CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Brianna Boggs, MA
Brianna Boggs is a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Virginia Commonwealth University on the Child/Adolescent track. Brianna graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA with a B.A. in Psychology and received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, NY. Recently, she has worked as a Research Coordinator for the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She is interested in increasing the feasibility and sustainability of evidence-based programs for the prevention and treatment of mental health challenges in marginalized youth. She hopes to design new and innovative strategies to decrease barriers to care and to increase the successful implementation of evidence-based interventions in marginalized communities. Outside of her education, Brianna enjoys fitness-related activities, watching various shows/movies on streaming services, and lounging in the sun. She joined the lab in fall 2023.
Juliet graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience and received her M.P.H. in Health Behavior from UNC Chapel Hill. Recently, she completed an M.S. in Child and Adolescent Psychology and worked as a Research Associate for the American Institutes for Research in the Youth, Family, and Community Development division. She completed her MS in Psychology at VCU in 2024. She is interested in community based participatory research and the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based mental health interventions for youth. She joined the lab in 2022.
Juliet Wu, BS, MPH, MS, MS
Olivia Linkous, BS
Gaby received her bachelors in psychology with a minor in behavioral neuroscience in 2017. She is curious to understand various perspectives of mental health, gaps in comprehension of care and where they stem from, and factors that may be relevant to the access and efficacy of treatment, particularly for youth experiencing acute symptoms during critical periods in their development. She joined the lab in 2020.
Gabriela Aisenberg, BS
LAB ALUMNI
Shannon Hourigan, Ph.D. (2012)
Adriana Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2016)
Echo Southam-Gerow
Rafaella Sale, Ph.D. (2021, University of Texas)
Alexis Quinoy, Ph.D. (2015)
Julia Cox, Ph.D. (2019)
LAB PETS
Alyssa Ward, Ph.D. (2007)
Cassidy Arnold, Ph.D. (2015)
Sandra Yankah, Ph.D. (2022)
Ruth C. Brown, Ph.D. (2011)
Carrie Bair Tully, Ph.D. (2015)
Natalie Finn, Ph.D. (2024)
Olivia is a current graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as a Research Coordinator at the University of Washington on the Wraparound Evaluation Research Team. Olivia is a Virginian native and received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research interests include addressing existing mental health inequities for racial/ethnic minoritized youth through the development, implementation, and quality assurance of more culturally sensitive interventions. Additionally, Olivia is passionate about improving treatment and assessment of externalizing disorders in Black youth to increase positive outcomes for youth and their families. In her free time, Olivia enjoys dancing, including styles such as salsa, bachata, and merengue. She is a self-proclaimed foodie and loves trying new cuisines.
Echo was rescued from a life in the wilds of Cumberland Co., VA. He has degrees in Cuddling, Bug-Eating, and Over-Excited Greetings. His enthusiasm has shown no upper bound. He joined the lab in the fall of 2016.
Emmy Southam-Gerow
Emmy earned a degree in Running, one in Eating, and a third in Hunting. She had several rodent kills on her CV, sadly including a hamster from a local middle school. She was expert at bending humans to her will. She joined the lab in the winter of 2008. Though she passed on in late 2021, Emmy remains forever a member of the lab.