Training Opportunies
The Center supports trainees from a variety of disciplines, including social work, medicine, psychiatry, disability studies, and public health. Trainees actively participate in the conduct of our research and educational activities, while pursuing their own lines of scholarship.
Masters Level Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Students
A. Nagendra, Ph.D.
Center for Psychosocial & Systemic Research, Disparities Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
UIC College of Medicine James Scholar Program Research Fellows
A. Hurtado (MD, 2022 expected)
Klingenstein 3rd Generation Foundation for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Research Fellows
G. Alexander (MD, 2025 expected)
K. Richardson (MD, 2024 expected)
S. Levin (MD, 2023 expected)
Graduate & Undergraduate Students
Kelsey Arnold
MA Candidate, MPH Candidate (combined degree)
UIC School of Public Health
UIC Jane Adams College of Social Work
Caitlin Authier
MA Candidate
UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work
Katherine Boss
MPH Candidate
UIC School of Public Health
Larisa Burke
MPH Candidate
UIC School of Public Health
S. Butler, BA
MFA Candidate
University of Chicago, Psychology
S. Caulfield
MSW Candidate
UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work
G. Conrad
Undergraduate Research Internship
BA, Hope College, Psychology
Jennifer Galindo
MA Candidate
UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work
Katherine Garrity
MA Candidate
UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work
J. Goodin
Undergraduate Research Internship
BA, Calvin College, Psychology
Marie Hamilton, LCSW
MPH Candidate
UIC School of Public Health
L. Jaquez, BA
Graduate Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
SIU/UIC Graduate College of Research
MPH, University of Arizona, Public Health
Anna Frost Markowitz
MPH Candidate
University of Texas at Dallas
Keila Mexicano
MA Candidate, MPH Candidate (combined degree)
UIC School of Public Health
UIC Jane Adams College of Social Work
Emily Moquin
MA Candidate
UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work
Ogo Okonkwor
MPH candidate
UIC School of Public Health
MHI candidate (Health Informatics)
Northwestern University
Paige Pickerl
MSW Candidate
UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work
Destiny Powers
MSW Candidate
UIC Jane Adams College of Social Work
Alexandra Rouse
MSW Candidate
UIC Jane Adams College of Social Work
N. Scaccia
Undergraduate Research Internship
BA, Indiana-Purdue University, Psychology & Criminal Justice
J. Tobin
MSW Candidate
UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work
L. Vos
Undergraduate Research Internship
BA, Calvin College, Psychology
K. Watson
MPH Candidate
UIC School of Public Health
Joni Weidenaar
MA Candidate, MBA Candidate
UIC School of Public Health
UIC Business Liautaud Graduate School
D. Zeyl
Undergraduate Research Internship
BA, Calvin College, Psychology
Doctoral Students
Jane K. Burke-Miller, PhD
PhD Candidate
UIC School of Public Health
Drew Egli
PhD candidate
UIC Department of Disability and Human Development
Malinda Hicks
PhD Candidate
University of Texas at Dallas
Department of Sociology
School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences
Bunmi Oyewuwo-Gassikia, PhD
PhD Candidate
UIC Jane Adams College of Social Work
Chia-Wei Fan, PhD
PhD Candidate
UIC Department of Occupational Therapy
Jane Yamaguchi, PhD
PhD Candidate
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Residents
Charles Santos, MD
Tulane University Combined Residency Program, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Asma Jami, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Residency Program, Fairview, Minneapolis
G. Rao, MD
UIC College of Medicine, Psychiatry Residency Program, Chief Resident, Chicago, IL
UIC Global Mental Health Fellows
F. Uka, MD, Kosovo (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
S. Stetovci, MD, Kosovo (Physical & Mental Health Comorbidities)
B. Niyozov, MD, Global Fellow, Tajikistan (Mental Health & Diabetes)
G. Pirova, MD, Global Fellow, Tajikistan (Women’s Health & Depression)
H. Mirzosloev, MD, Global Fellow, Tajikistan (Mental Health & Diabetes)
Post-Doctoral Trainees, K Award Mentees, & Junior Faculty
Crystal Glover, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Assistant Professor, Division of Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College & Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
H. Horton, MS
National Institute of Mental Health
PhD 2005, University of Chicago
Associate Professor, SUNY, Albany
V. Klodnick, LCSW, PhD
Switzer Merit Fellow (90SF0008)
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living & Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education
Laysha Ostrow, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Mathematica Disability Research Center
C. Reinheimer, BA
Research Scholar, National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education
Leah Rubin, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, UIC Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Neurology, & Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University
Claire Snell-Rood, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
School of Public Health
UIC Medical Student Research Interns
M. Challa (MD, 2017)
C. Linek-Rajapaksha (MD, 2016)
A. Price (MD, 2014)
C. Rhee (MD, 2010)
D. Ortiz (MD, 2012)
M. Garrido (MD, 2012)
P. Ureste (MD, 2012)
M. Goelitz (MD, 2010)
P. Odele (MD, 2010)
A. Weissman-Ward (MD, 2009)
Schweitzer Fellows
D. Bhattacharyya (MD, 2016)
K. Andrew (MD, 2011)
J. Castillo (MD, 2011)
E. Hymen (MD, 2010)
J. Sedlak (MD, 2009)
H. Bhansali (MD, 2008)
B. Buhr (MD, 2007)
UIC College of Medicine James Scholar Program Research Fellows
B. Simmons (MD, 2014)
D. Pugliese (MD, 2012)
Klingenstein 3rd Generation Foundation for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Research Fellows
M. Gonzalez (MD, 2022)