MUSC EDAR Past Trainees

Cohort 2 EDAR Trainees: 2022-2024

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Christian Adames

  • Teachers College, Columbia
  • Mentored by Dr. Elizabeth D'Amico
  • Completing externship at NYU Langone Health with the Sunset Family Health Center
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Jalene Herron, Ph.D.

  • University of New Mexico
  • Mentored by Dr. Sarah Pederson
  • Completed internship at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
  • Has accepted an offer to remain at UNM HCS for her postdoctoral fellowship training
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Sonya Kang, Ph.D.

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  • Mentored by Dr. Frances Wang
  • Completed internship at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
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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
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Tessa Nalven, Ph.D.

  • University of Rhode Island
  • Mentored by Dr. Katie Witkiewitz
  • Completed internship at VA Boston Healthcare System
  • Current NIAAA-sponsored T32 fellow at Brown University
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Krithika Prakash, Ph.D.

  • Eastern Michigan University
  • Mentored by Dr. Antonio Morgan-Lopez
  • Completed internship at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston Consortium
  • Current NIAAA sponsored T32 fellow at the University of Pittsburgh

Cohort 1 EDAR Trainees: 2021-2023

JC Gonzales, current trainee in MUSC's EDAR program.

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 Fellowship Award - University of California, San Francisco
Melissa Janson, current trainee in MUSC's EDAR program.

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 Fellowship Award - Center for the Study of Health Risk Behaviors, University of Washington
Eileen Barden, current trainee in MUSC's EDAR program.

Eileen Barden, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton
  • Mentored by Dr. Rachel Tomko
  • Completed internship at Central Massachusetts Springfield, VA
  • NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award - Boston University & VA Boston Healthcare System
Erin Ferguson, current trainee in MUSC's EDAR program.

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
  • T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award - Brown University, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Terrill Taylor, current trainee in MUSC's EDAR program.

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, University of Maryland College Park Counseling Psychology
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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, current trainee in MUSC's EDAR program.

Melissa Avila

  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Mentored by Dr. Sylia Wilson
  • Completing her internship at Patton State Hospital