{"id":8,"date":"2025-03-19T11:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/stress\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:23:03","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/stress\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/nicole-weiss\/\">Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-tabs-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-tabs  \">\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Current Students<\/h1>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Research Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/alana-egan\/\">Alana Egan<\/a> (Major Professor: Weiss)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/diana-ho\/\">Diana Ho<\/a> (Major Professor: Weiss)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/reina-kiefer\/\">Reina Kiefer<\/a> (Major Professor: Weiss)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/noam-newberger\/\">Noam Newberger<\/a> (Major Professor: Weiss)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/kathryn-price\/\">Kathryn Price<\/a> (Major Professor: Weiss)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/catherine-trinh\/\" data-type=\"people\" data-id=\"11311\">Catherine Trinh<\/a> (Major Professor: Weiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Research Assistant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Krzysztof Chorzepa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Research Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kasey Fiore-Chettiar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olivia Moffat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julia Shirvan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rory Araby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cathryn Charpentier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donna Daly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olivia Martin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ava Orabona<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maddi Stover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Research Staff<\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/alyssa-avila\/\">Alyssa Avila<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/natalie-chasten\/\">Natalie Chasten<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/ben-katz\/\">Ben Katz<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/ryan-koch\/\">Ryan Koch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/ben-seebold\/\">Ben Seebold<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/dominique-sheldon\/\">Dominique Sheldon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/christina-vivona\/\">Christina Vivona<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Former Students<\/h1>\n\n<p><strong>Alexa M. Raudales, Ph.D.&nbsp;(2025)<\/strong><br>Dissertation:&nbsp;Opioid Use and Acute Suicide Risk: The Real-time Influence of Trauma Context (NIDA Diversity F31)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Current Position:<\/em>&nbsp;T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Consortium for Research Innovation in Suicide Prevention&nbsp;(CRISP), Warren Alpert Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emmanuel D. Thomas, Ph.D.&nbsp;(2025)<\/strong><br>Dissertation:&nbsp;Micro-longitudinal Examination of the Association between Depression and Alcohol Use among Black Adults: Risk and Protective Factors&nbsp; (NIAAA Diversity F31)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Current Position:<\/em>&nbsp;Endowed Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellowship&nbsp;in Traumatic Stress and Addiction, Center of Alcohol &amp; Substance Use Studies (CAS), Rutgers University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silvi C. 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