People
Lab Director
Alex Cohen, Ph.D.
Current Position: Professor, Dept of Psychology, Louisiana State University
Post-Doc: University of Maryland
Grad Education: Kent State University
Undergrad Education: Portland State University
Alex Cohen is a licensed clinical psychologist who focuses on understanding and improving the lives of individuals with serious mental illnesses. His work focuses on adapting biobehavioral technologies, notably automated computerized analysis of natural behavior, for assessing a wide range of clinical issues, including suicidality, depression, psychosis, mania and anxiety. His work has been featured in top psychology and psychiatry scientific journals, and he has received funding at the state, federal and international levels.
For his efforts, he was recently awarded the 2021 Lewis Opler prize from the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials. He is currently adjunct at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and LSU Health Sciences, and he maintains a team of doctoral students and undergraduate research assistants. His clinical team provides clinical services at a variety of outpatient and inpatient clinics in the greater Baton Rouge area.
Fun Fact: Alex is possibly the unluckiest, and most stubborn, of all fisherpeople in south Louisiana.
Graduate Students at LSU
Michael Masucci, MA
Status: 6th year doctoral student, Louisiana State University
Predoctoral Internship: Indianapolis Roudebush VA Medical Center
Masters Education: New York University
Undergrad Education: The George Washington University
Research Interests:
- Identity disturbance in psychosis
- Idiographic measurement of psychotic symptoms using novel methods and analyses
Fun Fact: Expertise extends into obscure music and art (i.e., stuff you probably never heard of).
Ole Edvard Granrud, BS
Status: 5th year doctoral student, Louisiana State University
Predoctoral Internship: TBD
Undergrad Education: Centenary College of Louisiana
Research Interests:
- TBD
Fun Fact: By the time Edvard completes the doctoral program, he will have lived nine years in Norway, New Zealand, and Louisana respectively.
Kamil Warren, BS
Status: 3rd year doctoral student, Louisiana State University
Predoctoral Internship: TBD
Undergrad Education: Louisiana State University
Research Interests:
- How minority status impacts the diagnosis and presentation of psychosis within groups.
- How Intra-racial variance between African Americans relate to perceptions of SMI diagnosis and mental resilience.
Fun Fact:
My fun fact is that I like to style and collect clothing. . . and take foodie photos.
Aubree Corporandy, MBA, BS
Status: 3rd year doctoral student, Louisiana State University
Predoctoral Internship: TBD
Masters Education: University of San Diego
Undergrad Education: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests:
- Attention and communication in people with schizophrenia
- Access to appropriate intervention
Fun Fact: Aubree cofounded the apparel line, HoneyPlease SD, which donates its profits to saving bees and educating people about their importance.
Ashley Zollicoffer, MS
Status: 1st year doctoral student, Louisiana State University
Masters Education: Florida A&M University
Undergrad Education: San Diego State University
Research Interests:
- The impact of structural racism on negative symptoms of psychosis
- Presentation and conceptualization of negative symptoms with clinician from different ethnic backgrounds
Fun Fact: My three bucket list items are to rock climb a mountain, skydive, and swim with
sharks
ASAP Lab Alumni
Zachary Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Current Position: Staff Bioinformatition, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoc: Louisiana State University, Dept of Psychology, Center for Computation & Technology
Grad Education: Louisiana State University
Tovah Cowan, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoc: McGill University, Department of Psychiatry
Predoctoral Internship: Maryland VA Healthcare System
Thanh Le, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoc: UCLA, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Predoctoral Internship: UCLA Semel Institute
Elana Schwartz, Ph.D.
Current Position: Signant Health
Postdoc: UCSD, Dept. of Psychiatry
Predoctoral Internship: Maryland VA Healthcare System
Jessica McGovern, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist, UCLA Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Postdoc: Greater Los Angeles VA
Predoctoral Internship: West Haven Veteran's Administration
Kyle Mitchell, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoc: San Diego VA
Predoctoral Internship: Central Texas VA Healthcare System
Rebecca MacAulay, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maine
Predoctoral Internship: Medical University of South Carolina
Tracey Auster, Ph.D.
Current Position: Staff Psychologist, South Texas VA HSC
Postdoc: BIDMC/Harvard
Predoctoral Internship: South Texas VA Healthcare System
Kyle Minor, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ Indianapolis, Dept of Psychology
Postdoc: BIDMC/Harvard
Predoctoral Internship: Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Dept of Psychiatry
Sean Morrison, Ph.D.
Current Position: Staff Psychologist, Central Texas Veteran's Healthcare System
Predoctoral Internship: Central Texas Veteran's Healthcare System
Gina Najolia, Ph.D., JD
Current Position: Forensic Psychologist, Western Washington State Hospital
Predoctoral Internship: Western State Hospital
Laura Brown, Ph.D.
Current Position: Staff Psychologist, East Louisiana Mental Health System
Predoctoral Internship: Northeast Florida State Hospital