Former MD/PhD student in the lab, Emily Przysinda, published one of her dissertation papers on the neural bases of awkwardness processing in schizophrenia in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Congrats, Emily!
Latest Lab News
Abhishek wins Smadar Levin runner-up award at SRP
Lab alumn, Abhishek Saxena, wins a Smadar Levin runner-up award at the Society for Research in Psychopathology for his project entitled, Testing Measurement Invariance of the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief (PQ-B) Across Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Race/Ethnicity, and Generational Status in Young Adults across the United States. Congrats, Abhishek!
Kaitlyn Kaiser joins the lab!
Kaitlyn joins SCP Lab as a clinical psychology PhD student working with Dr. Dodell-Feder and Dr. Steven Silverstein in the Department of Psychiatry. Welcome, Kaitlyn!
Lab members graduating!
Graduate students Bridget Shovestul and Abhishek Saxena attended commencement! Congratulations on all your amazing accomplishments in the past six years! We will miss you dearly!
Abhishek Saxena successfully defends his dissertation!
SCP Lab’s Clinical Psychology Phd student, Abhishek Saxena, successfully defended his dissertation yesterday! Abhi’s thesis is titled “Mechanisms Underlying Socioenvironmental Risk Factors for Psychotic-Like Experiences Among Diverse Youth and Young Adults” and examines the relationship between psychosis-risk and social, cultural, and physical environments, or socioenvironmental factors, among diverse youth and young adults. Congratulations Dr. Saxena!
SCP Lab Members on Spring Break! :)
SCP Lab’s graduate students Beth and Katie are meeting on the West Coast during spring break! Enjoy your time off!
Lisa Lin Starting Clinical Internships in the 24-25 Academic Year!
SCP Lab’s very own graduate student Lisa Lin successfully matched to clinical internships for the 2024-25 academic year! Lisa will be working at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, starting Summer 2024. Congrats Lisa!!! We will miss you!
Emily Przysinda successfully defends her dissertation!
SCP Lab’s MD/Neuroscience Phd student, Emily Przysinda, successfully defended her dissertation yesterday! Emily’s thesis is titled “Social processing and underlying language deficits in schizophrenia during naturalistic video viewing” and examines the neural basis for social deficits and potential underlying language processing deficits in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Congratulations Emily!
Lab members Brian Taliano and Catherine Lee present research at UR Schwartz Discover Scholars Showcase!
SCP Lab’s undergraduate RAs, Brian Taliano and Catherine Lee, each presented a first-authored poster at the UR Schwartz Discover Scholars Showcase! Brian’s project examined the association between paranoia and social functioning, and Catherine’s project examined the relationship between negative symptoms and role functioning. Way to go Brian and Catherine!
Lab members present research at SRP 2023!
Graduate students Abhishek Saxena, Bridget Shovestul, Emily Przysinda, Lisa Lin and Beth Kruse, and Lab Manager Jojo Dong got the opportunity to present on their research at this year’s Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference in St. Louis. They are pictured here at the poster session. Congrats everyone!