| Brooke Cullen, Lab Manager
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Assistant to Michelle G. Craske Research Coordinator: VR-RT Study Office: 310-825-5614 Email: brookecullen@psych.ucla.edu Brooke is the lab manager at the ADRC. She graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Psychology in 2020. Prior to working for the ADRC as staff, she was a Research Assistant in the lab, as well as a Peer in the STAND program at UCLA. Brooke’s primary research interest is broadening our understanding of a) how cognitive and behavioral mechanisms contribute to internalizing disorders and b) how such mechanistic knowledge can be leveraged to develop and improve interventions. |
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Julian Ruiz, Research Coordinator
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Research Coordinator: OptEx Study Office: 310-825-4983 Email: jruiz@psych.ucla.edu Julian has previously coordinated the Reaching Independence Through Successful Employment (RISE) study and is currently coordinating the Optimizing Exposure Therapy study. Julian is also engaged in psychophysiological data processing for other ADRC studies. His primary research interests involve (1) the factors which influence the effectiveness and accessibility of evidence-based interventions for internalizing disorders, particularly among underserved youth, and (2) how knowledge of these factors can inform cultural adaptations to existing interventions for anxiety and depression. |
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Shawn Wang, Research Coordinator
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Research Coordinator: TAD Study, DecNef Study Office: 310-825-4983 Email: shawnwang@psych.ucla.edu Shawn joined the ADRC as a study coordinator after graduating with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Cognitive Science from UCLA in 2021. He is currently coordinating the TAD study at the UCLA ADRC. Shawn’s research interests lie with the role of reward as a transdiagnostic mechanism of depression, anxiety, and other commonly comorbid disorders. He is interested in multimodal, integrative approaches including harnessing fMRI, ECG, inflammation, and more as methods of investigation to build a holistic understanding of these processes.
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Gabe Fiol, Research Coordinator
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Research Coordinator: DecNef Study Email: gjf279@nyu.edu Gabe joined the ADRC as a research coordinator after graduating from NYU with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Public Health. Previously, he worked as a research assistant for the NYU Listening Lab and The Corcoran Language Lab at The Icahn School of Medicine. Gabe’s research interests lie in understanding how neuroscience can be used in novel clinical interventions and how social/environmental determinants shape health disparities among mental disorders. |
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Noa MacDonald, Research Coordinator
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Research Coordinator: DecNef Study Email: noamacdonald19@g.ucla.edu Noa started volunteering with the ADRC in 2022. After graduating UCLA with a B.A. in Psychology in 2024, he joined the DecNef study as a research coordinator. He is interested in advancing consciousness research and is especially fascinated by the subjective experience of mental disorders. At the ADRC, he aims to contribute to growing scientific inquiry in this area through the robust tools of neuroscience and psychology.
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