Project Better

Study Personnel

Study Investigators

  • Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD
    • Research Interests: Interventions to promote recovery following traumatic and stressful experiences
    • Hobbies: Cooking, reading, traveling, running, and spending time with my family

  • Kristen, Lindgren, PhD, ABPP
    • Research Interests: Interventions to promote recovery following traumatic and stressful experiences; interventions and risk factors for problematic drinking and substance use
    • Hobbies: Hiking, podcasts, long runs, swimming, and time with my family

Study Coordinator

  • Mai Pham
    • Research Interests: Evidence-based interventions and treatments for anxiety disorders including post-traumatic stress disorders.
    • Hobbies: Reading non-fiction, cooking, listening to podcasts, making coffee

Current Research Assistants

  • Evan Macnow
    • Research interests: behavioral psychology, social psychology
    • Hobbies: playing guitar, board games, painting miniatures
  • Anna Hsu
    • Research interests: clinical psychology and intervention for problematic drinking
    • Hobbies: reading, watching movies, writing scripts and novels, and jogging

Project Alumni

  • Ty Tristao
    • Research Interests: Interventions for problematic drinking, interventions for stressful and traumatic experiences
    • Hobbies: Creating and listening to music, reading nonfiction, and tabletop games
  • Jenny Jin
    • Research Interests: Positive psychology and health psychology
    • Hobbies: Hiking, reading, and traveling
  • Jianing Wei
    • Research interests: Clinical psychology, I/O psychology
    • Hobbies: Reading, traveling, craftworking
  • Julia Alvarez Serrano
    • Research interests: trauma, substance abuse, and self-harm
    • Hobbies: spending time in the water when the weather allows: paddle boarding, swimming, and kayaking are some of my favorite activities. I’m also learning how to sail. In the winter, I enjoy snowboarding. I also like watching true crime documentaries, cooking shows, and cuddling with my best friend’s cat Sofia
  • John Kwakye
    • Research Interests: post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and addictions consumer research, and advertising testing
    • Passions/Hobbies: Research, songwriting, film, and music
    • Membership: Black Student Union
  • Sylvia Sun
    • Graduate School: University of Pennsylvania, Counseling and Mental Health Services (M.S.Ed)
    • Research interests: Measurement-based Care, Mental health literacy in minorities, Suicide prevention in youth.
    • Passions: Decrease stigma around mental health, and increase mental health awareness in all population groups.
    • Membership: Co-founder of Hua Psychology Club
  • Allison Tanaka
    • Research interests: Culturally-competent mental health care, Trauma, Resilience, Cross-cultural psychology
    • Passions: Increasing mental health access for underserved populations, dismantling stigma and inequity relating to mental health and socio-cultural identities
    • Hobbies: Photography, digital drawing, cooking
  • Yibo Ding
    • Research interests: interventions for PTSD and alcohol misuse and reducing high-risk alcohol use and consequences
    • Hobbies: working out and reading

 

Contact 

Please reach out to us via email at project-better@uw.edu or by phone at (206) 670-2631 with any questions or concerns.