CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-
MANAGEMENT LAB
This page is dedicated to our excellent alumni who have graduated from the CDSM lab.
Lab Alumni
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Carly Solon, MA
Internship: VA NY Harbor Healthcare System Brooklyn Campus
Predoctoral thesis: Polypharmacy is Not Associated with Emotional Distress in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Arielle Gajer Asman, PhD
Upcoming Postdoc: Clinical Health Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY
Internship Position: VA Northport Healthcare System
Dissertation: Relationships with Patient-Related Factors, Illness-Related Factors and Medication Adherence Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Howard Newville, PhD
Research Scientist
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
University of Washington
Postdoctoral Fellowship: NIDA Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
Internship Position: University of California, San Francisco
Dissertation: The Interaction of Active Drug Use and Depression on Antiretroviral Adherence in HIV-Positive Methadone Maintainened Drug Users
Naomi Kane, PhD
Behavioral Medicine and Post-deployment Postdoctoral Fellow
VA New Jersey Health Care System
East Orange, New Jersey
Internship Position: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Dissertation: Perceptions of Diabetes Distress, Neighborhood Disorder, and Health Behaviors in an Urban Sample of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Sarah Fishman, MA
Internship: Greater Hartford Clinical Psychology Consortium/VA Newington
Dissertation: Affective and Symptom Experience in Type 2 Diabetes: An Evaluation of Bidirectionality using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Qualitative Data
Amit Shapira, PhD
Psychology Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Internship Position: VA Northport Healthcare System
Lauren Klayman, PhD
Gabrielle Frackman, PhD
Behavior Health Postdoctoral Fellow
Harbor UCLA
Internship Position: VA Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center (VA LAACC)
Dissertation: Dispositional Hope and Diabetes Self-Management: Exploring the Roles of Agency and Pathways
Victoria Jonas, MA
Internship: VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Manhattan Campus.
Dissertation: The Impact of EMA in Type 2 Diabetes: What can study engagement tell us about self-efficacy, self-management, and emotional wellbeing?
Malki Zughaft-Sears, MA
Upcoming Postdoc: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital Eating and Weight Disorders Program
Internship Position: Bellevue Hospital Center
Dissertation: Cognitive Dysfunction in People with Type 2 Diabetes and Co-morbid Depression
Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow
Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
Internship Position: Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Pediatric Psychology Track
Dissertation: Illness Specific Self-Esteem in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Joslyn Kenowitz, PhD
Deborah Binko, PhD
Postdoctoral Neuropsychology Fellow
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven Campus
Internship Position: VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, Clinical Neuropsychology Track
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Seth Margolis, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital
Lifespan Physician Group, Psychiatry
Clinical Instructor
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sabrina Esbitt, PhD
Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow
Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, Manhattan Campus
Internship Position: VA NY Harbor Healthcare System-Manhattan Campus
Dissertation: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Family History of Diabetes: Implications for Illness Beliefs and Self-Care
Molly Tanenbaum, PhD
Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
Internship Position: Brown Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, Behavioral Medicine Track
Dissertation: Learning What Works: Illness Coherence and Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Management
Rachel Baek, PhD
Postdoctoral Neuropsychology Fellow
Cooper University Hospital
Internship Position: Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth
Dissertation: The Role of Neuropsychological Functioning in Medication Adherence among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Persis Commissariat, PhD
Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow
Joslin Diabetes Center
Harvard Medical School
Internship Position: Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami, Pediatrics Track
Dissertation: The Effect of Illness Identity and Social Relationships on Treatment Adherence in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Abby Batchelder, PhD
Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Francisco
Internship Position: Clinical Psychology Training Program, University of California, San Francisco
Dissertation: Psychosocial syndemic affecting women with and at-risk for HIV in the Bronx
Erica Shreck, PhD
Staff Psychologist
Center for Obesity and Weight Management
Bellevue Hospital
NYU Langone Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System-Manhattan Campus
Internship Position: VA NY Harbor Healthcare System-Manhattan Campus
Dissertation: Risk Perception, Illness Representations and Self-Care Behaviors in Type 2 Diabetes
Havah Schneider PhD
Clinical Psychologist (Primary Care)
Memphis VA Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Clinical Health Psychology Fellow, Memphis VA Medical Center
Internship Position: Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Dissertation: Eating Attitudes, Insulin Adherence, and Diabetes Control in Adults with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Elyse Kupperman Chaifetz, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Private Practice
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Behavioral Associates
Internship Position: Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn Campus
Dissertation: Social Support, Depression and Treatment Adherence Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients