Lab Director
Elizabeth A. Martin, PhD (emartin8 @ uci.edu)
Professor, Department of Psychology
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
I received my B.A. from the College of New Jersey (2004, summa cum laude), MLA from the University of Pennsylvania (2006), and Ph.D. from the University of Missouri (2013, Clinical Psychology). I completed my predoctoral internship at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, followed by a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh. My research has primarily focused on emotional and social functioning of individuals across the continuum of psychopathology, with a special focus on the psychosis spectrum (e.g., individuals experiencing social anhedonia, hallucinations, or delusions). Relatedly, I am interested in the interplay between affective and social processes with cognitive processes. In order to gain a clearer understanding of underlying mechanisms of (dys)functioning, I use a multi-method approach in most studies and employ a variety of techniques (e.g., self-reports, behavioral tasks, EEG, EMG).
I am also interested in the assessment and classification of psychopathology. I am on the Executive Committee of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium and am co-Chair of HiTOP’s Neurobiological Foundations Workgroup.
PhD Students
Madeline Snyder, 5th year, Clinical Psychology area (snyderme @ uci.edu)
I received a B.S. in Cognitive Science (specializing in Neuroscience) and a minor in Psychology from UC San Diego. Prior to attending graduate school at UC Irvine, I worked in the Systems Neuroscience Lab and in the Collaboratory for NeuroImaging Research and Development at UC San Diego. My research interests include investigating the developmental trajectories of psychosis-spectrum symptoms and the relations of these trajectories with emotional, social, and cognitive functioning. I aim to use various methods (e.g., EMA, EEG, fMRI) to study both risk and protective factors for psychopathology.
Jennifer Blank, 4th year, Clinical Psychology area (jmblank @ uci.edu)
I received my B.A. in Psychology and English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), where I worked in the Serious Mental Illness Research Group. Following this I worked in the Supporting Psychosis Innovation through Research, Implementation, and Training Lab at the University of Washington for three years. My research interests include exploring the interplay between emotion, social functioning, and metacognition in individuals at risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders vs. control populations. I am also interested in exploring how stigma may interact with these factors and contribute to distress in at-risk populations.
Alexandra O’Neill, 1st year, Clinical Psychology area (agoneill @ uci.edu)
I earned my B.S. in Psychology and Mathematics from Manhattan College, where I worked in the Mathematics of Medical Imaging Laboratory and the Jayawickreme Trauma Research Laboratory. Following, I worked in the Division of Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation at Massachusetts General Hospital for three years, studying the neurological underpinnings of cognitive impairment in psychosis-spectrum populations. My research interests center on using neuroimaging to investigate the neural basis of cognitive, emotional, and social dysfunction in psychosis-spectrum disorders, as well as understanding how societal and social factors shape patient outcomes.
Lab Managers
Haylie Fink (hfink @ uci.edu) Xieyu Tang (xieyut @ uci.edu)
Graduate Alumni
Kamalakannan (Kannan) Vijayakumar, PhD – Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine
Jocelyn Lai, PhD – Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
Lilian Y. Li, PhD – Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Psychiatry, Northwestern University
Melody M. Moore PhD – Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Psychology, Baylor University
Ka Man (Christie) Fung, PhD
Mayan K. Castro, M.A.
Emily J. Urban-Wojcik, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Fall 2023 BEAN Lab grads and post-baccs
Fall 2022 BEAN Lab grads
Fall 2019 BEAN Lab grads
Fall 2017 BEAN Lab grads
