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Current Graduate Students

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CHLOE GILMORE

Chloe is a fourth-year doctoral student in the clinical program. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Redlands in 2019 with a B.A. in psychology. She continued her education at Ball State University where she completed an M.A. in Clinical Psychology and an M.S. in Quantitative Psychology. Her research interests broadly include disparities in healthcare, trauma-informed care, institutional betrayal, and chronic illness. She is currently placed at the Charlotte VA where she conducts evidence-based therapy. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her son and dogs, hiking, kayaking, going to coffee shops, and watching a good Netflix show. 

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GRACE SCHROEDER

Grace is a fourth-year doctoral student in the clinical program. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Psychology and received an MA in Psychology with a Health Psychology emphasis from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests broadly include IPV, family violence, and sexual violence. Specifically, she is interested in promoting health following experiences of violence. She is also interested in how these experiences affect intimate relationships. She is currently placed at the Charlotte VA. In the future, Grace wants to work in academia. In her free time, she loves to spend time dancing, traveling, reading, and spending time with her family and her dogs. 

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CLAIRE JOHNSON

Claire is a second-year doctoral student in the clinical program. She graduated magna cum laude from Sewanee: The University of the South with a B.A. in psychology. Her research interests broadly include healthcare institutional betrayal, the intergenerational transmission of healthcare attitudes and beliefs, health equity, perinatal populations, and trauma-informed care. She prefers community-based participatory research. In her free time, Claire loves spending time with her husband, friends and dog, being outside, trying a new recipe and binging reality tv. 

Affiliate Lab Members

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MOLLY KALESKAS

Molly graduated in 2024 with a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice. She is a post-bac affiliate of the lab and plans on applying to clinical psychology graduate programs. In the future, she would like to look into both victim and offender patterns. 

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PEDRAM RASTEGAR

Pedram is a fourth-year student in the Clinical Psychology Program. Pedram is from Alabama and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham for his B.S. in Psychology.  His research interests include how individuals respond to trauma as well as mental health and trauma experiences among Middle Eastern Muslim Americans. In his spare time, Pedram loves playing basketball, hiking, or watching Netflix. 

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Lin Cai

Lin is a fourth-year student in the UNCC clinical program. Lin graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University magna cum laude in 2023 with a B.A. in psychology. His interests include healthcare inequity, patient-provider relationships, and institutional betrayal effects on health-seeking behavior in various populations, particularly underserved groups. When he has the time, he likes to play tabletop RPGs, read, write, or watch the occasional nature documentary.  

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