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EDAR Mentors

Taking Trainees for Fall 2024

Cassie Boness, Ph.D.

Dr. Boness is a licensed clinical psychologist and Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico’s Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA).

Jessica Cronce, Ph.D.

Dr. Cronce is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services at the University of Oregon and Director of the Counseling Psychology Center within the HEDCO Clinic.

Elizabeth D'Amico, Ph.D.

Dr. D'Amico is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, an Adjunct Professor at UCLA, and a licensed clinical psychologist.

Sarah Dauber, Ph.D.

Dr. Dauber is Vice President of Clinical Research and Quality Improvement and the director of the Science and Technology of Early Prevention research at Partnership to End Addiction.

Angelo M. DiBello, Ph.D.

Dr. DiBello is an Assistant Professor in the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies and the Applied Psychology Department of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Brown University, and the Director of the Social Health Addiction & Relationship Processes (SHARP) Laboratory at Rutgers University.

Sherecce Fields, Ph.D.

Dr. Fields is a Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University.

Alan Francis, Ph.D.

Dr. Francis is a tenure track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Undergraduate Medical Education Co-Director at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Joshua Gray, Ph.D.

Joshua Gray HeadshotDr. Joshua Gray is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Psychology at Uniformed Services University and a licensed clinical psychologist.

Erica Grodin, Ph.D.

Erica Grodin HeadshotDr. Grodin is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles.

Rachel Gunn, Ph.D.

Dr. Gunn is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS) in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University.

Christian Hendershot, Ph.D.

Dr. Hendershot is Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Director of Clinical Research, Institute for Addiction Science, in the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Ben Lewis, Ph.D.

Dr. Lewis is an assistant professor at the University of Florida.

Aqilah McCane, Ph.D.

Dr. McCane is an Assistant Professor at the Oregon National Primate Research Center in the Division of Neuroscience.

Ethan Mereish, Ph.D.

Dr. Ethan Mereish is an Associate Professor, licensed psychologist, and the director of the Lavender Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mary Beth Miller, Ph.D.

Dr. Miller is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri.

Antonio Morgan-Lopez, Ph.D.

Dr. Morgan-Lopez is a quantitative psychologist and Senior Fellow within the Health Practice Area at RTI International.

Megan Patrick, Ph.D.

Dr. Patrick is a Research Professor for the Institute for Social Research and Associate Director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan.

Sarah L. Pedersen, Ph.D.

Dr. Pedersen is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Kimberly Raab-Graham, Ph.D.

Dr. Raab-Graham is a professor of physiology and pharmacology at Wake Forest University.

Lara Ray, Ph.D.

Dr. Ray is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCLA.

Joseph Schacht, Ph.D.

Dr. Schacht is an Associate Professor and licensed clinical psychologist in the Division of Addiction Science, Prevention, and Treatment of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he directs the Translational Addiction Imaging Laboratory.

Rachel Tomko, Ph.D.

Dr. Tomko is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Addiction Sciences Division of the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC.

Christine Walther, Ph.D.

Dr. Walther is a Professor of Psychology and program director for the Psychology MS at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Frances Wang, Ph.D.

Dr. Wang is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Unavailable for Mentorship in Fall 2024

Kathryn Bottonari, Ph.D.

Dr. Bottonari is a clinical psychologist at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC.

Gloria Cain, Ph.D.

Dr. Cain is an Assistant Professor with the Howard University School of Social Work.

Sarah Feldstein Ewing, Ph.D.

Dr. Feldstein Ewing is a clinical psychologist and the James Prochaska Endowed Professor of Population Health in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island.

Cathryn Glanton Holzhauer, Ph.D.

Dr. Holzhauer is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Research Psychologist at the VA Central Western Massachusetts (VACWM).

Traci Kennedy, Ph.D.

Dr. Kennedy is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Cristina Lopez, Ph.D.

Dr. Lopez is an Associate Professor and clinical psychologist with a dual appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Nursing at MUSC.

Robert Miranda, Jr., Ph.D.

Dr. Miranda is a clinical psychologist and accomplished alcohol researcher and mentor.

Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, Ph.D.

Dr. Orengo-Aguayo is an Assistant Professor and bilingual clinical psychologist at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC.

Amelia Talley, Ph.D.

Dr. Talley is a social-personality psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Texas Tech University.

Sylia Wilson, Ph.D.

Dr. Wilson is an Associate Professor and McKnight Land-Grant Professor and Director of the Fam CAN Lab at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development.