Lab Members
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Name: Jie Jiao
From: Beijing, China
Year: First year in the Clinical/Rehabilitation Ph.D. program
Research Interests: Cross-cultural studies within Asian populations
Name: Ying Xiong, M.A.
From: Chengdu, China
Year: First year in the Clinical/Rehabilitation Ph.D. program.
Research Interests: Cross-cultural studies with Asian/Asian-American populations.
Name: Carolina Garcia
From: Venezuela
Year: Third year student from in the Clinical/Rehabilitation Ph.D. program. Previously obtained a professional degree in Psychology from Andres Bello Catholic University of Caracas in Venezuela.
Research Interests: Cross cultural studies as well as assessment and rehabilitation in Hispanics.
Name: Mark Heyne
From: Ohio
Year: Third year student in the Clinical/Rehabilitation Ph.D. program
Research Interests: Cross-cultural rehabilitation issues, especially within the Latino community
Name: Courtenay Rourke Ainsworth, M.S.
From: Originally from Chicago, lived in Madison, Wisconsin for 7 years
Year: Fourth year in the Clinical/Rehabilitation Ph.D. program; previously earned M.S. in Rehabilitation Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Neuropsychology and Caregiver interventions. Completed Master's thesis entitled "Prediction of Health and Safety Functioning from Neuropsychological Measures" Beginning dissertation work on psychometrics of verbal learning assessments comparing patients with Dementia, Adult ADHD, and Cognitive Disorder NOS.
Name: Stacey Lefing
From: New York
Year: Fourth year student in the Clinical/Rehabilitation Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Use of the BDI-II to measure depression in individuals with movement disorders.
Name: Benjamin Pyykkonen
From: Originally from Minneapolis, MN, but has lived in Chicago for the past 11 years.
Year: Fifth year in the Clinical/Rehabilitation Ph.D. program, currently on internship at Oak Forest County Hospital.
Research Interests: Neuropsychological functioning in medical conditions such as; Epilepsy, cancer, and hydrocephalus. He has both research experience and clinical assessment experience in these populations.
Name: Sofia Lai, M.S.
From: Taiwan
Year: ABD, Received M.S. Rehabilitation Psychology from U.W. Madison
Research Interests: Cross-cultural and stigmatized issues in rehabilitation
Name: Ana Ribas, M.S.
From: Portugal
Year: Pre-doctoral internship in LA
Name: Julia Rissinger, M.S.
From: New Jersey; has been in Chicago since 1996
Year: Pre-doctoral internship training at VA Medical Center, North Chicago
Research Interests: The impact of stigma on individuals with disabilities and their family members and marital adjustment to disability.
Name: Jennifer Zinke, M.S.
From: Kansas City, MO; has been in Chicago since 2000
Year: Pre-doctoral internship at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago
Research Interests: Cross-cultural differences in pain reporting, subjective pain experience, and implications for treatment across Latino and non-Latino samples.
Name: Anne Wiley, Ph.D. 2006
Rehabilitation psychologist
Name: Amy Buser, Ph.D.
From: Ohio
Year: Post-doctoral internship
Research Interests: Impact of medical complications on mental health.
Name: Shelley Rowland, Ph.D. 2006
From: Kansas City, MO; has been in Chicago since 2000
Year: Post-doctoral internship
Research Interests: Neuropsychology and assessment. Awareness of deficits following brain injury in relation to neuropsychological measures of executive functioning.