Eileen Artigas

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Kate Carey

Interests: Health Communication 

Undergraduate/previous degree(s): AB in Public Health and Anthropology, Brown University

Yeelen Edwards

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Don Operario

Interest: Investigating  disease prevention and immune health as well as behavioral interventions to decrease relapse rates for those with SUD​

Undergraduate degree/previous degree: BA in Psychology, University of San Francisco

Tonya Faye Sanchez

MASTER'S CANDIDATE

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Advisor: David Williams

Interest: Chronic pain, interoception, self-referential processing, mind-wandering, meditation and mindfulness mechanisms and interventions, habit loops and addiction, psychopathology

Undergraduate/previous degree: BA in Liberal Studies with a minor in Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington

Ameera Kuforiji

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Jasjit Ahluwalia

Interests: Minority health, health disparities (youth)  

Undergraduate/previous degree(s): AB in Public Health, Brown University

Tiffany Leyda

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Kate Carey

Interests: Obesity; use of marketing in public health nutrition;  food addiction; nutrition and gut health as related to depression

Undergraduate/Previous Degrees: BS in Chemistry from Waynesburg College; BS in Culinary Nutrition from Johnson & Wales University

Meagan McCardle

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Patricia Risica

Undergraduate/previous degree(s): BSc (Hons) Psychology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, MSc Experimental Psychology from Memorial University of Newfoundland

Victor Padilla

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Christopher Kahler

Interest: Medicine, psychology, and mental health care

Undergraduate degree/previous degree: ScB in Biology with a Neurobiology focus, Brown University

Annaka Paradis-Burnett

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Don Operario

Interests: HIV/AIDS, Addiction Studies, Health Disparities

Undergraduate/previous degree(s): BA in Psychology with a minor in Chemistry, Smith College

Maya Singh

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Jennifer Nazareno

Interests: Social determinants of health, mindfulness-based interventions, and community health/healing

Undergraduate/previous degree: BA in Contemplative Studies, Brown University

Jacqueline Smith

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Christopher Kahler

Interests: Emotion regulation in addiction and affect's role in decision making

Undergraduate/previous degree: BA in psychology from Boston College 

Sofia Venegas

Master's Candidate

Advisor: Akilah Dulin Keita

Interests: Social determinants of health, (mental) healthcare 

Undergraduate/previous degree: BA double concentration in Health and Human Biology, and Science, Technology, and Society, Brown University

Signe Burchim ScM’19

Thesis: An Exploration of the Screen Time Environment and its Relationship with Sedentary
Behavior in Family Child Care Homes

Katarina Ferrucci ScM’19

Thesis: The Relationship Between BMI and Gender Affirmation and Weight Perception and Control among Young Transgender Women: Findings from Project LifeSkills

Oliver Fox ScM’19

Thesis: Location-specific Alcohol-related Norms, Consequences, and Norm-Consequence Links

Rebecca Gordon ScM’19

Thesis: Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy on Newborn Functioning and Inhibitory Control

Miranda Lauher ScM’19

Thesis: The Relationship Between Unplanned Drinking and Event-level Alcohol-related Outcomes

Victoria Long ScM’19

Thesis: Treatment-seeking versus non-treatment-seeking participants in alcohol research studies: Differences and why they matter

William Nardi ScM’19

Thesis: Systematic Review of Mindfulness Interventions and Medication Adherences

Rebecca Noga ScM’19

Thesis: Gender Differences of Family Asthma Management and Sleep Health in Urban, Rhode Island Children

Brianna Parlette ScM’19

Thesis: Parent-Adolescent Report Discrepancies of Parenting Behaviors are linked to Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Adolescents

Peter Salhaney ScM’19

Thesis: Male Sex Work and Society (Volume 2)
Male Sex Work and Implications for Sexual Health

Ryan Segur ScM’19

Thesis: Adolescent Gender Discomfort as a Predictor of Psychosocial Well-being in Transgender Women of Color Who Engage in Sex Work