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Lisa Starr, Ph.D.

Dr. Starr is an associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Rochester and the director of the Starr Lab. She received her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University and completed additional predoctoral and postdoctoral training at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research has previously been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and she has received national awards from the American Psychological Association, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America; she also was named a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science in 2015. Broadly, her research interests include how emotions, life stress, and depression intersect in adolescence and adulthood. In addition to directing her research lab, Dr. Starr teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Rochester.

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Katy Chang, Graduate Student
Katy Chang is a doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Rochester (entering class of 2020), currently on internship at Medical College of Georgia. She graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 2018 with a major in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology. She also completed a two-year post-baccalaureate research fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health. Katy’s research focuses on the multi-level processes that underlie sexual and gender minority (SGM) mental health disparities. She is particularly interested in examining how environmental, interpersonal, and psychological processes may facilitate mental health disparities among SGM people.  Katy received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to support her research. Twitter @KaChangPsy 

Gwyneth DeLap, Graduate Student 
Gwyn is a doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Rochester (entering class of 2021). She earned her BA in psychology with cumulative honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. Following graduation, she completed a two year post-baccalaureate research fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health. Gwyn is interested in examining emotion processes and how these processes and their developmental trajectories may differ for individuals with internalizing symptoms. She is particularly interested in leveraging basic emotion science to inform intervention and prevention programs, especially during critical developmental periods such as adolescence. Gwyn received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to support her graduate research. Twitter @GwynethDelap

Amy Carolus, Graduate Student 
Amy is a doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Rochester (entering class of 2023). Originally from outside of the Adirondacks in New York, she graduated from Harvard in May 2021 with an A.B. in Psychology with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology. After college, she spent two years as a lab manager/research assistant in the CIRCLE Lab with Dr. Margaret Sheridan at UNC Chapel Hill. Her research is focused on the intersection between affective and clinical science. She is interested in connections between emotion expertise and emotional regulation, particularly following exposure to early life maltreatment. Outside of research, she enjoys baking, getting lost in a good book, and drinking coffee. Twitter @AmyCarolus