"You know that other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them."
- Nelson Mandela, 2001
Current Mentees
Gina Viviano, BA (Research Associate at UM)
- Research Project: "Gender differences in temporal dynamic networks of bipolar spectrum disorders"
*Manuscript under review at the Journal of Affective Disorders
Agnes Fejer, BA (Research Associate at UM)
- Research Project: “Differences in suicide risk across mood episodes in psychotic bipolar spectrum disorders”
*Accepted for poster presentation at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Meeting (SRP 2026)
Irmgard Pallas, MSW (Social Work Intern at UM)
- Research Project: “Childhood trauma and suicide in bipolar disorder: How race moderates suicidal ideation”
*Accepted for poster presentation at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Meeting (SRP 2026)
Lauren Busuito, BA (Research Associate at UM)
- Research Project: “Cognitive network signatures of poor quality of life in bipolar spectrum disorders”
*Data analysis in progress
Former Mentees
Hermela Benyam (Class of 2024 at UM)
Esther Choi (Class of 2024 at UM)
Karan Kamath (Class of 2023 at UM)
Maddie Sage (Class of 2023 at UM)
Maddy Jungbluth (Class of 2023 at UM)
Isabella Tran (Class of 2023 at UM)
Aruna Ganesan (Class of 2023 at UM)
Ashley LaPlant (Class of 2023 at UM)
Sofia Urban (Class of 2023 at UM)
Brandon Brown (Class of 2022 at UM)
Charan Talwar (Class of 2022 at UM)
Melina Settineri (Class of 2022 at UM)
Roshni Mohan (Class of 2022 at UM)
Sarah Rehman (Class of 2022 at UM)
Sinit Lijam (Class of 2022 at UM)
Yacoub Fadhl (Class of 2021 at UM)
Kali Wright (Class of 2021 at PSU)
Olivia Pozza (Class of 2021 at PSU)
McKenzie Kelly (Class of 2021 at PSU)
Caitlin Fildebrandt (Class of 2021 at PSU)
Josh McGee (Class of 2020 at PSU)
Jordan Van Italie (Class of 2019 at PSU)
Jessica Miller (Class of 2018 at PSU)
Sandy Yun-Hsin Liu (Class of 2018 at PSU)
Grant Smyth (Class of 2018 at PSU)
Victoria Shaffer (Class of 2018 at PSU)
Olivia Pigza (Class of 2019 at PSU)
Carla Capone (Class of 2019 at PSU)
Dylan Hertel (Class of 2018 at PSU)
Kaitlin Corson (Class of 2017 at PSU)
Allison Collum (Class of 2017 at PSU)
Peri Kahraman (Class of 2017 at PSU)
Tianjiao Ma (Class of 2017 at PSU)
Jon Moran (Class of 2017 at PSU)
Malina Mastrocola (Class of 2016 at PSU)
Nicholas Richards (Class of 2016 at PSU)
Samantha Cannillo (Class of 2016 at PSU)
Kevin Deam (Class of 2016 at PSU)
Yesom Ha (Class of 2016 at PSU)
Kirsty Bocado (Class of 2016 at PSU)
Hanna Lee (Class of 2016 at PSU)
Tally Metro (Class of 2015 at PSU)
Dana Greenlee (Class of 2015 at PSU)
Emily Wright (Class of 2015 at PSU)
Kirstie Herb (Class of 2015 at PSU)
Hannah Brown (Class of 2015 at PSU)
Anthony Fissel (Class of 2015 at PSU)
Jonathan Lorenzo (Class of 2014 at PSU)
Annie Ivanka (Class of 2013 at PSU)