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
Bluefield Wellness Website
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
https://www.triad-psych.com/
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: Advanced Research Fellowship, South Central Mental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRECC), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Dissertation: The Impact of Experimentally Manipulated Post-Event Processing on the Relationship between Social Anxiety and Cannabis Craving and Use
Dr. Ecker's Website
Mara Ferrie, Ph.D.
Affiliate, South Central Mental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRECC), Southeast
Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans
Predoctoral Internship: SoutheastLouisiana 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
Paige Morris, Ph.D.
Advanced Fellowship inMental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRECC), Veterans Affairs Philadelphia Healthcare SystemStaff Psychologist,
Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital
Predoctoral Internship: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans
Postdoc: Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRECC), Veterans Affairs
Philadelphia Healthcare System
Dissertation: Testing the utility of the three good things intervention for cannabis misuse among
college students
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: NIAAA 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