Meet Our Team
Running a study remotely is new for us. Under non-pandemic conditions, we would have the chance to introduce ourselves, so we want to let you know who you'll be communicating with throughout the study. Below you will find brief descriptions of the researchers helping to design and carry out this study, with an emphasis on when you might encounter each of us. If you would like to learn more about our individual training and research interests, you can visit the lab web page here: http://saronlab.ucdavis.edu/people.html.
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Clifford Saron, PhDCo-Principal InvestigatorCliff Saron (he/him) is a core faculty member at the Center for Mind and Brain, the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Saron Lab, and co-PI of this project. You'll be in touch with Cliff if you have questions about the study design, if you'd like to schedule an at-home FedEx pickup for your sample, and in group debriefing sessions, should you choose to participate.
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Quinn Conklin, MACo-Principal Investigator
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Amber Davis, PhDClinical ConsultantAmber Davis (she/her) is a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the UC Davis MIND Institute. Dr. Davis is a trauma-informed mental health practitioner and researcher, with a PhD in Social Work from Howard University. Amber has provided clinical support to participants during study debriefing sessions, and has provided insight on how to make the study materials more inclusive.
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Prerana DewanResearch Assistant
Prerana Dewan (she/her) is a 3rd year undergraduate student studying Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior at UC Davis. As a research assistant, she is helping with data collection, participant communication, and qualitative coding of the questionnaires.
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Brandon King, PhD
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Kamilah Majied, PhDCo-Investigator and
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Alea Skwara, MACo-InvestigatorAlea Skwara (she/her) is a 7th year doctoral candidate in Psychology at UC Davis and working in the Saron lab. She helped to envision the study and has been helping with odds and ends of many sort while the data are collected. She will help to analyze the data once collection is complete.
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Savannah VandenBos, BSStudy CoordinatorSavannah VandenBos (she/her) is a Junior Specialist in the Saron lab. Savannah Keeps this machine running. You will likely interact with Savannah if you contact the study email account—though Quinn, Arielle and Prerana help to monitor this account as well. Savannah is also scheduling debriefing sessions, troubleshooting survey issues with Qualtrics support, and keeping track of all of the odds and ends.
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ThanhThanh Vo, BSResearch AssistantThanhThanh Vo (she/her) is a post-baccalaureate Research Assistant in the Saron lab. She is helping with data entry and management, and will help to program the follow-up questionnaires.
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