Lab Members
Director – Anthony J. Rosellini, Ph.D.
Dr. Rosellini is the director of the OPAD lab and a Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University’s School of Public Health. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Boston University and subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology at Harvard Medical School. His research leverages clinical psychological and epidemiological data and methods: (i) to identify and understand the emotional and environmental factors that influence the development, persistence, and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders (e.g., personality; emotion regulation; childhood adversities); and (ii) to improve the assessment and classification of anxiety and mood disorders. Research question are often addressed using latent variable and machine learning statistical methods.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Langwerden is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. He holds a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, which he completed while being engaged in public health and health disparities research Florida International University. His scientific interests are within 1) psychopathology classification and assessment, including dimensional approaches to assessment, 2) assessment of systematic and environmental assessments of mental health disparities, and 3) addressing disparities through dissemination and implementation of equitable interventions.Graduate Students
Alexandra (Lexi) Andrea, MPS, M.A.
Lexi is a fifth year Ph.D. student in the clinical psychology program at Boston University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2016 and her MPS in clinical psychological science from the University of Maryland in 2017. Lexi is interested in utilizing statistical methodology to identify and conceptualize cognitive processes related to the risk and maintenance of anxiety disorders and the ways in which these processes interact with other factors to predict treatment outcome.
Christina Galliano, M.A.
Christina is a fifth year Ph.D. student in the clinical psychology program at Boston University. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 2017, where she studied cognitive science with a concentration in neuroscience and minored in bioethics. Christina’s research interests are in statistical methodology, the classification and prediction of psychiatric illness, using affective and cognitive neuroscience techniques to better understand the etiology and course of mood and anxiety disorders, and reward processing.
Research Assistants
Amanda Desmarais, M.A., Research Technician
Amanda Desmarais is a research technician in the OPAD lab who primarily works on the study Neural Markers of Treatment Mechanisms and Prediction of Treatment Outcomes in Social Anxiety. She received her B.S. in Health Studies with a concentration in Health Promotion from the University of Rhode Island in 2020. In 2023, she received her MA in Psychology from Boston University. Her research interests include the mechanisms underlying the development and maintenance of emotional disorders, prevention/early intervention, and the intersection of mental and physical health.
Madison Boschulte, B.S., Research Technician
Madison Boschulte is a Research Technician in the OPAD Lab. She graduated from Northeastern University in 2023 with a B.S. in Psychology, and a double minor in Sociology and Communication Studies. During her undergraduate career, Madison worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, and as a Clinical Research Assistant at the Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis Program at Boston Medical Center. Her research interests include anxiety and mood disorders, adverse childhood experiences, decision-making, and treatment mechanisms and accessibility. Madison plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
Marie Torre, M.A., Research Technician
Marie Torre is a research assistant in the OPAD Lab. She received her B.S. in Psychology and Spanish minor from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2020 and completed her M.A. in Psychology at Boston University in 2022. Prior to working in the OPAD Lab, she worked with a clinical psychologist in Paris learning more about how CBT is used to treat anxiety and related disorders. Her research interests include the prevention and personalized evidence-based treatment of emotional disorders through exploration of mechanisms of change, as well as treatment accessibility for young adults. She intends to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
Undergraduate Volunteers
Soumya Sathe – Volunteer Research Assistant
Susie Pan – Volunteer Research Assistant
Lab Alumni
Nikka Yamin, B. A. – Research Assistant @ MGH
Montiah Norton, B.A. – Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Student @UMass Boston
Julia Zagaroli, B.A. – Research Assistant @ MGH
Grace N. Anderson, B.A. – Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Student @ Fordham University
Sophia Sbi, B.S. – Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Student @ Pacific University
Zhenya Knyazhanskaya, B.S. – Research Assistant @ Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Siyu Liu, B.A. – Research Assistant @ MGH