Who We Are

Columbia – NYSPI Faculty and Researchers

  • Eyal Abraham, PhD (Early Behavioral Development)

    • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)

  • Christoph Anacker, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)

  • Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD

    • Leon Hess Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Epidemiology

  • Maya Deyssenroth, DrPH

    • Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

  • Jay Gingrich, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Developmental Psychology (in Psychiatry) at CUMC
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  • Ying Liu, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Clinical Biostatistics, CUIMC (Biostatistics and Machine Learning)

  • Claudia Lugo-Candelas, MS, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
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  • Catherine Monk, PHD

    • Diana Vagelos Professor of Women’s Mental Health in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at CUMC
    • Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at CUMC
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  • Lillian Pollanco-Roman, PhD

    • Assistant Professor, The New School (Developmental Mental Health Disparities)

  • Diddier Prada, PhD

    • Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences

  • David C. Saunders, MD, PhD

    • Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
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  • Pamela Scorza, ScD, MPH

    • Assistant Professor of Reproductive Sciences (in Obstetrics and Gynecology) at CUMC
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  • Marisa N Spann, PhD

    • Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
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  • Tamara J. Sussman, PhD

    • Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
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  • Ardesheer Talati, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)
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  • J. Blake Turner, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (in Psychiatry) at CUMC
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  • Chiaying Wei, PhD (Evidence-Based Treatments in Childhood and Parental Psychopathology)

    • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)

  • Myrna Weissman, PhD

    • Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor of Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)
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Collaborators

  • Sintia Belangero, PhD

    • Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

  • Ricardo Bertolla, DVM, PhD

    • Universidade Federal de São Paulo

  • Glorisa Canino, PhD

    • Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico

  • Todd Everson, PhD, MPH

    • Emory University

  • Ruth Feldman, PhD

    • Professor of Developmental Social Neuroscience, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia

  • Marjorine Henriquez-Castillo, PhD

    • Assistant Professor, Lehman College

  • Andrea Jackowski, PhD

    • Universidade Federal de São Paulo

  • Jonathan Posner, MD

    • Duke University

  • Maria Ramos-Olazagasti, PhD

    • Child Trends

  • Ivaldo Silva, MD, PhD

    • Department of Gynecological and Reproductive Endocrinology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

  • Shakira Suglia, MS, ScD

    • Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

  • Yun Wang, PhD

    • Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University

  • Dorilys Vila, MS

    • Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico

Program Administrators

  • Tenneill Murray, MPH, MS

Trainees

  • Tre Gissandaner, PhD

    • Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Camila Goldner Perez, MD, MPH

  • Mariely Hernandez, PhD

    • Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Mateus Mazzafero, BS

    • Masters Student

  • Raquel McDaniel, BS

  • Sara VanBronkhorst, MD, PhD

    • Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Albert Wakhloo, BA