Recent Former Trainees
Name: Laika Aguinaldo   Mentors: Joanna Jacobus & Susan Tapert   T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2019-2020
Education: Ph.D. in Social Work, 2017, Norfolk State University
Research Interest (while on T32): Influence of alcohol and marijuana on adolescent suicidality.
Post-T32 Position: Postdoc, UCSD
  Name: Guadalupe A. Bacio   Mentors: Sandra A. Brown and Mark Myers    T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2014-2016
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2014, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, 2009, University of California, Los Angeles
B.S. in Psychology and B.A. in Latin American Literature, 2006, University of California, San Diego
Research Interest (while on T32): Etiology, development, and prevention of alcohol and drug use disorders among ethnic minority youth. Particularly, understanding the factors that generate and maintain race/ethnic disparities related to substance use across the lifespan.
Post-T32 Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pomona College
Name: Jessica Baker   Mentor: Jennifer Thomas   T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2021-2024
Education: Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences/Neuroscience, 2021, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Research Interest (while on T32): Investigate role of neuroinflammation following exposure to alcohol during development. Explore interventions that may alter the developmental trajectory following early alcohol exposure.
Post-T32 Position: Assistant Research Professor, San Diego State University
Subsequent Funding and Role: L40 AA031141 (PI) and K01 AA031531 (PI)
  Name: Ty Brumback    Mentors: Sandra Brown and Susan Tapert     T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2013-2015
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2013, University of South Florida
Research Interest (while on T32): Neurocognitive precursors and consequences of heavy alcohol use in adolescents and young adults​.
Post-T32 Position: Assistant Professor, Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University
  Name: Alan Campbell    Mentors: Sandra Brown and Joseph Wang    T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2017-2018
Education: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2017, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest (while on T32): Design and development of wearable sensing technologies and flexible/stretchable non-invasive and minimally invasive alcohol monitoring applications toward alcohol intake detection in adolescent development studies.
Post-T32 Position: Senior Scientist, Medical Device Research and Development, Biolinq, Inc.
  Name: Sarah Chavez   Mentors: Mark Reed and Ryan Trim    T32 Support: Predoctoral 2021-2022
Education: Ph.D. anticipated 2022, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, 2018, CSU Northridge, B.A. in Psychology, University of Redlands
Research Interest (while on T32): Understanding how early childhood adversity shapes alcohol use among Latinx populations; testing multiple environmental correlates that impact alcohol use among racial/ethnic groups and factors that may reduce alcohol use.
Post-T32 Position: T32 Postdoc, Brown University
  Name: Natasia Courchesne-Krak   Mentor: Sarah Mattson    T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2020-2022
Education: Ph.D. from the Joint Doctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use, 2020, University of California San Diego/San Diego State University
Research Interest (while on T32): Impact of fetal alcohol exposure on child neurobehavioral functioning.
Post-T32 Position: Postdoc, UCSD
  Name: Kelly Courtney    Mentors: Susan Tapert and Marc Schuckit    T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2016-2018
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2016, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interest (while on T32): Neurobiological correlates of alcohol and substance use disorders. In particular, identification of functional patterns of brain activity which subserve subjective responses to alcohol and drugs.
Post-T32 Position: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, UCSD
Name: Everett Delfel   Mentor: Joanna Jacobus   T32 Support: Predoctoral 2022-2024
Education:Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2028, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program; B.A. in Psychology, 2018, Cal State University Long Beach
Research Interest (while on T32):Adolescent brain development and cognitive functioning throughout the transition to adulthood; factors that may predict substance misuse and other risky behaviors such as traumatic brain injury, alongside structural and functional brain changes.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 DA061618 (PI)
Lauren_Doyle Name: Lauren (Doyle) Poth     Mentor: Sarah N. Mattson    T32 Support: Predoctoral 2014-2016
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2020, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.S. in Psychology, 2012, University of New Mexico
Research Interest (while on T32): Neurobehavioral effects of prenatal alcohol exposure; neuropsychological outcomes.
