Biobehavioral Pain Laboratory: Lab Alumni

Volunteer Research Assistants (RA)

Name	Dates	Position, Institution
Lesley Avila Rojas	6/22 – 6/23	UCLA Graduate
Caitlyn Hurray	6/22 – 12/23	USC
Alexis Attard	1/22 – 5/23	Project Manager, Kaiser
Grace Whitman	1/22 – 5/22	USC
Jiana Ejbara	2/20 – 5/23	CSUN Graduate
Mahak Kaur	7/19 – 4/22	UCLA School of Nursing
Roland Duval	6/19 – 8/19	N/A
Ryan Marty	3/19 – 1/21	N/A
Simran Sekhon	12/18 – 11/21	N/A
Katherine Ho	11/18 – 10/21	Master of Public Health, University of Southern California
Christopher Lin	10/19 – 7/20	MD candidate, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Isabella Hauptman	4/18 – 6/21	Clinical Scientist, Cogstate
Michelle Faliv	9/18 – 09/19	Undergraduate, UCLA
Sabrina Kohanzad	5/19 – 8/19	Medical student, New York Medical College
Alliyah Farahi	10/18 – 6/19	Undergraduate, University of Southern California
Roland Duval	6/19 – 8/19	Undergraduate, Gonzaga University
Melanie Moradi	2/18 – 1/19	Mental health worker, Pacific Clinics
Ezie Nguyen, BS	5/16 - 5/18	Medical student, University of Washington
Melody Hannani, BA	8/16 - 7/17	Clinical psychology doctoral candidate, Alliant University
Joshua Choi	6/17 – 7/17	Undergraduate, Johns Hopkins University
Bayle James	6/17 – 8/17	Research staff, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Lab, University of British Columbia
Lily Campbell	6/17 – 8/17	Undergraduate, Boston College
Shelby Schenkman	9/17 - 11/17	Coordinator, United Talent Agency
Sloane Fisher	5/16 - 7/17	Yale School of Nursing
Reina Factor, Ph.D.	6/17 - 8/17	Virginia Tech University
Andrew Connors	10/14 – 6/16	Doctoral student, Catholic University
Ena Nielson	1/15 – 6/16	Resident, USC Keck School of Medicine
Linda Tsui	10/14 – 6/16	University of Southern California
Darielle Engilman	6/16 - 7/16	Undergraduate, Duke University
Susan Mauriello	9/15 – 6/16	Resident, USC Keck School of Medicine
Kelsey Thayer	10/15 – 5/16	University of Southern California
Jessica Pedersen	10/15 – 5/16	University of Southern California
Zoe Glick	6/15 – 8/15	University of California, Berkeley
Elizabeth Blotsky	6/14 – 2/15	Resident, USC Keck School of Medicine
Sammy Wilkin	7/15 - 9/15	University of California, Davis
Elaine Yang	6/13 – 5/15	Resident, USC Keck School of Medicine
Jennifer Sakioka	1/14 – 5/15	Resident, USC Keck School of Medicine
Lisa Schamber	6/13 – 5/15	Resident, USC Keck School of Medicine
Arianna Robin	5/14 – 8/14	University of Southern California
Stephanie Wetzel	1/13 – 5/14	USC Interdisciplinary Award 1st Prize, University of Southern California
Isabella York	6/14 – 8/14	Cornell University
Lona Tehrani	6/14 – 8/14	University of California, Berkeley
Sanjay Belani	5/13 – 9/13	Chicago Medical School
Porshad Elie	6/14 – 8/14	Pre-medical intern, Stetson Powell Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Nicole Kashani	11/12 – 5/13	University of Southern California
Megan Derick	9/12 - 1/13	Westridge School for Girls
Johanna Villanueva	6/11 – 9/11; 7/12 – 9/12	University of Pennsylvania
Sylvia Charles, MD	7/12 – 8/12	USC Keck School of Medicine
Riva Ballis	7/11 – 9/11	University of California, Davis
Jared Nager	10/10 – 6/11	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Cynthia Chinn, MD	12/10 – 5/11	Fellow, Anesthesia
Casey Simon	5/10 – 8/10	Pepperdine University
Daniella Ginsburg	9/08 – 5/10	Post-doctoral fellow in Pulmonary, CHLA
Jamie Peregrine	7/08 – 1/10	Resident, USC Keck School of Medicine
Nicole Pampanin	5/08 – 9/08	Lewis and Clark
Sarah Russel	6/07 - 6/08	USC Keck Medical School
Dana Season, PsyD	1/05 – 3/06	Pain Management, Kaiser Permanente
Zorash Montano	8/08 - 07/10	Psychologist Urology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Raj Augustine, PhD	8/03 – 7/04	Private Practice, Los Angeles
Anya Griffin, PhD	2/02 – 7/04	Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Kerri Schutz	5/03 – 6/04	VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Research Coordinators

Name	Dates	Position, Institution
Erin Annick	6/17 – 5/21	Project coordinator, Biobehavioral Lab Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Arianna Lane, BA	5/16- 6/21	Clinical psychology doctoral candidate, University of Denver
Sage Lachman, BA	2/18 – 1/19	Clinical psychology doctoral candidate, Duke University
Natalia Jaramillo Vasquez, BA	7/14 - 7/16	Psychology doctoral candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara
John David Barton, MA	3/14 – 8/15	Psychology, Pepperdine University
Veronica Diaz, BA	12/12 – 9/14	Social worker, UCLA
Jennifer Chang, MA	6/11 – 7/12	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Virginia Beas, MS	12/10 – 10/13	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Raquel Engilman, MA	7/10 - 5/17	Pharma
Angela Li, BA	5/09 – 6/11	N/A
Nidya Zorash Montaño, BA	8/08 – 7/10	N/A
Jennifer Menjivar, BA	11/07 – 8/08	N/A
Nicole Mahrer	6/07 - 6/09	Assistant Professor, La Verne University
Katie Belmont Cecala, BS	8/06 – 6/07	N/A
Alexis Kant, BA	10/04 – 9/06	Psychologist, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Research Scientist

Name	Dates	Position, Institution
Rika M. L. Meyer, PhD	8/11 – 4/15	Assistant Professor, California State University, Northridge

Pre-Doctoral Interns

Name	Dates	Position, Institution
Tara Raines, M.Ed.	7/11 – 7/12	Assistant Professor, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Alexis Yetwin, MA	7/10 – 6/11	Staff Pediatric, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Beth Barber, MS	7/10 – 6/11	Clinical Excellence, Stanford Children’s Hospital
Oscar Donoso, MA	7/09 – 6/10	Staff Psychologist, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, MA Leadership Award 2010
Mekel Harris, PhD	7/08 – 6/09	Assistant Professor, Chicago School of Prof. Psychology, Clinical Excellence Award 2009
Lisa Tang, PhD	7/07 – 6/08	Private Practice, Seattle, WA
Despina Colette Nicolaou, PhD	7/06 – 6/07	Research Excellence and Clinical Excellence Award, Rice University
Erin Dowdy, PhD	8/05 – 7/06	Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara
Katie Kunitzer, MSW	9/04 - 8/05	Scottsdale Unified School District, Arizona

Biobehavioral Pain Laboratory: Lab Alumni

Volunteer Research Assistants (RA)

Research Coordinators

Research Scientist

Pre-Doctoral Interns

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