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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.

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.

Research Interests:

• Exploring the personal narratives of individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) in community mental healthcare and forensic settings to inform clinical practices.
• Investigating how individuals with SMI conceptualize and make sense of their illness to improve patient advocacy.
• Using qualitative research approaches to deepen the understanding of quantitative findings generated via natural language processing software.

Fun Fact:

My fun fact is that I like to style and collect clothing. . . and take foodie photos.

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.   

Research Interests: 

• The impact of structural racism on negative symptoms of psychosis
• Presentation and conceptualization of negative symptoms with clinician from a different ethnic background
• Social media use and psychosis

Fun Fact: My three bucket list items are to rock climb a mountain, skydive, and swim with sharks   

Research Interests:

• Using computational and mathematical models to investigate cognitive, behavioral, and neurobiological mechanisms in serious mental illness (SMI).
• Translating computational findings into quantitative tools and interventions to improve diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment outcomes in SMI.

Fun Fact: George shares his home with a cat who is absolutely convinced she runs the place—and he hasn’t been able to prove her wrong yet.