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Clinical Psych Research Lab Members

Allison Coyne

Allison Coyne earned her BA in Psychology from Boston University in 2017. Following graduation, Allison worked at Boston University as a research technician on a clinical trial using d-cycloserine to treat veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War suffering from Gulf War Illness. Allison joined the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Clinical Psychology PhD program in 2019. Her research interests include treatment response, relapse, ADHD in women, and comorbidity in body focused repetitive behavior disorders.

Meghan Flannery

Meghan Flannery earned her BA in Psychology and Writing-Intensive English from Marquette University. During her time at Marquette University, she worked as a research assistant in the Behavior Therapy and Research Lab assisting in studies examining tics and the dissemination of CBIT (Comprehensive Behavior Intervention for Tics), social and culture factors associated with trichotillomania (TTM), personality and parenting styles of parents with TTM-affected children, and the neurological basis for TTM. Meghan joined the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program in 2018. Her current interests include obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, body-focused repetitive disorders, pediatric psychology, and self-identification with mental health disorders.

Jake Gustaveson

Jake Gustaveson earned his BA in Psychology and Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). Prior to starting his PhD at American, Jake worked as a project manager of integrated health programs for the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene and the New York City Health + Hospitals system. Jake's research interests include therapy processes, therapist effects, and clinical practice improvement. 

Zoë Laky

Zoë Laky earned her BA in Psychology from Bryn Mawr College in 2019. Following graduation, she worked at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School as a clinical research coordinator in the Center for OCD & Related Disorders. Zoë joined the Â鶹ÊÓƵ clinical psychology PhD program in 2021. Her research interests include transdiagnostic treatment research on anxiety and fear-based disorders, comorbidity and heterogeneity among internalizing disorders, and multimethod assessment of psychopathology.

Molly Nadel

Prior to joining the Clinical Psychology PhD program in the Fall of 2023, Molly Nadel earned her BA in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross in 2021, where she assisted with research in the Holy Cross OCD Processes and Experimentation (HOPE) Lab. After completing her undergraduate degree, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Home Base, a Massachusetts General Hospital program, where she studied the effectiveness of various integrated treatments for PTSD, substance use, and prolonged grief for veterans and their family members. Molly is broadly interested in treatment outcome research for anxiety and related disorders. She is also interested in transdiagnostic mechanisms and in clinical decision-making — all directed to increase the effectiveness of available interventions.

William Zuckerberg

William Zuckerberg earned his BA in Psychology from Cornell University in 2020 and earned his Master of Applied Psychology degree from Rutgers University in 2022. William completed his undergraduate honors thesis studying judgment and decision-making from a sport psychology lens and completed his Master's capstone literature review on anxiety in esports performance. William joined Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Clinical Psychology MA program in 2023 and is developing his MA thesis, investigating trichotillomania assessment. William's research interests include the assessment and treatment of body-focused repetitive behavior.