PhD Clinical Psychology: Research Labs

All students in the PhD Clinical Psychology Program are required to participate in faculty-led research groups during their second and third years in the program – for 6 consecutive quarters.

Students entering research labs in 2023-24

The deadline for submitting your applications to each of the research groups to which you are applying is: May 8, 2023 at 11:59pm
You will be notified of research lab placement on: June 5, 2023 at 4pm.

See table below for link to individual Research Labs.

Research Lab	Faculty	More Info
Research on Intersectional Sexual and Gender Identity Experiences (RISE)	Kimberly Balsam, PhD	Printable PDF
Maternal and Digital Research for Equitable Solutions (MADRES) Lab	Alinne Barrera, PhD	Printable PDF
Innovation and Gaming Lab	Charlotte Beard PhD	Printable PDF
Clinical Crises and Emergencies Research (CCER) Laboratory	Bruce Bongar, PhD	Website
Multicultural Suicide Research Center	Bruce Bongar, PhD & Joyce Chu PhD	Printable PDF
Peace and Human Rights Not accepting new students	Lisa Brown, PhD, ABPP	Printable PDF
Risk and Resilience Research Lab Not accepting new students	Lisa Brown, PhD, ABPP	Printable PDF
Children and Adolescents Psychotherapy and Technology	Eduardo Bunge, PhD	Printable PDF
Developing Minds Lab Not accepting new students	Joan Christodoulou, PhD	Printable PDF
Casaletto Lab	Dr. Kaitlin Casaletto	Printable PDF
Ethnic Minority Mental Health	Joyce Chu, PhD	Printable PDF
Early Intervention Clinic	Matthew Cordova, PhD	Printable PDF
Wellness in Aging Lab (WIN Lab)	Kaci Fairchild, PhD	Printable PDF
Developmentally Informed Policy & Practice	Amanda Fanniff, PhD	Printable PDF
Center for the Study and Treatment of Anxious Youth (CSTAY)	Robert Friedberg, PhD	Printable PDF
Aging, Neuropsychology, and Depression	Rowena Gomez, PhD	Printable PDF
Palo Alto Addictions Research Center (PAARC)	Amie Haas, PhD	Printable PDF
Personality and Social Norms	Janice Habarth, PhD	Printable PDF
Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment Lab Not accepting new students	Nancy Haug, PhD	Printable PDF
Behavioral Research and Assessment in Neuropsychology (BRAIN)	Rayna Hirst, PhD	Printable PDF
Empowerment and Violence Prevention, Mood Disorders, & Neuropsychology	Jennifer Keller, PhD	Printable PDF
Borderline Personality Disorder, Emotion Science, and Treatment Lab (BESTLab) Not accepting new students	Janice Kuo, PhD	Printable PDF
Choice-making And Computer Technology for Unipolar depression (CACTUs) Lab	Yan Leykin	Printable PDF
Memory Abilities and Processes Lab	Daniel A. Levy, PhD. Research Advisor	Printable PDF
REAL Lives Lab	Liz McConnell, PhD	Printable PDF
Culture, Community, and Global Mental Health	Sita Patel, PhD	Printable PDF
Digital Health & Education Research (DHER) Lab	Blanca Pineda, Ed.D.	Printable PDF
Socioemotional Neuropsychology Lab	Kate Rankin, PhD	Printable PDF
Transdiagnostic Attention Intervention (TRAIN) Lab	Mikael Rubin, PhD	Printable PDF
Research on Neurobiological Correlates and Cognitive Processes in Psychiatric Conditions	Tilman Schulte, PhD	Printable PDF
UCSF Memory and Aging Center (MAC)	Adam Staffaroni, PhD	Printable PDF
STRENGTHS Lab	Dr. Pei-Chun Tsai	Printable PDF
Emotion, Cognition, and Neuropsychology Lab Not accepting new students	Stacie Warren, PhD	Printable PDF
Forensic	Chris Weaver, PhD	Printable PDF
Trauma and Personality Studies	Matthew Yalch, PhD	Printable PDF