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Vee Li

Vee is a 5th year Clinical Psychology PsyD student. Vee attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Their current clinical interests include ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ mental health. Currently, they work with veterans at the Loma Linda VA. Their research is focused on implicit bias among medical students, particularly their perceptions of the impact of their biases on patient-provider interactions and what actions they plan to take in future clinical interactions.

Doctoral Student  

Tiffany Gomez

Tiffany is a 5th year Clinical Psychology PsyD student. She received her B.A. in Psychology from UC Riverside. Her clinical interests include primary care psychology, health disparities, women’s health, and finding ways to enhance patient-provider communication. She is passionate about providing culturally sensitive care to underserved communities, including Spanish-speaking Latino patients. For her doctoral project, she developed a culturally- relevant, community health worker-led patient-activation manual for Latin American patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Through this manual, Tiffany hopes to empower patients with the communication skills to play a more active role in managing their diabetes and in developing treatment plans with their providers. 

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Amanda Feigin

Amanda is a 4th year Clinical Psychology PsyD student at Loma Linda University. She received her B.A. in Psychology at Macalester College. Her research interests including health and cultural psychology, health disparities, implicit bias, and therapeutic boundaries. She successfully defended her doctoral project titled, "Medical Students' Reactions to their Implicit Association Test Results," in the spring of 2024.  Amanda's clinical interests include working within an integrated care setting providing long-term therapy and neuropsychological assessments to diverse adult populations.

Doctoral Student  

Alena DeVaughn

Alena is a 3rd year Clinical Psychology PsyD student. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University with a minor in Sociology. Alena’s research interests include implicit bias and racial disparities in healthcare treatment. Relatedly, her clinical interests broadly include the treatment of women and youth of color. Alena plans on applying her background in clinical psychology and the social sciences within primary healthcare settings. She is currently preparing to work with OCD and Anxiety patient populations. Furthermore, she is a Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program Scholar (4P).

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Ava Hosseini

Ava is a 3rd year Clinical Psychology PsyD student. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests include examining how psychological processes and culture impact health outcomes. Her doctoral project examines how healthcare trainees’ attribution-based cognitions, emotions, and clinical behaviors are influenced by patient socioeconomic status (SES) and their causal explanations for poor diabetes self-care.  Clinically, Ava is interested in examining health outcomes among individuals who have faced traumatic experiences and exploring resilience within diverse and underserved populations. Furthermore, she is a Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program Scholar (4P).

Doctoral Student  

Jocelyn Thapa Saru

Jocelyn is a 3rd year Clinical Psychology PhD student. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Pacific Union college. Her current doctoral research is centered around protective cultural mechanisms, psychological processes, and treatment adherence outcomes related to Type 2 Diabetes. She is interested in health research centered around biopsychosocial factors, health disparities, social determinants of health, protective factors and how these variables may interact among one another to impact patient and provider outcomes. Clinically, she is interested in serving diverse populations utilizing her specialty training in Health Psychology. Overall, she is passionate about examining the application of Social-Cultural Psychology within primary healthcare environments. Jocelyn is a Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program Scholar (4P).

Doctoral Student  

Rosalva Mejia

Rosalva ("Rosie") is a 3rd year Clinical Psychology PhD student earning a double concentration in health/primary psychology and religion/spirituality. She earned her B.A from UCLA in Linguistics/Psychology, with a double minor in Cognitive Science and Spanish. She earned her M.S. in Psychology at Palo Alto University. Her research interests include understanding protective cultural factors for health outcomes in older Latin American/Hispanic populations, the effect of psychological resilience on mental health, and understanding the benefits of holistic approaches to health for ethnic minority populations. Rosie is an APA Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship fellow and a Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program Scholar (4P).

Doctoral Student  

Kathy Lee

Kathy is a 2nd year Clinical Psychology PsyD student specializing in Health Psychology. She received her B.A. in political science from UCLA and her M.S. in marriage and family therapy from USC. She has clinical experience with individuals who have been impacted by cancer. Her clinical interests broadly include improving health outcomes through culturally attuned, strengths-based care. Furthermore, Kathy is a Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program Scholar (4P)

Doctoral Student  

Erica Sauro

Erica is a 2nd year Clinical Psychology PsyD student specializing in Health Psychology. She earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles and her M.A. in Psychology from Pepperdine University. Her clinical interests broadly include primary care psychology and integrated healthcare. Her research interests include examining how cultural and psychological factors impact health outcomes in individuals with chronic illness. Furthermore, Erica is a Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program Scholar (4P)

Doctoral Student  

Ryan Pollard

Ryan is a 2nd year Clinical Psychology PsyD student. He earned his B.S. in Psychology from Grand Canyon University. His current research interest include examining cultural competence and its impact on health disparities and disease outcomes. He is also interested in examining the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and disease severity. His clinical interest involve working with ethnic minorities and at-risk populations in a primary healthcare setting. In all, Ryan intends to utilize a social and cultural psychology framework to improve patient health.

Doctoral Student  

Jessica Gonzalez

Jessica is a 1st year Clinical Psychology PhD student. She received her B.A. in Psychology from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her research interests are influenced by the importance of socio-ecological and intersectionality frameworks that examine how diverse environments and intersecting identities within racial and minority communities influence perceptions of mental health and help-seeking behaviors. Her research interests also focus on finding ways to create programs that address implicit bias, reduce health disparities, and increase cultural competency among professionals in both mental health and medical fields. Her long-term vision is to develop culturally relevant, evidence-based treatments that enhance mental health and medical outcomes for underrepresented and marginalized populations. 

Doctoral Student  

Holy Rizk

Holy is a 1st year Clinical Psychology PsyD student at Loma Linda University. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside, with a minor in Law and Society. Holy's current research interests focus on how cultural influences shape relationship dynamics and overall health, alongside investigating the intricate link between mental and physiological health. She is particularly passionate about understanding how mental health challenges can lead to chronic illnesses and, conversely, how chronic conditions affect mental well-being. Her clinical focus emphasizes holistic health by addressing mental, emotional, and physical dimensions to enhance overall health outcomes and foster resilience within diverse communities.