2023

Shaina Kumar, Ph.D.

Shaina completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System. She currently holds a position as a T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow affiliated with the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and VA Boston National Center for PTSD.

2021

Kyle Haws, Ph.D.

Kyle completed his pre-doctoral internship at Denver Health in Denver, CO. He currently holds a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine and ACCORDS. 

Hanna Grandgenett, Ph.D.

Hanna completed her pre-doctoral internship in Behavioral Pediatrics and Integrated Care at the Monroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, NE. She currently holds a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow at MMI.

2019

Molly Franz, Ph.D.

Molly completed her pre-doctoral internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System. She is currently Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. 

Michelle Haikalis, Ph.D.

Michelle completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University.

Christina Hein, Ph.D.

Christina completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington State, where she was commissioned as a Captain with the US Army. She currently holds a position as an Aeromedical Psychologist within the US Army. 

2018

Anna Jaffe, Ph.D.

Anna completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Charleston Consortium Internship. She is currently an Acting Associate Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Anne Steele, Ph.D. 

Anne completed her pre-doctoral internship at the VA Medical Center at the Durham VA. She is currently a Staff Psychologist and Supervisor in the Trauma Recovery Program at the Durham VA Health Care System.

2016

Ruby Charak, Ph.D.

Ruby was a postdoctoral research fellow who served as the data manager/analyst for Project WISE from 2015-2016. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

2015

Rita Dykstra, Ph.D.
Rita was a postdoctoral research fellow who served as the data manager/analyst for Project WISE from 2013-2015. She is currently the Research Director at the Prevention Research Institue (PRI) in Decorah, Iowa. 

Rosy Benedicto, Ph.D.
Rosy completed her pre-doctoral internship at the West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center.  She is currently in private practice in Los Angeles, California and is a Staff Psychologist at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

Laura Watkins, Ph.D.
Laura completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and VA Jackson Consortium.  She is currently an Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine.


2013

Renu Thomas, Ph.D.
Renu completed her pre-doctoral internship at Summit Psychological Associates, Inc. in Akron, Ohio. She is currently a Clinical Psychologist and Trauma Informed Practitioner at PAM Health Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas.

Tara Ryan, Ph.D.
Tara was a full-time Project Manager for Project WISE from 2011-13 at the Omaha, NE study site. She is currently a licensed psychologist and a Certified Forensic Evaluator in Oregon. 


2012

Maria Iturbide, Ph.D.
Maria was a full-time Project Manager for Project WISE from 2011-12. She is currently an Associate Professor & Department Chair at Cal Poly Humbolt.

Emily Gale, Ph.D.
Emily completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She is currently a Pediatric Psychologist at Scottish Rite for Children Hospital in Dallas, Texas.


2011

Kate Walsh, Ph.D. 
Kate completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and was a NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is currently jointly appointed as an Associate Professor of Psychology and Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Jill Panuzio Scott, Ph.D. 
Jill completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology. She is currently the Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and the Clinical Director of the Center for Returning Veterans at the VA Boston Healthcare System. 


2010

Amanda Kras, Ph.D.
Amanda completed her internship at Albany Stratton VA Medical Center – Albany, NY. She is currently a Clinical Psychologist and Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator at the Albany Samuel S Stratton VA Medical Center. 

Sarah Evans, Ph.D. 
Sarah completed her pre-doctoral internship at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. She is currently Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 


2009

Emily Velazquez Trask, Ph.D.
Emily completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She currently holds a position as a Senior Mental Health Researcher at the University of California-San Diego.


2008

Andrea R. Perry, Ph.D.
Andrea completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System. She is currently in private practice in Fremont, California.

Lorraine Cuadra, Ph.D.
Lorraine completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/Worcester State Hospital. She is currently a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and faculty member at the University of Southern California Institute of Psychiatry, Law, and Behavioral Science.


2007

James L. Peugh, Ph.D.
James Peugh was a postdoctoral fellow working on the Newlywed Study in the lab. He is currently a Quantitative Psychologist in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology and a Research Professor-Affiliate in the UC Department of Pediatrics.


2006

Sarah DeGue, Ph.D.
Sarah DeGue completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of South Florida/Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI). She is currently a Senior Scientist in the Research and Evaluation Branch, Division of Violence Prevention at the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

Michelle A. Fortier, Ph.D.
Michelle completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at WVU School of Medicine in Charleston. She is currently an Associate Professor at the UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing. 


2005

Cindy Nash, Ph.D.
Cindy L. Nash completed her pre-doctoral internship at BoysTown Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She is currently the Program Director at Whitehall Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.


2004

John Clemmons, Ph.D.
John received his doctorate degree in August, 2004 after completing an internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Department of Pediatrics, Child Study Center and Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. John is currently a Clinical Psychologist at MeritHealth Medical Group in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.