Core Faculty
Daniel Bagner
Professor; Director of Clinical Training
305-348-7548
dbagner@fiu.edu
AHC1 241Jonathan S. Comer
Professor
305-348-7580
jocomer@fiu.edu
AHC4 453Gregory Fabiano
Professor
716-359-7500
gfabiano@fiu.edu
4600 Main Street, Buffalo, NYRaul Gonzalez Jr
Professor
305-348-4921
gonzara@fiu.edu
AHC4 461Paulo Graziano
Professor
305-348-4007
pgrazian@fiu.edu
AHC4 459Katie C. Hart
Associate Professor
305-348-4160
khart@fiu.edu
AHC1 243Dana McMakin
Professor; Chairperson
305-348-0042
dmcmakin@fiu.edu
AHC4 458Erica D. Musser
Associate Professor
305-348-1034
emusser@fiu.edu
AHC4 455Mei Yi Ng
Assistant Professor
305-348-9920
meiyi.ng@fiu.edu
AHC4 457William Pelham Jr
Director of the Center for Children and Families; Distinguished [...]
305-348-3002
wpelham@fiu.edu
AHC1 248BJeremy W. Pettit
Professor
305-348-1671
jpettit@fiu.edu
AHC1 249AElisa M. Trucco
Associate Professor; Associate Director of Clinical Training
305-348-8426
etrucco@fiu.edu
AHC1 237
Students
Entered 2022-23
Geraldine (Geri) Cadet
She, her, hers)
gcadet@fiu.eduMarissa Falcone
She, her, hers)
mfalcone@fiu.eduEmma Jaisle
She, her, hers)
ejais001@fiu.eduMaria Morales
She, her, hers)
mmora281@fiu.eduMelissa Padron
She, her, hers)
mepadron@fiu.eduMelanie Rengel
She, her, hers)
mreng005@fiu.eduJaden Sangoi
He, him, his)
jsang014@fiu.eduJen Sikov
She, her, hers)
jsiko002@fiu.eduStephen "Steve" J. Suss Jr.
They, them, theirs)
ssuss007@fiu.eduMorganne Warner
She, her, hers)
mwarn023@fiu.edu
Entered 2021-22
Anastassia Cafatti Mac-Niven
She, her, hers)
acafatti@fiu.eduLindsey Cunningham
She, her, hers)
lijones@fiu.eduMadeline Curzon
She, her, hers)
mcurzon@fiu.eduLiga Eihentale
She, her, hers)
leihenta@fiu.eduJenny Guo
She, her, hers)
jeguo@fiu.eduElena Schiavone
She, her, hers)
eschiavo@fiu.eduKatie Schmarder
They, them)
kschmard@fiu.eduAnya Urcuyo
She, her, hers)
aurcuyo@fiu.edu
Entered 2020-21
Ashley Adams
She, her, hers)
aadam081@fiu.eduGabrielle Freitag
She, her, hers)
gfrei014@fiu.eduMelissa Hernandez
She, her, hers)
mhern626@fiu.eduTerrance Lane
He/him/his)
tlane015@fiu.eduSarah Lehman
She, her, hers)
slehm007@fiu.eduKeara Neuman
She, her, hers)
kneum006@fiu.eduAverill Obee
She, her, hers)
aobee001@fiu.eduGuadalupe Patriarca
She, her, hers)
gpatr002@fiu.eduMichaela Sisitsky
She, her, hers)
msisi001@fiu.edu
Entered 2019-20
Victoria Cabrera
She, her, hers)
vcabr026@fiu.eduNilofar Fallah-Sohy
She, her, hers)
nfallahs@fiu.eduJennifer Frederick
She, her, hers)
jfred029@fiu.eduCaroline Gillenson
She, her, hers)
cgill042@fiu.eduAkira Gutierrez Renzulli
She, her, hers)
aguti236@fiu.eduSarah Hartmann
She, her, hers)
shart048@fiu.edu
Entered 2018-19
Saima Akbar
Graduate Student
sakba004@fiu.eduKristina Conroy
She, her, hers)
kconr007@fiu.eduKarissa DiMarzio
Graduate Student
kdima005@fiu.eduKathleen Feeney
She, her, hers)
kfeen004@fiu.eduChristopher Georgiadis
He/him/his)
cgeor045@fiu.eduAllison Goodman
She, her, hers)
agoodman@fiu.eduMary Hagan
She, her, hers)
mhaga009@fiu.eduMegan Hare
She, her, hers)
mhare@fiu.eduMorgan Jusko
She, her, hers)
mjusko@fiu.eduRosario Pintos Lobo
She, her, hers)
rpint006@fiu.eduJessica N. Smith
She, her, hers)
jsmit401@fiu.eduRebecca Wolenski
She, her, hers)
rwole001@fiu.edu
Entered 2017-18
Julie Cristello
She, her, hers)
jcristel@fiu.eduLogan Cummings
He/him/his)
lcumm009@fiu.eduChelsea Dale
She, her, hers)
cdale@fiu.eduBrynna Heflin
She, her, hers)
bheflin@fiu.eduPerrine Heymann
She, her, hers)
pheymann@fiu.eduStephanie Morris
She, her, hers)
smorris@fiu.eduMarcela Ramos
She, her, hers)
marcramo@fiu.eduNathan Sollenberger
Graduate Student
nsoll002@fiu.edu
Entered 2016-17
Loreen Magarino
Graduate Student
lmaga003@fiu.eduCarlos Yeguez
Graduate Student (he, him, his)
cyeguez@fiu.edu
Entered 2015-16
Mileini Campez
Graduate Student
mcampez@fiu.edu
Alumni
Juliana Acosta
Mentor: Dr. Parent
Internship: Mailman Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Miami
Amy Altszuler
Mentor: Dr. Pelham
Internship: FIU Center for Children and Families
Employment: Research Assistant Professor, FIU Center for Children and Families
Cristina Alvernaz (Del Busto)
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: Citrus Health Network
Employment: Clinical Psychologist, University of Miami
Michele Bechor
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: FIU Center for Children and Families
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Neurobehavioral Institute
Aparajita “Tuma” Biswas Kuriyan
Mentor: Dr. Pelham
Internship: Citrus Health Network, Inc.
