Meet Our Team
Dr. Madison Aitken is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Developmental Psychology program at York University and a clinical child and adolescent psychologist. Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at York, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a Scientist in the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH, where she remains a Collaborator Scientist.
Lab Director
Staci is a Master's student in the Clinical Developmental Psychology program. She joined the lab after completing an Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Western University. Her research focuses on general and specific aspects of child mental health problems and how these are related to differences in parenting behaviours.
Current Students
Staci Berman
Master's Student
Nour is a Master's student in the Clinical Developmental Psychology program. She joined the lab after completing an Honours Bachelor of Psychology at Concordia University. Her research focuses on positive and negative emotions experienced during parent-youth interactions and how these are related to well-being and relationship quality over time.
Nour-El-Houda Rarrbo
Master's Student
Liana is a Specialized Honours student who is completing her thesis in the lab. Her thesis research focuses on how different feature of sleep habits, such as sleep hygiene, sleep procrastination, nighttime anxiety, and chronotype, may be related to youth readiness to change their sleep patterns.
Liana Coutinho
Honours Thesis Student
Daniel is a Specialized Honours student who is completing his thesis in the lab. His thesis research involves a systematic review of clinical trials of behavioural sleep treatments for adolescents with a focus on rates of youth participation, treatment completion, attendance, and follow-through with suggested behaviour changes.
Daniel O'Grady
Honours Thesis Student
Roksana is a Doctoral student in Psychological Science at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is leading the knowledge translation efforts for our CIHR-funded study on Risk and Protective Factors for Kids' Mental Health as we Emerge from COVID.
Roksana Dobrin-De Grace
Research Practicum Student
Mohammad is a Specialized Honours student who is completing his thesis in the lab. Mohammad joined the lab as a volunteer research assistant in 2023 and continues to assist with various research projects. His thesis research focuses on the acceptability of different treatment approaches for anxiety in young people.
Mohammad Usmani
Honours Thesis Student
Research Assistants
Yasmeen is an undergraduate student in Psychology at York University.
Yasmeen Aldouri
Research Coordinator
Clizia is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. She is part of the data collection team for the Texting with Caregivers study.
Clizia Martini
Research Assistant
Ivy is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. She is part of the data collection team for the Texting with Caregivers study.
Ivy Zhang
Research Assistant
Daniela completed an Honours Bachelor of Life Science at McMaster University. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences at Western University.
Volunteers
Daniela Carvalho
Christine completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at York University.
Christine Kim
Ryan is an Honours student in Psychology at York University.
