GRADUATE STUDENTS
Caitlin Alka Smith Current degree:
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Pan, D., & Huey, S. (2006, August) One-Session Treatment for Specific
Phobias with Late Adolescent Asian Americans. A symposium presented
at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New
Orleans, LA.
Wood, P., Yeh, M., Pan, D., Lambros, K., McCabe, K., Hough, R. (2005).
Exploring the relationship between race/ethnicity, age of first
school-based services utilization, and age of first specialty mental
health care for at-risk youth. Mental Health Services Research, 7,
185-196.
Lauren Ng
Yale University, BA, Psychology major,magna cum laude
Current degree: M.A. from the University of Southern California,
Research Interests:
Taona Chithambo 1) Therapy outcomes with ethnic minorities, particularly for interventions that are tailored to be culturally responsive. 2) The investigation of methods for enhancing standard therapy treatments to be more efficacious with ethnic minority populations
Presentations:
McDaniel, D., Huey, S.. & Hall, B. Ethnicity and Therapy Process in Multisystemic Therapy. American Psychological Association conference in New Orleans, LA (2006).
McDaniel, D. & Eltz, M. Understanding Resiliency in a Cumulative Risk Context. Society for Research in Child Development meeting in Atlanta, GA (2005).
McDaniel, D. & Eltz, M. Congruence between parental and adolescent relational schemata and impact on behavior. Society for Research in Adolescence biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD (2004).
Project Assistant / Lab Manager
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Undergraduate degree:
Stanford University, B.A., Psychology major, Health and Development Specialization
First year clinical Psychology graduate student at USC
Research Interests:
Community-based interventions focused on the youth-to-adulthood transition, adolescent development in at-risk populations including gang-affiliated youth, juvenile delinquents and foster youth, mentoring processes and effective use of volunteers with at-risk youth.
Interests:
David Pan is a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern
California's clinical psychology program currently on internship at
the Long Beach VA. He received his MA in clinical psychology from USC
in 2006 and his BA in psychology from Stanford University in 2002.
David's research interests include development and evaluation of
culturally adapted interventions for ethnic minority populations. His
research has focused primarily on the treatment of anxiety and mood
disorders through brief and structured intervention. David's interest
in culture and diversity has also led to current work on the effect of
acculturation on treatment outcomes. In addition to his work with Dr.
Huey, David also credits his academic and scientific development to
working with Dr. Laura Carstensen, Dr. Hazel Markus, and Dr. Alana
Conner at Stanford and Dr. May Yeh San Diego State University. He is
grateful to all his mentors for being so generous with their time and
expertise. David enjoys exploring the endless restaurants and
entertainment opportunities that Los Angeles offers and as well as
discovering the next best place to surf along the southern California
coastline.
Huey, S., & Pan, D. (2006). Culture-responsive one-session treatment for Asian Americans: A pilot study. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 43(4), 549-554.
Undergraduate Degree:
Fourth year clinical Psychology doctoral student at USC
Direct and intergenerational effects of trauma, particularly trauma
arising after experiencing war and genocide. Empirical evaluation of
interventions for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder and
other trauma reactions.
Undergraduate Degree: University of Texas at Austin
Current Degree: Second-year clinical science graduate student at USC
Research Interests:
Dawn McDaniel
Research Interests:
The population which I am most interested in is Latino adolescents, particularly those who have been involved in deliquent behavior. I also am interested in treatment outcome and therapy process research.
Schneiderman, J., Arnold, J., McDaniel, D., & Xie, B. Relationship of home environment to health and developmental problems of children in foster care. American Public Health Association in Boston, MA (2006).
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