ADRIANA GALVÁN, PH.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Adriana Galván is an Associate Professor of Psychology and faculty member of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA. She is also the Director of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory and an executive member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at UCLA. She is the recipient of the American Psychological Association Boyd McCandless Young Scholar Award, the Jacobs Foundation Young Scholar Award, a Network Scholar Award of The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, and the William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award.
TARA PERIS, PH.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Tara Peris is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and Program Director of the UCLA ABC Partial Hospitalization Program. She is an internationally recognized expert in child and adolescent anxiety, and the recipient of the 2016 Early Career Award from the Society of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology.
MICHELLE ROZENMAN, PH.D.
Supervising Psychologist
Dr. Michelle Rozenman is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Semel Institute, and Associate Director of the UCLA Pediatric OCD Intensive Outpatient Program. Her clinical expertise is in the assessment and treatment of anxiety-related disorders in children and adolescents. Her research focuses on assessing processes that may underlie anxiety in youth, including cognitive bias and stress reactivity, and directly targeting these processes in experimental interventions.
PAOLA ODRIOZOLA, PH.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Paola Odriozola is a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA in the Developmental Neuroscience Lab directed by Dr. Adriana Galván. Dr. Odriozola completed her B.A. in Psychology at the University of California Berkeley in 2013 and received her Ph.D. in Psychology with a Neuroscience concentration from Yale University in 2022. Broadly, Dr. Odriozola’s program of research centers on neurodevelopment, with a focus on the neural bases of emotion regulation in children and adolescents and how disrupted neurodevelopmental processes and environmental factors (e.g., trauma, early life stress, immigration, caregiver separation) contribute to anxiety and stress-related disorders across development.
NAMITA TANYA PADGAONKAR
Graduate Student
Tanya is a neuroscience PhD student in the labs of Drs. Galván and Dapretto. She is interested in the functional and structural development of the brain, and how that relates to emotional functioning in children and adolescents. She believes that studying the developing brain is a fascinating way of linking biological processes to behavior, especially behaviors of concern such as anxiety. By learning more about these processes, she hopes to better understand neurotypical development and what factors might contribute to and protect from the development of mood disorders in subclinical populations.
AMANDA BAKER
Graduate Student
Amanda graduated from UC Berkeley in 2014 with a B.A. in Psychology and Cognitive Science. Before coming to UCLA, Amanda worked in Sonia Bishop's Affective Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at Berkeley and Vinod Menon's Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience Lab at Stanford. She is currently getting her PhD in Psychology at UCLA in Adriana Galván's Developmental Neuroscience Lab, where she studies the effects of life experiences and individual differences on adolescent brain development and mental health.
NANCY LE
Research Coordinator
Nancy graduated from UCLA in 2021 with a B.S. in Psychobiology. Nancy has worked with the DAYS project for the past three years, developing a passion to work with children and adolescents. Outside of DAYS, Nancy has served as a health coach for the UCLA STAND program, assisting depressed and anxious individuals through CBT-based digital therapy. Nancy is an incoming medical student at William Carey University and hopes to pursue a career in child psychiatry, which would allow her to bridge mental health disparities and provide more accessible care to underserved communities.
JOSH LEIBY
Research Assistant
Joshua Leiby graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in Psychology in 2022. Outside of DAYS, Josh works as a mental health technician for the Discovery Mood and Anxiety Program, a residential facility for adolescents with various mental health disorders. In addition, Josh volunteers as a call counselor at the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center. Josh plans on pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology, with a specific interest in eating and anxiety disorders among adolescents and young adults.
ANNA WANG
Research Assistant
Anna is a second-year student majoring in Psychology and Applied Mathematics at UCLA. Outside of DAYS, she loves to participate in Art therapy related activities. She is also a student worker at the Housing and Hospitality Department. In the future, she wishes to pursue a career that integrates quantitative skills into the field of psychology.
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HELEN KHAW
Research Coordinator
Helen graduated from UCLA in 2022 with a B.A. in Psychology. Outside of DAYS, she volunteers with the UCLA ABC Partial Hospitalization Program and is a Listener on 7Cups, providing emotional support to anonymous teenagers. Helen plans to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology and hopes to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice in implementing evidence-based treatment interventions for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.
KAINATH KAMIL
Research Assistant
Kainath is a 2nd year student at UCLA majoring in Psychobiology. Outside of PCAY/DAYS she works as an Emergency Medical Technician for Rehabilitation Facility. Kainath has a strong interest in the behavioral side of addiction research. At UCLA, she is part of the Pediatric AIDS Coalition where she raises money for and engages with children that are affected by HIV/AIDS. In her free time Kainath likes exploring the city and doing henna on her friends.
SUTTON SENALIK
Research Assistant
Sutton is a first year student at UCLA majoring in Psychology. Outside of DAYS, she enjoys spending time with friends, exploring LA, listening to music, and picnicking. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career within the psychology field, possibly in the clinical or research setting.
CLAIRE WALLER
Research Coordinator
Claire graduated summa cum laude from UCLA in 2021 with a B.A. in Psychology and minors in Global Health and Applied Developmental Psychology. Prior to joining DAYS, Claire volunteered with Dr. Jennifer Silvers' lab at UCLA, where she researched mental health disparities in sexual minority young adults and in previously institutionalized youth. Claire is an incoming Clinical Psychology PhD student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She ultimately hopes to develop evidence-based systemic reforms promoting mental health in youth with adverse experiences.
KATHERINE DELGADILLO-SOTO
Research Coordinator
Katherine graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a B.S. in Psychobiology and minor in Chicana/o Studies. She worked as an undergraduate research assistant at the UCLA Addictions Lab for 2 years before taking on her role as a lab manager for DAYS. Katherine is interested in pursuing a career in clinical psychology or social work, with a specific interest in mental health disparities in underserved communities.
SAVANNAH LOPEZ
Research Assistant
Savannah is a second-year student at UCLA majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Disability Studies. Outside of DAYS, Savannah works as a mathematics instructor at Mathnasium of Manhattan Beach and is a Cope Health Scholar at Adventist Health White Memorial. She hopes to pursue a future as a physician and integrate her knowledge of disabilities into her career.