Postdoctoral Fellow & Ph.D Students
Michael Mullarkey, Ph.D.
Michael (he/him/his) completed a BA/MA in Clinical Psychology at American University and then worked as a research assistant at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Medical School. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology at University of Texas at Austin and completed his predoctoral psychology internship at Stony Brook University. His current projects are focused on translating symptom-level findings into scalable, targeted interventions for psychopathology.
E-mail: michael.mullarkey@stonybrook.edu
Links: Website | CV | Google Scholar | Twitter
Mallory Dobias, B.S.
Mallory (she/her/hers) is a second-year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Stony Brook University. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in December 2016 with a B.S. in Psychology. Her primary research interests include evaluating and improving the treatment of internalizing symptoms in youth, particularly higher-severity symptoms of self-injury and suicidality. She plans to identify treatment mediators, develop brief, scalable interventions, and implement these interventions within accessible community settings.
E-mail: mallory.dobias@stonybrook.edu
Links: CV
Jenna Sung, B.A.
Jenna (she/her/hers) is a second-year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Stony Brook University. Jenna graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Educational Studies. After graduation, she pursued a post baccalaureate position at Brown University’s Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC). Her primary research interests are: (a) identifying targetable, transdiagnostic processes underlying child internalizing disorders and applying that knowledge to develop brief, patient-centered treatments, (b) minimizing disparities in treatment access by addressing multiple level barriers to care, and (c) exploring applications of technology to better engage mechanisms of change, enhance assessment, and improve patient matching to appropriate treatment.
E-mail: jenna.sung@stonybrook.edu
Links: CV
Isaac Ahuvia, B.A.
Isaac (he/him/his) is a first-year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Stony Brook University. Isaac graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Sociology in 2016. Since that time, he has worked at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the University of Chicago Poverty Lab. He is interested in the relationship between individuals' beliefs about mental health and their mental health outcomes, and hopes to identify interventions that leverage mindsets to improve mental health in accessible, scalable ways.
E-mail: isaac.ahuvia@stonybrook.edu
Links: CV
Riley McDanal, B.A.
Riley (she/her/hers) is a first-year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Stony Brook University. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Psychology, where she studied idiographic mental health data. Riley is interested in potential data-driven changes in the classification and treatment of mental health problems. Her current research interests include HiTOP, transdiagnostic interventions, and possible connections between the two.
Riley is also a student in Dr. Nick Eaton's lab group and is co-mentored by Drs. Schleider and Eaton.
E-mail: riley.mcdanal@stonybrook.edu
Links: Website
Dr. Schleider will be reviewing applications for new clinical psychology Ph.D. students for the 2021-2022 academic year. More information about Stony Brook University's clinical psychology doctoral program is available here, and more information about applying to join the Lab for Scalable Mental Health as a Ph.D. student is available here.
M.A. Students
Aijia Yao
Aijia (she/her/hers) graduated from Stony Brook University in 2020 with a major in Psychology and a minor in Japanese Studies. She currently volunteers as a Crisis Counselor at a local crisis hotline and also leads the Psychology Peer Mentoring Program at Stony Brook University. Aijia embraces a great passion in supporting adolescents and young adults with mental illnesses and therefore led to a dual interest in both counseling and research. Her main research interests include (1) key elements of successful short-term interventions; (2) family education and awareness as a part of interventions. In the future, Aijia plans to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
