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MUSC EDAR Alumni

Cohort 2 EDAR Trainees: 2022-2024

Christian Adames

  •  Teachers College, Columbia
  • Mentored by Dr. Elizabeth D'Amico
  • Completed externship at NYU Langone Health with the Sunset Family Health Center
  • Doctoral Fellow and Research Manager, Stigma, Identity, and Intersectionality Lab, Columbia University
  • Research Project Manager, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Jalene Herron, Ph.D.

  •  University of New Mexico
  • Mentored by Dr. Sarah Pederson
  • Completed internship at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center

Sonya Kang, Ph.D.

  •  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  • Mentored by Dr. Frances Wang
  • Completed internship at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
  • Fulfilling military service requirements

Satveer Kler, Ph.D.

  •  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
  • Mentored by Dr. Amelia Talley
  • Completed internship at the University of California, Davis, Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University

Tessa Nalven, Ph.D.

  •  University of Rhode Island
  • Mentored by Dr. Katie Witkiewitz
  • Completed internship at VA Boston Healthcare System
  • NIAAA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University

Krithika Prakash, Ph.D.

  •  Eastern Michigan University
  • Mentored by Dr. Antonio Morgan-Lopez
  • Completed internship at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston Consortium
  • NIAAA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh's DART Program

Cohort 1 EDAR Trainees: 2021-2023

J.C. Gonzalez, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Mentored by Dr. Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo
  • Completed internship at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
  • NIDA T32 Postdctoral Fellow at University of California, San Francisco
  • Consultant on EDAR's Leadership Team

Melissa Janson, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Mentored by Dr. Megan Patrick
  • Completed internship at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
  • NIAAA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, University of Washington

Eileen Barden, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton
  • Mentored by Dr. Rachel Tomko
  • Completed internship at Central Massachusetts Springfield, VA
  • NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston University & VA Boston Healthcare System

Erin Ferguson, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., University of Florida
  • Mentored by Drs. Kathryn Bottonari and Elizabeth Santa Ana
  • Completed internship at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine/Brown University
  • Psychologist with Bradley Hospital's Vista program and T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University's Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Terrill Taylor, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., University of North Dakota
  • Mentored by Dr. Rose Marie Ward
  • Completed internship at the University of Texas at Austin Counseling and Mental Health Center
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland

Thomas Le, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., University of Maryland
  • Mentored by Dr. Robert Miranda
  • Completed internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College

Melissa Avila, Ph.D.

  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Mentored by Dr. Sylia Wilson
  • Neuropsychology External Practicum Trainee with VCU's Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation