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Chelsie M. Young, Ph.D.
Background: Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Houston (2016) M.A., Experimental Psychology, College of William and Mary (2013) B.A., Psychology, Eastern Illinois University (2010) Academic Positions: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Houston, 2016-2018 Assistant Professor, Rowan University, 2018-2022 Research Interests: Dr. Chelsie M. Young is a User Experience Researcher for Meta. Her research interests include developing empirically-supported strategies incorporating personalized normative feedback, motivational interviewing, and expressive writing to facilitate behavior change. She also examines mechanisms of action for behavior change (e.g., guilt and shame, cognitive processing, and perceptions and norms) to gain insight into how such behavior change strategies work and which components are most effective. Finally, she also explores individual difference factors (e.g., shyness, culture, drinking motives, and defensiveness) as moderators of behavior change to better understand for whom such strategies are best suited. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chelsie_Young Website: ChelsieMYoung.com |
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Angelo DiBello, Ph.D.
Background: B.A., Psychology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, 2009 M.A., Clinical Counseling Psychology, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, 2011 M.A., Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 2013 Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Houston, TX, 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brown University, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Students, Providence, RI, 2017 Academic Positions: Assistant Professor (2021 - Present) Center of Alcohol & Substance Abuse Studies Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Adjunct Assistant Professor (2018 - Present) Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences Brown University, RI Research Interests: Dr. Angelo DiBello is an Assistant Professor in the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies and the Applied Psychology Department of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Brown University, and the Director of the Social Health Addiction & Relationship Processes (SHARP) Laboratory at Rutgers University. Dr. DiBello is well published in top tier journals and is both the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of several ongoing randomized clinical trials funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Angelo_DiBello Website: www.sharplab.squarespace.com |
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Lorra Garey, Ph.D.
Background: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Houston Academic Positions: Research Assistant Professor, University of Houston Research Interests: Dr. Lorra Garey is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Houston. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston. Her primary research interests focus on elucidating and attenuating health disparities among underserved and vulnerable populations by examining the interplay between substance use and psychological vulnerabilities and addressing malleable risk factors, including tobacco use, in the context of transdiagnostic interventions. Within this model, Lorra is particularly interested in the efficacy of brief, personalized feedback interventions to reduce tobacco use, alcohol use, and symptoms related to anxiety and depression among smokers with co-occurring psychopathology and tobacco dependence. Website: AHRL-SUTC |
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Research Assistant Professor
Dipali Rinker, Ph.D. Background: B.A., Psychology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Houston-Clear Lake Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences/Health Promotion, UT Health Science Center School of Public Health, Houston Minor in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Interests:
I have a 9 year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son who keep me busy! ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dipali_Rinker |
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Lindsey M. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Background: Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Houston (2014) M.A. Social Psychology, University of Houston (2010) B.S. Psychology, University of Florida (2008) Research interests: Dr. Lindsey Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Houston. Her research interests include alcohol use and romantic relationships, alcohol use in military populations, the development and evaluation of brief alcohol interventions, expressive writing as a brief intervention for alcohol use and romantic conflict, and gender differences in links between romantic conflict and alcohol use. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lindsey_Rodriguez Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YUWJ9rQAAAAJ&hl=en |
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Mai-Ly Steers, Ph.D.
Background: Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Houston (2015) M.A., Psychology, University of Houston (2015) M.A., Communication Studies, California State University (2007) B.A., Biology, University of Southern California, 1999 B.A., Broadcast Journalism, University of Southern California (1999) Research Interests: Dr. Mai-Ly Steers is an Assistant Professor at Duquesne University School of Nursing. Her research examines psychosocial factors, particularly social norms, in relation to drinking. She also explores the influences of social media on health and well-being and the development of novel and social media-related interventions, targeting at-risk drinkers who are also avid social media users. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mai-Ly_Steers Website: mailysteers.com |
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Carol Wang, Ph.D.
Background: Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Houston M.A. Psychology, University of Houston B.S. Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Research Interests: Dr. Carol Wang is Division Director of Research at HCA Healthcare for Central and West Texas. She leads the graduate medical education research curriculum and scholarly activity at community hospitals in Austin and El Paso working closely with medical residents and faculty. Dr. Wang was previously a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Department of Health Disparities Research. She obtained her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Houston. Her research interests include resilience, positive psychology, social class, and culture in the context of health-related outcomes and developing interventions that cultivate well-being and promote healthy behaviors. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carol_Wang14 |
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Mary M. Tomkins, Ph.D.
