Brian P. Daly, PhD, is a child psychologist specializing in mental health promotion in schools and global leadership efforts around promoting school mental health. Dr. Daly's work seeks to improve school-based efforts to enhance social and emotional skills, mental health, and academic success. Daly is Professor and Department Head in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. He teaches undergraduate and graduate psychology courses including Pediatric Psychology, Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Child Psychopathology, and Social Psychology. Research conducted in Daly's Pediatric and Child Adolescent Psychology Lab includes evidence-based psychosocial interventions for youth, prevention and resiliency in urban youth, school mental health promotion, global leadership and collaboration around school mental health, and trauma in youth. One of his current research projects involves the delivery and evaluation of an evidence-based socioemotional learning (SEL) prevention program for first and second children in a school-based setting. The goals of this study are to promote positive teacher behavior management techniques and social competence for at-risk young children attending inner-city elementary schools located in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Meghan Butryn received her BS from Cornell University, and her PhD in clinical psychology from Drexel University. She completed her clinical internship at Brown Medical School. Currently she is a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Her primary research interests are behavioral approaches to obesity treatment and prevention; developing a patient navigator approach to obesity treatment; and promoting adherence to dietary guidelines for cancer prevention.

Evan Forman received his BA from Cornell University and his PhD from the University of Rochester. He completed clinical internships and fellowships at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania and the Beck Institute. Currently he serves as professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and WELL Center Director. He has interests in the development, evaluation and dissemination of innovative behavioral and technology-based interventions for health behavior change.

Adrienne Juarascio, PhD, received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD in clinical psychology from Drexel University. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Her research is focused on the identification of factors that maintain eating pathology (e.g. emotion dysregulation, altered reward responsivity, impulsivity) that are inadequately targeted in existing treatment approaches and the development of novel treatment approaches that can better target these maintenance factors.

Dani Arigo received her BS from Drexel University and her PhD in clinical psychology from Syracuse University. She is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Rowan University and holds appointments with the Department of Family Medicine at Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. The overarching goals of her research program are to better understand psychological and social influences on health behaviors such as physical activity and dietary intake, and to effectively harness these influences in digital health behavior change interventions. A critical component of this program is differentiating stable, person-level relations from those that vary within-person (e.g., at the day or moment levels). Her current work focuses on (1) understanding within-person relations between social perceptions and physical activity engagement among midlife women with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease, and (2) tailoring the social features of digital physical activity interventions to meet the needs of this population. She has worked closely with WELL Center investigators on these and related research topics since 2012.

Kristal Lyn Brown, PhD, MSPH, is an assistant professor in the Creative Arts Therapies Department in the College of Nursing and Health Professions; she also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Community Health and Prevention in the Dornsife School of Public Health. By training, Dr. Brown is an interdisciplinary health equity scholar—her work sits at the intersection of stress, obesity, and disordered eating. Dr. Brown graduated from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University with a BS in biology pre-med. She earned her Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, before completing a PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine. Dr. Brown completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine in 2023.

Brandy-Joe Milliron's research focuses on developing community-based nutrition and wellness interventions to prevent and manage chronic disease and improve family caregiver health, with a focus on understudied populations and cancer survivorship. While she has a broad background in obesity prevention and management, her current research explores the ways in which nutrition, wellness and healing behaviors promote healthy disease survivorship and caregiver health. Her research also focuses on designing better nutrition programs by improving our understanding of how people’s interactions with their environment affect their nutrition-related behaviors.

Dr. Ontañón's research focus lies in the intersection of artificial intelligence, computer games, machine learning and case-based reasoning. He has published over 90 scientific articles in these areas. Previous to joining Drexel University, he spent three years at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher, and two years as a researcher at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) in Barcelona, Spain.

Deeptha Sukumar, PhD, joined faculty in the Department of Nutrition Sciences as an assistant professor in September 2013. After completing her initial training in India, she moved to the U.S. and obtained a PhD from Rutgers University. Her doctoral and postdoctoral work largely focused on examining the relationship of obesity and weight reduction with bone metabolism. Her research has been published in several top impact journals such as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Annual Reviews of Nutrition and Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Sukumar is the recipient of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Young Investigator award in 2011.

Zoe Zhang, PhD, is a statistician with interests in neuroimaging data analysis and quantitative research methods including hierarchical models, multivariate analysis, generalized linear models, data mining, and Bayesian modeling. She is particularly passionate about statistical modeling and methodological development for social, behavioral, and biomedical related problems. She obtained her PhD in Statistics at Northwestern University, and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

Lisa Goldberg is the Operations Manager at the WELL Center. With a focus on process improvement and efficiency, she helps the WELL Center run smoothly, allowing researchers to concentrate on their ground-breaking work and fostering the growth of the clinic. Lisa earned her MA in Psychology from the College of William & Mary, conducting research in the Eating Behavior & Child Development Center. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Vermont. Lisa brings a wealth of experience working in eating disorder treatment facilities, including program management at the residential and IOP/PHP levels of care.

Danny Choo-Kang joined the WELL Center as a research coordinator for Charlotte Hagerman, PhD, after graduating from Barnard College with a B.A. in psychology in 2024. As an undergraduate, Danny worked in the Metacognitive Lab at Barnard and the Seaver Autism Center at Mount Sinai, while also conducting independent research on the effects of short-form video platforms on working memory and perceptions of time. In the future, Danny plans to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology and hopes to study technology addiction and promote digital wellness.

Hannah Silverstein is a research coordinator in Dr. Meghan Butryn's lab. She joined the WELL Center in 2024 following her graduation from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Psychology. During her undergrad, Hannah worked in the Clinical Geropsychology Lab, conducting independent projects related to patient-physician communication in palliative care appointments, and exploring the landscape of palliative care in Senegal while studying abroad in the country. She also interned at Weill Cornell through their Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life and helped with projects looking to treat pain related to dialysis. In her senior year, she completed an honors thesis investigating the influence of gender bias in treating and judging fatigue. She is interested in health psychology, with a focus on researching psychosocial interventions to improve the care of those with serious illnesses. Following her time at the WELL center, Hannah intends to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a health focus.

Anna Upman is a research coordinator for Meghan Butryn, Ph.D. She graduated in May 2024 from Loyola University New Orleans magna cum laude with a B.S. in Neuroscience, concentrating in psychology and minoring in public health. As an undergraduate, she worked with Kate Yurgil, Ph.D., in an EEG lab focused on cognitive neuroscience. Additionally, she worked as a behavioral therapist at a school for children with autism. Anna's research interests lie in lifestyle medicine and chronic illnesses, particularly in relation to nutrition. In the future, Anna hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience.