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Madison Corso
mlc486@drexel.edu
Madison graduated in three years with Summa Cum Laude, departmental distinction, honors, and the John Christopher Hartwick scholarship from Hartwick College with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in biology. As an undergraduate student, she worked in the Interventions for Drinking in Emerging Adults (IDEAL) research laboratory under Dr. William Kowalczyk, where she assisted in various studies, the largest centering around binge drinking in the local college population. Using this research, as well as course-related projects, she has traveled to a variety of conferences, including the Eastern Psychological Conference in 2022 and 2023. Madison collaborated with her peers to conduct a research study centering around the media consumption of mass shootings and Roe v. Wade and its subsequent mental health outcomes. She completed her thesis, which centered around unintentional meal missing, intentional meal skipping, and perfectionism. During her time at Hartwick, she also served as a teaching assistant for the introductory to psychology courses and as a peer counselor at the college. Ultimately, Madison plans to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology, likely centering her research around addiction and disorder eating habits.
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Alyssa Giannone
arg349@drexel.edu
Alyssa Giannone is an MS student working under the mentorship of Paakhi Srivastava, Ph.D., and Adrienne Juarascio, Ph.D. She graduated from Binghamton University with a BS in Integrative Neuroscience and received a certificate in Evolutionary Studies. After graduating, she held various research positions at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, working with the NKI-Rockland Sample and Autism Spectrum Research Program. She has also worked as a recovery coach at Clementine Briarcliff Manor. Most recently, she worked as a research assistant at the Center for Integrated Healthcare at the Syracuse VA. Her research interests include eating disorder pathology, how determinants of mental health, health disparities, and contextual risk factors impact relationships with food, disordered eating, and body image. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
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Caroline Martin
cgm67@drexel.edu
Caroline is a first-year Master’s student working under the mentorship of Paakhi Srivastava, Ph.D., and Adrienne Juarascio, Ph.D. She graduated magna cum laude from Franklin and Marshall College in 2022, receiving her BA in psychology. There, she conducted an honors thesis examining the impact of digitally enhanced photos on men’s drive for muscularity and body dissatisfaction. Following graduation, Caroline received a fellowship and moved to Thessaloniki, Greece, to work in student services for ten months. In the future, she aspires to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Her research interests include adolescent eating disorder treatments, body image, and predictors of recovery and relapse, especially in traditionally underrepresented communities.
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Kae Pedersen
kp3277@drexel.edu
Kae is a first year master’s student working under the mentorship of Paakhi Srivastava, Ph.D., and Adrienne Juarascio, Ph.D. She received her B.A. in Honors Psychology from the University of Washington in 2020, where she has been researching contextual behavioral interventions, loneliness, and interpersonal relationships for the past 7 years. Upon graduating, Kae continued to work as a research coordinator at the University of Washington, as well as a full time therapist at the Eating Recovery Center’s Pathlight Mood and Anxiety program. As a therapist, Kae has experience working with adults, children, and adolescents at higher levels of care, including residential and partial hospitalization programs. Kae’s research and clinical interests include adult eating disorder treatments, affect dysregulation, suicidality within ED populations, and identifying treatment outcome predictors.
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Lucy Wetherall
lw854@drexel.edu
Lucy Wetherall is an MS student and research coordinator working under the mentorship of Dr. Stephanie Manasse. In 2022 she graduated summa cum laude from St. Mary's College of California, where she majored in psychology and minored in women's and gender studies. There, she conducted her Senior Honors Thesis on the connection between avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and autism. Her research interests center around eating disorders in youth and eating disorder treatment interventions and efficacy. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
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Katie Worwag
kw3243@drexel.edu
Kate is a master's student working under the mentorship of Dr. Erica LaFata. She grew up in Colorado but chose to study abroad in the Netherlands for her undergraduate degree. In June 2022, she received her BS from the University of Groningen. She also attended Arizona State University as part of her minor in neuroscience. Here, she held a position as an undergraduate research assistant in a Behavioral Neuroscience Lab investigating the effect of stress and depression on spatial memory. This allowed her to deepen her interest in psychology and simultaneously incorporate more biological and neuroscientific approaches as well. She is interested in how these domains might be helpful when looking at food and sugar addiction, mood and eating disorders. In her free time, Kate enjoys hiking, going to the gym, traveling, baking and reading.
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