Dr. Susanna Crowell McQuarrie (she/her/hers) is a licensed psychologist with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She received her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and her doctoral degree from Georgia State University. She completed her predoctoral psychology internship at the University of California at Davis Child and Adolescent Abuse and Resource and Evaluation (CAARE) Center. Dr.
Jessica (Jess) Abramson (she/her) entered the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program in 2023. She works with Dr. Ethan Mereish in the Lavender Lab. She graduated from Wellesley College in 2019 with a BA in Psychology and Data Science. Her research examines oppression and oppression-based stress with a focus on the experiences of LGBTQ adolescents. She explores the effects of intersectional structural oppression on LGBTQ young people with different racial and ethnic identities.
Valerie Bradley is a doctoral student in the University of Maryland Clinical Psychology program, advised by Dr. Jessica F. Magidson in the Global Mental Health and Addiction Program (GMAP). After receiving her master's degree in the University of Maryland Clinical Psychological Science program in 2019, she worked as the Project Director of the NIH HEAL Initiative "HEAL Together" study, evaluating how a peer-delivered behavioral intervention can support retention in care for underserved individuals seeking treatment for opioid use disorder.
Dr. Ethan Mereish is an Associate Professor and the director of the Lavender Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He's also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Brown University. He completed his doctoral training at Boston College, a clinical psychology residency at Harvard Medical School, and a postdoctoral research fellowship at Brown University.
Karoline Trovato (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland where she received her Bachelor of Science in psychology and Masters of Science in counseling psychology. Through her work alongside her faculty advisor, Dr. Karen O'Brien, Karoline aims to contribute to the power of research and knowledge to inform decisions and change lives.
Morgan Anvari is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program, working with Dr. Jessica Magidson in the Global Mental Health and Addiction Program (GMAP). Morgan received her BA in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she received the University’s 2020 Undergraduate Researcher of the Year Award for her work in GMAP and the Maryland Psychotherapy Clinic and Research Lab.
Brooke is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program working with Drs. Tracy Riggins and Lea Dougherty. She received her B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in English, from Kenyon College in 2018.
Dr. Fanita Tyrell is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Tyrell received her PhD in Developmental Psychology, with a minor in quantitative methods at the University of California, Riverside. Following her doctoral training, she completed postdoctoral fellowships at the National Center for PTSD and the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Gard is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology, Faculty Affiliate in the Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience (NACS), Social Data Science Center, and the Maryland Population Research Center, and Director of the Growth And Resilience across Development (GARD) Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park.