Graduate Students and Staff

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Ria Nagar (she/her)

I graduated from the University of Washington in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology and Informatics and an MSc. in Psychological Science from the University of Glasgow. My most recent positions included contributing at the Adolescent Adversity and Depression Intervention (AADI) Lab within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UW – I worked on a clinical trial that aimed to understand the effects of an evidence-based therapy (Behavioral Activation- BA) on neural function and behavior in adolescents diagnosed with depression. I also contributed towards Project ARC at the Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab within the Human Centered Design and Engineering Department – this was a feasibility and usability pilot study focused on adapting Behavioral Activation to an asynchronous remote communities platform (e.g. Slack), allowing for delivery of BA content while also providing a platform for communicating with a therapist, as well as participating in online communities for in-treatment adolescents.

My primary research interests are at the intersection of technology and psychology, examining attitudes and efficacy of technology-based treatments in order to increase access to treatment for South Asian adolescents.

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Madeline Rech (she/her)

I am working toward my PhD in clinical neuropsychology here at Georgia State University. I previously earned my BS in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee after working in the Anxiety Disorders Lab and the Child Neurodevelopment Research Lab. My primary research interests involve investigating cognitive processes that underly social anxiety disorder and learning how technology can be leveraged to inform transdiagnostic assessments and treatments. 

Snigdha Kamarsu (she/her)

I am a clinical psychology doctoral student at Georgia State University. I’ve earned my B.S. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, Irvine, and my M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University. I worked as a research coordinator in the Working Memory and Plasticity Lab, the Cognitive Dynamics Lab, and the SOAR Lab at Northwestern University. My primary research interests are to develop interventions aimed at symptom management and cognitive remediation for adults with mood disorders. I am also passionate about equity and fair access to mental health care and treatment to those that feel stigmatized.

Outside of academia, I love going hiking, exploring new places, and reading.

 

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Heather Quirk (she/her)

I am passionate about making community-informed, culturally-adapted psychological interventions available, accessible, and acceptable to patients with chronic and progressive diseases and their caregivers/support systems. I am specifically interested in understanding the experiences and addressing the needs of patients and caregivers from marginalized populations. Currently, my work focuses on the sexual and gender minority (SGM) community and the ways that race, ethnicity, SES, and other sociodemographic factors intersect and interact with SGM identity to impact the cancer journey.