Post-T32 Position: 
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AA025256 (PI)
Name: Riley Felicicchia     Mentor: Sarah N. Mattson    T32 Support: Predoctoral 2021-2024
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2026, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program, B.S. in Psychology, 2019, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Research Interest (while on T32):Neurobehavioral functioning in children with prenatal alcohol exposure and neuropsychological assessment tools to identify children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AA031883 (PI)
  Name: Christopher Fong    Mentor: Andrea Spadoni    T32 Support: Predoctoral 20xx-20xx
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2025, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.A. in Psychology, 2018, SDSU; B.S. in Science Psychology, 2009, UCSD
Research Interest (while on T32): Neural correlates of craving and treatment outcomes in alcohol use disorders and PTSD.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate; Other T32
Name: Leila Glass     Mentor: Sarah N. Mattson     T32 Support: Predoctoral 2011-2013
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2017, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.S. in Clinical Psychology, 2012, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.A. in Cognitive Science (Neuroscience), Science Technology and Society, 2010, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interest (while on T32): Prenatal exposure to alcohol and the brain; neuropsychological and behavioral functioning.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate; Clinical Psychology Intern, Pediatric Neuropsychology at UCLA – Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
  Name: Joe Happer     Mentor: Ksenija Marinkovic     T32 Support: Predoctoral 2017-2020
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2023, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.S. in Clinical Psychology, 2020, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.A. in Psychology, 2011, San Diego State University
Research Interest (while on T32): Using multimodal imaging to investigate the effects of alcohol on the underlying neural correlates of cognition.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AA028437 (PI)
Name: Margie Hernandez Mejia    Mentor: Joanna Jacobus     T32 Support: Predoctoral 20xx-20xx
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2024, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.A. in Psychology, 2014, B.A. in Psychology, 2010, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Research Interest (while on T32): Family history of alcohol use disorder and risk-related decision making in adolescents.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate; Other T32
Name: M. Alejandra Infante     Mentor: Edward Riley (pre) Jay Giedd and Susan Tapert (post)
T32 Support: Predoctoral 2010-2013; Postdoctoral 2016-2018
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2016, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.S. in Psychology, 2008, UC San Diego
Research Interest (while on T32): Predoctoral – Prenatal exposure to alcohol and the brain; neuroimaging and neuropsychological outcomes. Postdoctoral – The application of different neuroimaging techniques, as well as neuropsychological and behavioral measures to better understand the impact of alcohol and other substances on brain-behavior relationships throughout the lifespan.
Post-T32 Position: Postdoc, UCSD
Sarah_Inkelis Name: Sarah Inkelis     Mentor: Jennifer Thomas     T32 Support: Predoctoral 2015-2017
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2021, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.A. in Psychology, 2012, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interest (while on T32): The intersection of sleep, neurodevelopment, and neurobehavioral effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol; neuropsychological outcomes and interventions.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AA027148 (PI)
Name: Lily Kamalyan     Mentor: Igor Grant     T32 Support: Predoctoral 2020-2022
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2024, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.A. in Psychology in Education, 2018, Teachers College Columbia, B.S. in Neuroscience, 2015, U. of Rochester
Research Interest (while on T32): Relationship between alcohol use and neurocognition among racial/ethnic diverse older adults living with and without HIV.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Name: Ruth Klaming  Mentor: Andrea Spadoni and Sonya Norman T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2019-2022
Education: Ph.D. in Psychology, 2019, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Research Interest (while on T32): Impact of co-morbid alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder on brain structure and function.
Post-T32 Position: x
  Name: Malika Kohli     Mentor: David Moore     T32 Support: Predoctoral 20xx-20xx
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2024, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.A. in Psychology, 2016, University of Minnesota
Research Interest (while on T32): Impact of alcohol use on neurocognitive and psychosocial outcomes in people living with HIV.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
  Name: Matt Luciano     Mentor: Sonya Norman and Ryan Trim    T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2020-2022
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2020, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Research Interest (while on T32): 1) Testing etiological models of PTSD and AUD. 2) Developing and testing integrated treatments for comorbid PTSD and AUD.
Post-T32 Position: x
Luk_Jeremy Name: Jeremy Luk     Mentor: Tamara Wall     T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2015-2016
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2015, University of Washington
M.S. in Psychology, University of Washington
B.A. in Comparative Religion and B.S. in Psychology, University of Washington
Research Interest (while on T32): Developmental models of problematic alcohol use; co-occurrence of alcohol and risk behaviors; alcohol among ethnic minority youth.
Post-T32 Position: Clinical Research Psychologist, Psychological Health Center of Excellence, Salient CRGT – Defense Health Agency
  Name: Robert Lyons     Mentor: Sonya Norman     T32 Support: Predoctoral 2016-2019
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2022, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.S. in Psychology, 2011, Seattle University
Research Interest (while on T32): Behavioral treatment development and outcome research in co-occurring alcohol use disorders and PTSD.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Name: April C. May     Mentor: Susan Tapert     T32 Support: Predoctoral 2016-2018
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2022, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.A. in Psychology, 2016, San Diego State University
B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, 2009, University of San Diego
Research Interest (while on T32): The impact of alcohol and substance use on adolescent neurodevelopment.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AA027169 (PI)
 
Name: Conn0r McCabe     Mentor: Tamara Wall and Susan Tapert    T32 Support: Postdoctoral 20xx-202x
Education: Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology, 2019, University of Washington
Research Interest (while on T32): Understanding the development of self-regulation and the cultural and contextual factors which shape its association with substance use and disorder; advancing quantitative methods central to the study of addictive behaviors.
Post-T32 Position: 
 WMG_ProfilePicture Name: Whitney Melroy-Greif     Mentor: Cindy Ehlers     T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2015-2017
Education: Ph.D. in Integrative Physiology, 2015, The University of Colorado Boulder
B.S. in Biology, 2009, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
Research Interest (while on T32): Examining endophenotypes related to the clinical diagnosis of alcoholism, such as trauma or sleep disturbance, for association with genetic variants in minority populations.
