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Our Alumni. The following is a partial list of many of the talented and dedicated individuals who have worked in Dr. Chorpita’s lab over the years, whether as RAs, graduate students, postdocs, and/or in other roles. If you are interested to find out how our alumni and alumna are making a difference, click on the contact information to find out more.
If you worked in the lab at UCLA or University of Hawaii and you would like to have your information added or updated, please send us an email.
| Dates in Lab | Name and Current Position | Contact / Info |
| 1997 to 2009 |
Charmaine Higa McMillan, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology University of Hawaii at Hilo |
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| 1998 to 2005 | Sarah Francis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training University of Toledo |
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| 1999 to 2007 | Brad Nakamura, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology University of Hawaii at Mānoa |
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| 2000 to 2009 | Farrah N. Greene-Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Alaska Pacific University |
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| 2000 to 2007 | A. Aukahi Austin Seabury, Ph.D.
Executive Director, I Ola Lāhui Licensed Clinical Psychologist |
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| 2001 to 2007 | C. Ki’i Kimhan Powell, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Economic Security Colorado Department of Human Services |
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| 2001 to 2008 | John Young, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of Mississippi |
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| 2002 to 2007 | Kimberly D. Becker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of South Carolina |
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| 2003 to 2009 | Kathleen Grubbs, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist VA San Diego Healthcare System / Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Veterans Affairs / University of California, San Diego |
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| 2003 to 2008 | Rita Leigh Smith, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Kaiser Permanente Clinical Supervisor, University of California, Berkeley |
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| 2005 to 2009 | Kelsie H. Okamura, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Hawaii Pacific University |
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| 2005 to 2011 | Chad Ebesutani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Duksung Women’s University, South Korea |
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| 2006 to 2012 | Adam Bernstein, Ph.D.
Senior Consultant PracticeWise, LLC |
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| 2006 to 2012 | Nicole Starace, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor Stanford University |
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| 2006 to 2012 | Alyssa Margaret Ward, Ph.D.
Behavioral Health Division Director Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services |
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| 2008 to 2014 | Jennifer Regan, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist II Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health |
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| 2008 to 2011 | Emily Pichler, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist Burlington, Vermont |
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| 2009 to 2013 | Michelle Claire Levy, Ph.D.
Consultant and Trainer PracticeWise, LLC |
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| 2009 to 2011 | Ashley Cheng, Ph.D.
UX Researcher |
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| 2010 to 2016 | Michael Reding, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mt Sinai St Luke’s Hospital |
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| 2010 to 2014 | Angela Chiu, Ph.D.
Assistant Attending Psychologist, Weill Cornell Medicine Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital |
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| 2010 to 2011 | Irene Tung, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh |
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| 2010 to 2020 | Alayna Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Palo Alto University |
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| 2011 to 2013 | Andrea Letamendi, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Mental Health Training, Intervention, and Response University of California, Los Angeles |
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| 2011 to 2013 | Priya McLennan
Postdoctoral Fellow Jefferson Center for Mental Health |
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| 2011 to 2017 | Rachel Kim, Ph.D.
Implementation Associate/Staff Clinician Judge Baker Children’s Center |
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| 2011 to 2013 | Evelyn Cho
Graduate student University of Missouri |
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| 2012 to 2020 | Karen Guan, Ph.D.
Community Mental Health Program Evaluator & Implementation Specialist Uplift Family Services |
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| 2013 to 2018 | Michael Sun
Postdoctoral Researcher Dartmouth Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
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| 2013 to 2017 | Andrew Moskowitz, Ph.D.
Manager, Advanced Analytics Hulu |
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| 2014 to 2014 | Casey Meinster, MA, LMFT
Senior Clinical Director Hillsides |
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| 2014 to 2016 | Deepika Bose
Graduate Student Florida International University |
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| 2015 to 2021 | Jennifer Gamarra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow UCLA Semel Institute |
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| 2016 to 2021 | Resham Gellatly, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow Boston Medical Center |
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| 2016 to 2018 | Maya Boustani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Loma Linda University |
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| 2017 to 2019 | Wendy Chu
Graduate Student University of South Carolina |
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| 2017 to 2021 | Jonathan Westman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow West Los Angeles VA |
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| 2018 to 2020 | Angelina Ruiz
Program Assistant in Training and Implementation Judge Baker Children’s Center |
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| 2019 to 2021 | Kaitlyn Pham
Clinical Research Coordinaror GREICIUS Lab, Stanford Univeristy |
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| 2016 to 2022 | Dana Saifan, Ph.D.
Full Time Lecturer California State University, Long Beach |
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| 2020 to 2022 | Carolina Lechuga
Research Assistant CARE in Youth Mental Health Lab, UCLA |
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| 2017 to 2023 | Meredith Boyd, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
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| 2020 to 2023 | Sophie Arkin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Resident Emory University School of Medicine |
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| 2018 to 2024 | Kendra Knudsen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow UCLA Semel Institute |
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