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MEET OUR TEAM

Our lab is led by Kate Brody Nooner, PhD and her team of carefully trained graduate and undergraduate students.

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PhD & MS Students

Meet our TRLab doctoral and master's students!

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Tamera Treadwell

Doctoral Student

Tamera Treadwell, B.A., is a fifth-year doctoral student in the General Clinical PhD program with the Department of Psychology program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She coordinates the Adolescent Resilience study examining alcohol use, childhood trauma, and brain function with EEG. She completed her bachelor's degree at UNCW performing concussion assessments and examining traumatic brain injury. 

Tamera successfully defended her PhD dissertation and is on her APA approved internship at the Louisville KY Veteran Affairs Hospital.

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Lainey Butler

Doctoral Student

Lainey Butler, B.A., is a fourth-year doctoral student in the General Clinical PhD program with the Department of Psychology at UNCW. She coordinates the Adolescent Resilience study examining alcohol use, childhood trauma, and brain function with EEG under the supervision of Dr. Nooner. She completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at North Carolina State University while working in the lab of Dr. Halberstadt examining how teacher affect the emotional development of their students. She also worked in the lab of Dr. Norwalk examining how to better support foster families with children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Her interests include suicidality, childhood trauma, and substance use.

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Mary Milo Woodley

Doctoral Student

Mary Milo Woodley, B.A, is a third-year doctoral student in the General Clinical PhD program in the Department of Psychology at UNCW. She is working on the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) under the supervision of Dr. Nooner. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in neuroscience at UNCW while working in the Aging, Cognition, and Training Lab under Dr. Toth and Dr. Daniels. Her research interests include substance use, trauma, resilience, and neurodevelopment.

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Sophie Majerske

Doctoral Student

Sophie Majerske B.A., is a first-year doctoral student in the General Clinical PhD program in the Department of Psychology at UNCW. She is working on the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) under the supervision of Dr. Nooner. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in nutrition at the University of Vermont. Her research interest include childhood trauma, substance abuse, neurodevelopment, and social support.

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Sophia Laney

Master's Student

Sophia Lainey, B.A., is a second-year master's student in the Psychological Sciences master's program in the Department of Psychology at UNCW. She completed her bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in neuroscience at New College of Florida while working in Dr. Casto's lab. Her research interests include childhood adverse experiences and the intersection of the menstrual cycle and mental health.

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Alyssa Gourdin

Master's Student

Alyssa Gourdin, B.A., is a first-year master's student in the Psychological Sciences master's program in the Department of Psychology at UNCW. She completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at Clemson University. She is working on the NIH-NIAAA funded R15 project, Biomarkers of Binge Drinking in Maltreated Adolescence, with Dr. Nooner.

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Directed Individual Study Undergraduate Students

2023-2024

Madeline Baker, Grace Dolaher, Madilyn Dumbrowski, Alexis Hosseini, Gabriela Pleasants, Ava Stallings, Staley Temple, Mikayla Williams

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Undergraduate Honors & FYRE Students

2023-2024

Grace Dolaher, Alexis Hosseini, Anna Trejo

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Graduate & Honors Alumni

Doctoral

Zjanya Arwood, PhD 2023

Master's

Taylor-Marie Funchion, Masters 2022

Jocelyn Nichols, Masters 2022, PhD at Idaho State

Ashley Campbell, Masters 2022

Victoria Swaine, Masters 2021, Researcher at Duke University

Jennifer Giordano, Masters 2020, PhD at Florida Atlantic University

Gloria Meiers, Masters 2019, Researcher at Duke University

Ashley Synger, Masters 2018, Researcher at University of Michigan

Tamara Greak, Masters 2017, PhD University of Miami

Lauren Shaefer, Masters 2016, PhD University of Memphis

Kirsten Leaberry, Masters 2015, PhD University of Louisville

Honors

Julie Martin, TRLab Honors Graduate 2022

Christine Johnson, TRLab Honors Graduate 2019

Brianna Biel, TRLab Honors Graduate 2018

Marie Rodriguez, TRLab Honors Graduate 2017

Katie Kerupetski, TRLab Honors Graduate 2016

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