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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Lia Smith, M.A., L.P.A.

Background:  
           B.A. Psychology with a certificate in Human Needs and Global
                   Resources, Wheaton College, Illinois (2013)
           M.A. Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, Texas (2018)
           Licensed Psychological Associate, Texas State Board of Examiners of
                   Psychologists (2019)​

Research Interests:
Lia is a fifth-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. 
 
ResearchGate:   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lia_Smith3
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​Joanne Angosta, M.A.

Background:  
           B.A., Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
           M.A., Psychology, University of Houston


Research Interests:
Joanne is in her sixth year of the social psychology doctoral 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
​Andrew Weinstein, B.S.

Background:

           A.S., Criminal Justice, Jamestown Community College
           B.S., Political Science, State University of New York the College at
​                  Brockport

           B.S., Psychology, University of New Mexico

Research Interests:
Andrew is currently a fifth-year doctoral student in the social psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston. His research interests focus on understanding cannabis use, the social norms of cannabis use among diverse populations, and motivations for and against cannabis use in order to develop brief interventions to reduce cannabis-related harms.
 
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Weinstein3
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Nicole Hall, B.A.

Background:
           ​B.A., Psychology, Westminster College

Research Interests: 
Nicole is currently in her second year in the Applied Social and Health Psychology program. Broadly, her research interests include the intersection between moral psychology and health psychology. She is interested in how constructs like moral injury develop after traumatic events (e.g., intimate partner violence, occupational-related trauma) and influence mental health and risky behaviors. 

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