People
The "LEED"-ERS
Johanna Bick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Laboratory of Early Experience and Development (LEED)
Clinical Psychology
Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Ph.D., University of Delaware
jrbick@uh.edu
Dr. Johanna Bick is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University
of Houston. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Delaware
in 2011. She then completed research fellowships at the Yale Child Study Center and
the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical
School, prior to coming to UH in the fall of 2016.
Kelly Barry
Graduate Student
Kelly is a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program, on the Child and Family track. Her research focuses on understanding how experiences of stress impact brain development during sensitive developmental periods. She is particularly interested in identifying neuroendocrine and cognitive processes that confer risk for psychopathology. Before coming to UH, she received her masters' degree in clinical research methodology from Fordham University and bachelor's degree from Clemson University.
Haley Laughlin
Graduate Student
Haley is a first-year doctoral student in the Developmental, Cognitive, and Behavioral Neuroscience program at the University of Houston. She graduated from University of Iowa in 2020 with a bachelors degree in Psychology and a certificate in writing. After graduation, she worked as a lab manager in a developmental neurocognition lab at the University of Iowa for two years. During those two years, she also served as the University of Iowa's fNIRS technician. Her research interests include investigating the sources of individual variability of outcomes in children who experience stress and adversity. In her free time, she enjoys concerts, reading, and exploring the Houston area.
Josh Litwin
Graduate Student
Josh is a doctoral student in the Child Clinical Psychology program. He spent a year researching neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease at Boston Children’s Hospital. Josh’s research interests involve using neuroimaging methods to better understand the relationships between environmental risk factors and cognitive outcomes.
Marguerite Knudston
Graduate Student
Marguerite’s research interests include examining the effects of early life adversity on children’s emotion regulation and behavioral outcomes through effects on neurodevelopment, and identifying family environment factors that contribute to resiliency.
Brookelyn Mayfield
Graduate Student
Brookelyn is a doctoral student in the DCBN program. Her research interests include the use of neuroimaging to understand risk factors’ manifestations in behavior. She hopes to later apply what she learns to trauma and developmentally originating disorders while simultaneously applying grit, resilience, and beneficial experiences.
Current UH research assistants
- Ifrah Ahmad
- Jonas Amaya
- Drew Cash
- Leslie Gonzalez
- Rinijhini Hatty
- Ashlie Mai
- Jana Saidy
Alumni & Former Students
Former Graduate Students:
- Livia Merrill, Ph.D.
- Xinge Li, Ph.D.
- Shutian Shen
- Rebecca Lipshutz, Ph.D.
- Brian Biekman
- Parsa Taheri
Former Staff:
- Anna Galvan
- Andrea Ortiz Jimenez
- Maya Flores
- April Aragon
- Leslie Perez
- Deja Hatcher
- Juan Pablo Guardia
- Mariana Ramos- Celedon
- Ashley Acuna
- Megan Chan
- Laura Delgado
- Miranda Dominguez
- Marie Douge
- Mikayla Gilliam
- Natalie Hosseini
- Maya Ibrahim
- Maiah Jackson
- Kate Koontz
- Hana Mohamad
- Nesreen Mattar
- Ainash Montgomery
- Oluwashina Ojo
- Emmanuel Oketunmbi
- Camila Quintero
- Catherine Ramos