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The REWARD Lab has recently launched, and Dr. Natania Crane is interested in mentoring or collaborating with individuals who are excited about understanding the brain and behavioral risk factors of Substance Use Disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety).

If you are a undergraduate student, graduate student, medical student, or intern, please inquire about opportunities in the lab by emailing me at ncrane3atuic [dot] edu. Please be sure to include an up-to-date version of your resume or curriculum vitae.

If you are a looking for a research assistant position or postdoctoral fellowship, please inquire about opportunities in the lab by emailing me at ncrane3atuic [dot] edu. Please be sure to include an up-to-date version of your resume or curriculum vitae.

Julia Brooks MA

  • Graduate Research Assistant
  • Clinical Neuropsychology Extern
  • Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
  • Department of Psychology, UIC
Julia Brooks is a Clinical Neuropsychology Extern in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Julia is a 4th year student in the UIC doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, and received her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology in 2020. Julia is interested in understanding how neuropsychological processes such as inhibitory control and executive functioning influence behavioral outcomes, and her research is focused on understanding brain-behavior relationships in the context of young adult substance use.

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Rebecca Denson BA

  • Graduate Research Volunteer, REWARD Lab
Rebecca is a student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is interested in researching affective and biological correlates of cannabis and nicotine use, relationships between substance use and psychopathology, and the development of substance use disorders. Her ongoing MA research project is examining the relationship between cannabis use, social context, and mood using ecological momentary assessment. Rebecca received her BA in Cognitive Neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis and then worked at the New York State Psychiatric Institute-Columbia University researching cannabis use disorder interventions and therapeutic applications of cannabinoids.

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Rebecca Denson