Post-T32 Position: Patent Technical Specialist, Dentons, San Diego, CA
 
Name: Robyn Migliorini     Mentors: Edward Riley; Susan Tapert     T32 Support: Predoctoral 2012-2014
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2017, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, 2009, Wellesley College
Research Interest (while on T32):  Neuroimaging of adolescents with substance use disorders and youth with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Post-T32 Position: Clinical Neuropsychologist, Connected Cognition
Name: Amanda Miller   Mentor: Susan Kiene   T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2022-2024
Education: Ph.D. 2021, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health; M.S. in Global Health Sciences, 2011, UCSF; B.A. in Anthropology, 2009, UCSB
Research Interest (while on T32):Implementation of evidence-based interventions to address alcohol use, intimate partner violence and HIV among populations with a high public health burden attributable to this syndemic such as pregnant and breast feeding women in sub-saharan Africa. Integration of personalized biofeedback using novel objective measures for alcohol use and HIV prevention and treatment adherence into intervention programming.
Post-T32 Position:
Subsequent Funding and Role: 
 Eileen_Moore Name: Eileen M. Moore     Mentor: Edward Riley     T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2012-2014
Education: Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2012, Binghamton University – State University of New York
M.S. in Psychology, 2008, Binghamton University – State University of New York
B.A. in Psychology, 2005, State University of New York College at Cortland
Research Interest (while on T32): Investigating the consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure on brain structure and function using neuroimaging techniques.
Post-T32 Position: Research Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, San Diego State University
Subsequent Funding and Role: NIAAA K99/R00 Career Development Award AA022661 (PI); NIAAA Pediatric LRP (PI); R01 AA026994 (PI)
Name: Tam T. Nguyen-Louie    Mentor: Susan F. Tapert    T32 Support: Predoctoral 2013-2016
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2018, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.S. in Clinical Psychology, 2015, San Diego State University
B.A. in Cognitive Science, 2009, Johns Hopkins University
Research Interest (while on T32): Effect of alcohol on adolescent neurodevelopment; neuroimaging and neuropsychological outcomes.
Post-T32 Position: Research Scientist National Committee on Quality Assurance
Emily_Paolillo Name: Emily Paolillo  Mentors: David J. Moore & Robert K. Heaton  T32 Support: Pre- 2015-2017
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2021, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.S. in Psychology, 2014, CUNY Brooklyn College
Research Interest (while on T32): The impact of alcohol and HIV infection on neurobehavioral and daily functioning outcomes; the modifying effects of alcohol on aging with HIV infection.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AA027198 (PI)
  Name: Rowan Saloner  Mentors: Mariana Cherner & David Moore  T32 Support: Pre- 2017-2019
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2022, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, 2013, University of California, Davis
Research Interest (while on T32): Neurobehavioral outcomes associated with co-occurring alcohol and methamphetamine use in the context of HIV infection.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AG064989 (PI)
Name: Jackie Soja   Mentor: Jennifer Thomas   T32 Support: Predoctoral 2022-2024
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Anticipated 2028, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program; B.A. in Neuroscience, 2020, Duke University
Research Interest (while on T32):Neurodevelopment; neurobehavioral measures and neuropsychological assessment; how prenatal drug exposure affects brain and behavior in children, specifically sleep; mechanisms of fetal alcohol syndrome disorder and its comorbidities.
Post-T32 Position: Doctoral Candidate
Subsequent Funding and Role: F31 AA03197 (PI)
Version 2 Name: Ursula S. Myers   Mentor: Sonya B. Norman   T32 Support: Predoctoral 2010-12; 2013-14
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2016, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.S. in Clinical Psychology, 2013, San Diego State University
B.A. in Psychology, 2007, University of New Mexico
Research Interest (while on T32): Psychotherapy treatment efficacy and effectiveness for veterans with comorbid alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Post-T32 Position: Clinical Psychologist, PTSD Clinical Team, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
Jessica_Skidmore Name: Jessica (Skidmore) Watrous    Mentors: Marc Schuckit; Susan Tate
T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2012-2015
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2012, The University of Memphis
Research Interest (while on T32): Treatment for comorbid alcohol dependence, depression, and trauma exposure, and prevention strategies for heavy alcohol use in young adults.
Post-T32 Position: Division Head, Medical Modeling, Simulation and Mission Support, U.S. Naval Health Research Center
  Name: Natasha Wade     Mentors: Susan Tapert and Joanna Jacobus (Previously Kara Bagot)
T32 Support: Postdoctoral 2018-2020
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2018 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Research Interest (while on T32): Impact of alcohol and cannabis use during adolescence on brain-behavior relationships, and factors that may moderate these effects (e.g., gender, potency, psychiatric symptoms).
Post-T32 Position: Postdoc, UCSD