CAN Lab 2019-2020

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Cristina is the CAN lab manager. She works on our studies examining individuals with schizophrenia and youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis.  She is originally from Georgia. Cristina will begin her PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Penn State University in the Fall of 2020.

  Sydney is a full-time research coordinator in the CAN lab, paid to work on the GAINS R01 grant examining negative symptom assessment in individuals at clinical high risk of psychosis. She is originally from North Carolina. Her primary research interests involve examining mechanisms underlying functional outcomes in schizophrenia. She will be applying to Clinical psychology Ph.D. programs to study psychosis in Fall 2022. 

Kelsey is a full-time research coordinator paid to work on our R21 grant examining emotion regulation mechanisms in youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis. She is originally from California.  Her primary research interests involve examining mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment and brain plasticity in schizophrenia and youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis. She will be applying to Clinical psychology Ph.D. programs to study psychosis in Fall 2022.  

Sayli is a computer scientist who works on computational and quantitative projects in the CAN Lab. She is originally from India. She specializes in using machine learning methods, which she is using to explore questions about symptoms and psychosis risk mechanisms

Will is a part-time research coordinator and UGA undergraduate in his senior year. He is paid to work on our NARSAD grant examining mechanisms underlying negative symptoms in the psychosis prodrome. He is originally from Georgia. Will is also completing a senior thesis examining social cognition impairments across phases of psychosis and plans on applying to Clinical Psychology Ph.D. programs in the Fall of 2022.

Alysia is a full-time research coordinator paid to work on the GAINS R01 clinical high-risk study.  She is originally from Hawaii. Her primary research interests are in emotion regulation and serious mental illness. She will be  applying to clinical psychology Ph.D. programs to study psychosis in the Fall 2022. 

Anna is a full-time research coordinator paid to work on our R61 cognitive training for emotion regulation fMRI grant.  She is originally from Texas. Her primary research interests involve examining mechanisms underlying  transdiagnostic impairments in cognition, decision-making, and  impulsivity. She will be applying to Clinical psychology Ph.D. programs to study clinical neuropsychology/neuroscience in Fall 2022. 

Luyu is a full-time research coordinator paid to work on our R21 effort as a secondary reinforcer grant. He is originally from China. His research interests involve the etiology of schizophrenia, especially the interaction between biological and environmental factors that give rise to psychosis. He plans to apply to Clinical psychology PhD programs to study psychosis in the fall of 2022.

Jason is a full-time research coordinator paid to work on the CAPR R01 grant.   He is originally from Illinois. His primary research interests involve mechanisms of cognitive impairment and blunted affect in schizophrenia. He will be applying to medical school in Fall of 2022. 

Ivan is a 6th year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student. He is originally from Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California. His research interests include understanding how motivational factors contribute to the generalized neurocognitive deficit in schizophrenia. In particular, he is exploring neurocomputational models of cognitive effort using pupillometry

Lisa is a 4th year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student. She is originally from Arizona. Her research interests involve emotion regulation and mechanisms underlying negative symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia and youth at clinical high-risk  for psychosis using EEG/ERPs and fMRI.

Ian is a 2nd year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student. He is originally from Maryland. His research interests involve examining mechanisms underlying transdiagnostic  impairments in emotion regulation and acceptance, specifically using  digital phenotyping technologies. Ian’s web link: https://imraugh.wordpress.com/ 

Katiah completed her PhD in 2013. Her dissertation examined emotional maintenance in schizophrenia using ERPs. She is currently in private practice in San Francisco.

Sara completed her PhD in 2016. Her dissertation focused on the efefcts of emotion regulation on subsequent cognitive control in schizophrenia using ERPs. She is currently a staff psychologist at the Bedford VA in MA.

Lindsay completed her PhD in 2016. Her dissertation examined the association between metabolic dysfunction and cognition in schizophrenia. She is currently a staff psychologist in the psychiatry department at Johns Hopkins.

Kayla completed her PhD in 2017. Her dissertation examined the role of emotional memory impairment in anhedonia in schizophrenia using eye tracking. She  is currently a staff psychologist at NYU.

Katie completed her Ph.D. in 2020. Her dissertation examined mechanisms of emotion regulation in youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis using EMA. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University.