Kellyann May Navarre (she/they) is an experienced researcher and clinician, currently affiliated with the STEPP Lab at the University of Toronto (PI: Uliaszek, PhD) and the UPLiFT Lab at Yale University (PI: Davis, PhD). She is also an adjunct psychology faculty member at Monroe County Community College. Kellyann obtained her MA in Clinical Psychology, where she received intensive training and supervision in evidence-based treatments for emotion dysregulation, suicidality, and self-injury, including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She has provided clinical care across a range of outpatient and inpatient settings. 

Kellyann has extensive experience as a research coordinator and project manager on several projects examining intervention outcomes, emotion regulation, mindfulness, suicidal behavior, and related areas. Her methodological background spans both quantitative and qualitative designs, including longitudinal data collection, ecological momentary assessment, psychophysiology, mood induction paradigms, behavioral tasks, and other experimental and applied approaches used in clinical and affective science. Her primary research interests center on borderline personality disorder, personality pathology, and related difficulties such as emotion dysregulation, identity disturbance, interpersonal instability, suicidality, and self-injury. In light of these challenges, her work also focuses on advancing the understanding and development of interventions (e.g., DBT). Additionally, she integrates a focus on disability studies and neurodiversity, LGBTQ+, stigma and ableism, and the role of lived experience and community collaboration in shaping clinical science and practice. Having taken a nontraditional path into the field, she brings a unique perspective to her research and clinical work.

Ramya Ramadurai (she/her) is a 5th year clinical psychology doctoral candidate at American University and a predoctoral intern at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on using culturally-responsive models and measures to understand emotional disturbance and risk for diverse populations, as well as the development and implementation of brief, accessible, personalized therapeutic interventions.

Breanna Rogers (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in Clinical-Community Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research centers on how identity, minority stress, and socio-cultural factors shape emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and the development of personality and personality-related psychopathology in racial and ethnic minority adults.

Omega Luxor (she/her) is an experienced researcher and project manager focusing on clinical psychology, psychotherapy and holistic healing. She is passionate about advancing equality and promoting mental and physical well-being. Omega completed her BA in Psychology (2022) at Toronto Metropolitan University. Here, she acquired various experiences working on academic or community-focused projects that help promote mental health awareness and foster inclusive environments. Some research topics Omega is passionate about exploring are maladaptive relationship dynamics, racial/ gender studies, life-threatening behaviour prevention (such as self-harm and suicide), and emotion regulation development. She hopes to work with racialized/marginalized individuals and better mental health treatments for everyone while advocating for statistically underserved communities.

Jessica Qiu (she/her) is a first-year PhD student in the Clinical Psychology Program at American University. She graduated from New York University in 2022 with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies. After graduation, she worked as a research coordinator at the Center for Computational Psychiatry at Mount Sinai where she coordinated NIMH and foundation-funded clinical trials to test novel interventions for personality and eating disorders, gaining extensive experience with collecting fMRI, fNIRS, and ecological momentary assessment data. Her current research interests include identity disturbance in the context of borderline personality disorder, emotion dysregulation, and mental health in first- and second-generation immigrant communities.