Background: Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Houston M.S. Psychology, Abilene Christian University B.S. Psychology, Abilene Christian University Research Interests: Dr. Mary Tomkins is a lecturer at Sam Houston State University. Her main research interest is social connectedness, specifically its association with well-being and prosocial behaviors and how it can be enhanced. She is also interested in interventions that can be developed to encourage virtue-based behavior and factors associated with moral behavior. In her spare time, she works on projects focused on religiousness, specifically how it is related to alcohol use and how it can be incorporated into brief alcohol interventions, the effects and buffers of ostracism, belongingness interventions, and the ways in which religion can be healthy or unhealthy. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mary_Tomkins |
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Lia Smith, M.A., L.P.A.
Background: M.A. Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, Texas (2018) Licensed Psychological Associate, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (2019) B.A. Psychology with a certificate in Human Needs and Global Resources, Wheaton College, Illinois (2013) Research Interests: Lia is a sixth-year clinical psychology doctoral student and teaching fellow at the University of Houston. She is advised by Drs. Clayton Neighbors and Matthew Gallagher. Lia's research interests focus on risk (e.g., sleep, distress tolerance) and resilience (e.g., mindfulness, psychological flexibility) processes at the intersection of addictions, trauma, and health disparities. Recently, she was awarded an NIAAA F31 Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her study entitled, An Examination of the Effects of Global Sleep Disturbance and PTSD on Alcohol Cue Reactivity. Lia is currently a pre-doctoral clinical intern with the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion and CHA/ Harvard Medical School. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lia_Smith3 |
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Joanne Angosta, Ph.D.
Background: Ph.D., University of Houston, M.A., Psychology, University of Houston B.A., Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research Interests: Dr. Joanne Angosta is a recent graduate of the Social, Personality, and Health Psychology program at the University of Houston. Her current research focuses on the influence of social identity on addictive health attitudes and behavior, social network methodologies, and the development of brief interventions to decrease problematic alcohol use. She is interested in understanding the people and groups that individuals may identify with, and how to use this information to promote healthy behavior. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joanne_Angosta |
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Pelin Cunningham-Erdogdu, B.A.
Background: B.A., International Relations, University of Texas at Arlington B.A.,Psychology, University of Houston Research Interests: Pelin was the Lab and Research Coordinator for the Social Influences and Health Behaviors Lab from Fall 2018 through Summer 2020. She is currently a third-year Social Psychology doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include the psychology of humor, identity, power and political psychology. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pelin-Cunningham-Erdogdu |
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Taylor Simons, M.Ed.
Background: M.Ed., Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin B.S., Psychology, Texas Christian University Research Interests: Taylor is a former Research Coordinator for the Social Influences and Health Behaviors Lab. Taylor holds a B.S. in Psychology from Texas Christian University and an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Her interests include subjective evaluations and perceptions of alcohol-related consequences, influences of shame and guilt on alcohol use, motivational interviewing, and expressive writing interventions. Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Taylor_Simons |
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Alyssa Rice, B.S.
Background: B.S., Psychology, University of Houston (2020) Research Interests: Alyssa is a former Research Coordinator for the Social Influences and Health Behaviors Lab. She currently works as Research Coordinator in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine. Her research interests include community-level parenting interventions, trauma-informed care, and the influence of adverse childhood events on health outcomes. |
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Maigen Pham, B.A., M.S., L.P.C.
Educational Background: B.A. Psychology, the University of Houston (2011) M.S. Counseling, the University of Houston-Clear Lake (2016) Professional Information: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) at Amy Wine Counseling Center Member of the Houston Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (HAMFT) Interests: Maigen Pham was the Lab Coordinator for the Social Influences and Health Behaviors lab for several years. Since receiving her M.S. Counseling degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 2016, Maigen has provided counseling services in a variety of settings, including elementary & middle schools, a crisis hotline center, and private practices. She is currently a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) at Amy Wine Counseling Center in Cypress, TX. Maigen specializes in couples counseling and premarital counseling, and sees clients ranging from teenagers to adults. Additionally, she is a member of the Houston Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (HAMFT). |
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