Predoctoral Trainees
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Name: Jake Rattigan Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2030, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program; B.A. in Psychology, 2022, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Mentor:Tom Marcotte, Igor Grant, and David Moore Research Interests: Acute and chronic effects of cannabis and alcohol on driving performance and neuropsychological functioning, along with individuals’ subjective interpretations of their health and state of being Appointed: 2024 |
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Name: Veronica Szpak Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2030, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program; M.S. in Psychology, 2021, University of Amsterdam; B.S. in Psychology, 2018, Loyola University Chicago Mentor: Natasha Wade Research Interest:The heterogeneity of individual trajectories of substance use disorders (alcohol, cannabis, and opioids). Risk and resilience factors associated with substance use, and their effects on neurodevelopment and cognitive functioning in adolescents and young adults. Appointed: 2024 |
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Name: Christina Veziris Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2028, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program; B.A. in Psychology, 2018, University of San Francisco Mentor: Sarah Mattson Research Interest:The dual impact of prenatal alcohol exposure and childhood adversity on neurodevelopment and behavioral functioning; neurobehavioral functioning of individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure who have had trouble with the law. Appointed: 2022 |
Postdoctoral Trainees
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Name: Laura Hatz
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2022, University of Missouri
Mentor: Kelly Courtney and Joanna Jacobus
Research Interest: Young adult substance use and substance-related risk-taking (e.g., sexual risk-taking, alcohol impaired driving), quantitative modeling of intoxicated decision-making, and associations between polysubstance use, impulsivity and psychological and behavioral consequences.
Appointed: 2022
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Name: Ryan Sullivan
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2024, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mentor: Kelly Courtney and Joanna Jacobus
Research Interest: Examining risks for and consequences of alcohol and other substance use in adolescence and young adulthood, with a specific emphasis on the effects of alcohol use on the brain and its intersection with psychopathology. These questions are researched using multi-modal approaches, including, behavioral, neurocognitive, and neuroimaging measures, and across multiple processes including, cognition, affect, and reward.
Appointed: 2024
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Name: Jack Waddell
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2024, Arizona State University
Mentor: Will Pelham and Sandra Brown
Research Interest: Developmental antecedents and acute outcomes of alcohol and cannabis use and co-use, cognitive and behavioral mechanisms of risk, advanced quantitative methods and analysis, ambulatory assessment methods.
Appointed: 2024
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Name: Alex Wallace
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2022, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mentor: Natasha Wade and Susan Tapert
Research Interest: The intersection of adolescent and young adult substance use and externalizing disorders, such as ADHD, on neurodevelopment including both structural and functional imaging and neurocognitive outcomes.
Appointed: 2023
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