeman Laboratory – Department of Health Education and Behavior)
Marni Shabash (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Nixon Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Erjola Toska (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Setlow Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry)
Alexa-Rae Wheeler (Undergraduate Research Assistant – Setlow Laboratory – Department of Psychiatry) – ResearchGate

Last updated September 10, 2021.