Employment: The Children’s Trust
Deepika Bose
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: Stanford University
Postfoctoral Fellowship: Columbia University
Maya Boustani
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center
Employment: Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University
Victor Buitron
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: University of California Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Randi Cheatham-Johnson
Mentor: Dr. Hart
Internship: University of California, San Francisco
Employment: Pediatric Health Psychologist, Children’s Health/Children’s Medical Center & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Tommy Chou
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: Brown University
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Brown University
Danielle Cornacchio
Mentor: Dr. Comer
Internship: UCLA
Employment: Clinical Specialist, UCLA
Jennifer Coto
Mentor: Dr. Graziano
Internship: University of Miami Health System
Employment: Assistant Professor, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Kelly Cromer
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: MUSC
Employment: Private Practice, Aurora, Colorado
Kathleen Crum
Mentor: Dr. Comer
Internship: Charleston Consortium / Medical University of South Carolina
Employment: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Indiana University, School of Medicine
Jacqueline Duperrouzel
Mentor: Dr. Gonzalez
Internship: Nicklaus Children's Health System
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Nicklaus Children’s Health System
Alexis Garcia
Mentor: Dr. Graziano
Internship: Medical University of South Carolina
Employment: Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina
Dainelys Garcia
Mentor: Dr. Bagner
Internship: University of Florida Health Science Center
Employment: Assistant Professor at the Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami
Sarah Helseth
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: Charleston Consortium / Medical University of South Carolina
Employment: Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Public Health
Ryan Hill
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center
Employment: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
Natalie Hong
Mentor: Dr. Comer
Internship: Columbia University
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Columbia University
Erin Kashem (Hedemann)
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
School of Medicine
Employment: Native Connections Program Manager
Taylor Landis
Mentor: Dr. Graziano
Internship: Texas Children's Hospital
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Texas Children's Hospital
Nicole Lorenzo (Barroso)
Mentor: Dr. Bagner
Internship: University of Miami Health System
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Maryland-College Park
Fiona Macphee
Mentor: Dr. Pelham
Internship: University of Washington
Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
Chelsey McCabe (Hartley)
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: Medical University of South Carolina
Employment: John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital
Michael Meinzer
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: Charleston Consortium / Medical University of South Carolina
Employment: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
Raquel Melendez
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: University of Florida
Employment: University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry
Brittany Merrill
Mentor: Dr. Pelham
Internship: UMMC
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Center for Children and Families of WNY, Florida International University
Anne Morrow
Mentor: Dr. Pelham
Internship: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Employment: South Florida Integrative Medicine
Jacqueline Moses
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: University of California San Francisco
Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Robert Ogle
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: Community Services Institute
Employment: Yeshiva University Counseling Center
Rachel Ouellette
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: Yale University
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Yale University
Ileana Pacheco-Colón
Mentor: Dr. Gonzalez
Internship: Harvard University
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Miami
Bridget Poznanski
Mentor: Dr. Hart
Internship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Gabriela Marie Rodríguez
Mentor: Dr. Bagner
Internship: Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University
Employment: Assistant Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine
Rosemary Ros
Mentor: Dr. Graziano
Internship: Medical University of South Carolina
Employment: Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Jessica (Megan) Ross
Mentor: Dr. Gonzalez
Internship: University of Florida
Employment: University of Colorado Denver
Amanda Sanchez
Mentor: Dr. Comer
Internship: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Employment: Assistant Professor at George Mason University
Rachel Tenenbaum
Mentor: Dr. Musser
Internship: Children’s Hospital Colorado
Employment: Parker Pediatrics in Parker Colorado
Daniella Vaclavik
Mentor: Dr. Pettit
Internship: Mental Health Center of Florida
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Florida International University
Anthony Ward
Mentor: Dr. Musser
Internship: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Postdoctoral Fellowship: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Katherine Zambrana
Mentor: Dr. Hart
Internship: DuPont Hospital for Children
Postdoctoral Fellowship: DuPont Hospital for Children
Alisa Zhao
Mentor: Dr. Frazier
Internship: University of Washington
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of California Irvine