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 the therapeutic alliance in family therapy and how it is related to treatment outcomes for youth self-harm.
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
Marina is a Master's student in the Clinical Developmental Psychology program. She joined the lab after completing an Honours Bachelor of Health Science and an Honours Bachelor of Applied Psychology in Human Behaviour at McMaster University. Her research focuses on physical activity and anhedonia in youth with a history of depression.
Marina Fonseca
Master's Student
Rostom is a Specialized Honours student who is completing his thesis in the lab. His research focuses on perceptions of sleep treatment among youth with sleep problems and how these differ based on internalizing symptoms and perceived controllability of sleep.
Rostom Avagyan
Honours Thesis Student
Nysa is a Specialized Honours student who is completing her thesis in the lab. Her research focuses on how personality dimensions are related to differences in youth sleep habits.
Nysa Syed
Honours Thesis Student
Mohammad is a Specialized Honours student who is completing his thesis in the lab. His research focuses on physical activity as a predictor of changes in mood in youth.
Mohammad Usmani
Honours Thesis Student
Roksana is a Doctoral student in Psychological Science at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is leading the knowledge translation 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
Research Assistants
Yasmeen completed an Honours degree in Psychology at York University and has experience in multiple labs and hospitals.
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
Volunteers
Ryan is an Honours student in Psychology at York University who will be completing an independent research project on predictors of youth depression symptoms in addition to volunteering in the lab.
Ryan Dias Arrubla
Andrew is an undergraduate student in Psychology at York University.
Andrew Burke
Daniela completed an Honours Bachelor of Life Science at McMaster University and a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences at Western University.
Daniela Carvalho
Daniel completed an Honours thesis in the lab on youth participation in behavioural sleep treatments. He is currently part of a team completing a systematic review of youth adherence and drop out in behavioural sleep treatment studies.
Daniel O'Grady
Remi holds a Master of Social Work and is currently an undergraduate student in Psychology at York.
Remi Ziskind
Aaron is an undergraduate student in Psychology at York University.
Aaron Brown
Christine completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at York University and is currently completing a Master's degree in Psychometrics.
