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Clinical Faculty Accepting New Graduate Students for Fall 2026
- David DiLillo
- Rebecca Brock
- Keith Cruise
- Tess Neal
Tierney Lorenz
Clinical Faculty Not Accepting New Graduate Students for Fall 2026
- Dennis McChargue
- Kathy Chiou
- Debra Hope
- Mario Scalora
- Trey Andrews
We held a virtual interview weekend on January 23, 2027.
| Associate Professor Burnett Hall 317 | Dr. Andrews's research focuses on understanding mental health disparities among Latino populations, particularly immigrant and Spanish-speaking populations to identify mechanisms of disparities among Latino populations, such as trauma exposure, poverty, linguistic barriers, and cultural factors. Dr. Andrews also evaluates strategies for reducing identified disparities, such as inter professional service delivery and technological adjuncts to care. Lab website: Iniciativa HABLa Lab |
| Associate Professor Burnett Hall 220 | Dr. Brock’s program of research is aimed at understanding the development of psychopathology across the lifespan with a focus on the family context and its etiological significance. Lab website: Family Development Lab |
| Assistant Professor Burnett Hall 218 | Dr. Chiou’s program of research is aimed at understanding cognitive functioning associated with the brain’s response to and recovery from moderate and severe traumatic brain injury. Her research is guided by the use of neuroimaging techniques to explore translational themes in neurorehabilitation. These themes range from the investigation of basic mechanisms that underlie performance/behavior to the development of tools, protocols, and interventions for clinical application. Lab website: Clinical Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Lab
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| Professor Center on Children Families and the Law 1038 | Dr. Cruise’s program of research focuses on the intersection of adolescent mental health and delinquency with a specific emphasis on adverse childhood experiences, polyvictimization and complex trauma reactions in adolescents who intersect multiple systems (child welfare and juvenile justice). His work employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies that seek to advance knowledge of the complex interactions between dynamic delinquency risk/need factors and complex mental health problems. Dr. Cruise seeks to translate research findings into practical training programs for mental health and juvenile justice professionals that also inform juvenile justice policy at the local, state, and national levels. |
| Professor & Chair Burnett Hall 216 | Dr. DiLillo’s primary research interests are in the area of family violence, including child maltreatment and couple violence. Lab website: Violence Intervention for Survivors of Trauma and Abuse Lab |
| Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor SEH 101 | Professor Hope’s lab is following two main lines of research – assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders, especially social anxiety disorder, and using technology to help make treatment more available in underserved areas and the impact of stigma and discrimination on the health and well-being of the LGBTQ community. Lab website: Trans Collaborations |
| Associate Professor STE C66 | Dr. Lorenz's research research examines the interaction between women's mental, physical and sexual health. The Women, Immunity and Sexual Health (WISH) lab investigates the ways that sexual behavior impact women's immune and endocrine function, as well as ways to help women with mental and/or physical health conditions have happy, healthy sexual lives. We also focus on helping survivors of sexual trauma through basic science and clinical research. Lab website: Women, Immunity and Sexual Health Lab |
| Professor and DCT Burnett Hall 321 | Dr. McChargue's research aims a) examine the use of technology and digital humans as prevention and treatment aids for substance use problems; 2) assessing the effectiveness of restorative justice interventions for justice involved individuals. Lab website: IMPACT Laboratory |
| Associate Professor Burnett 334 | Dr. Neal's research focuses on psychological and forensic assessment, particularly the judgment processes experts use to reach their conclusions in criminal, civil, and family law contexts. Her work examines how experts reason through evidence and make decisions, including how bias affects — and can be corrected in — those judgments. She also studies the validity of psychological assessment instruments and expert testimony in legal contexts, as well as broader questions of metascience and the nature of expertise. |
| Professor STE B79 | Dr. Nelson's research interests are in pediatric psychology. Specifically, his work focuses on the intersection between health and behavior with an emphasis on health promotion in children and adolescents. Lab website: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (DCN) Lab |
| Professor Burnett Hall 337 | Dr. Scalora is currently performing research in a variety of areas related to targeted violence and threat assessment. This research continues to involve collaboration with state and federal agencies. Lab website: Targeted Violence Research Team |