Lab Alumni
Sonia Shah Blauvelt, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, OLOL-LSUHSC Psychiatry Residency Program
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Bluefield Wellness
Predoctoral Internship: Medical College of Georgia/Charlie Norwood Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
Dissertation: Personalized Normative Feedback for College Student Condom Use
Kimberlye Dean, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist and Co-Founder, Triad Psychotherapy
Predoctoral Internship: VA Boston Healthcare System, Substance Abuse Division, Boston MA
Postdoc: Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital
Dissertation: The Impact of Experimentally-Induced Perceived Discrimination on Substance Use and Related Problems
Anthony Ecker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
Investigator, Behavioral Health & Implementation Core, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Predoctoral Internship: VA Connecticut Healthcare Service, West Haven
Postdoc: South Central Mental Illness Research, and Clinical Center Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Dissertation: The Impact of Experimentally Manipulated Post-Event Processing on the Relationship between Social Anxiety and Cannabis Craving and Use
Mara Ferrie, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
PTSD-SUD Clinic, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans
Predoctoral Internship: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans
Dissertation: A Novel Online Personalized Feedback Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use and Negative Affect
Emily Jeffries, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital
Predoctoral Internship: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Dissertation: Hatha Yoga as an Aid to Smoking Cessation for Smokers with Anxiety and/or Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Predoctoral Internship: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Postdoc: F32 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Dissertation: Development and Initial Psychometric Properties of the Cannabidiol Outcome Expectancies Questionnaire (CBD-OEQ)
Dr. Walukevich-Dienst's Website
*Celebrating Mardi Gras (due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Walukevich-Dienst did not attend graduation).