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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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Lainey Butler

Doctoral Student

Lainey Butler, B.A., is a fifth-year doctoral student in the General Clinical PhD program with the Department of Psychology at UNCW. She is completing her doctoral internship at the UNC-Chapel Hill Counseling Center and has defended her PhD dissertation on 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 has publications and presentations, including at the American Psychological Association conference in areas including suicidality, childhood trauma, and substance use.

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Mary Milo Woodley

Doctoral Student

Mary Milo Woodley, B.A, is a fourth-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 has presented NCANDA data at the Research Society for Alcohol conference and has several publications. 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 second-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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Alyssa Gourdin

Master's Student

Alyssa Gourdin, 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 at Clemson University. She coordinates the NIH-NIAAA funded R15 project, Biomarkers of Binge Drinking in Maltreated Adolescence, leading a team of graduate and undergraduate students with Dr. Nooner.

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DeMoni Ellis

Master's Student

DeMoni Ellis, B.S., 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 the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Her research interests include psychological health pertaining to marginalized communities, childhood trauma, and substance use. She is working on the NIH-NIAAA funded R15 project, Biomarkers of Binge Drinking in Maltreated Adolescence, under the tutelage of Dr. Nooner. 

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Ibtida Faruque

Master's Student

Ibtida Faruque, B.S., 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, with a concentration in clinical psychology and a minor in childhood studies, at George Mason 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

2024-2025

Hanna Barker, Annamarie Clark, Marissa Detwiler, Hannah Fulcher, Lillie Mayo, Ana Ramirez, Chloey Sande, Laura Westenbarger, Grace Whitt

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Undergraduate Honors & FYRE Students

2024-2025​

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Grace Dolaher, Alexis Hosseini, Ella Ottensman, Anna Trejo

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Graduate & Honors Alumni

Doctoral

Tamara Treadwell, PhD 2024

Zjanya Arwood, PhD 2023

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Master's

Sophia Laney, Masters 2024

Taylor-Marie Funchion, Masters 2022

Jocelyn Nichols, Masters 2022, PhD at Idaho State

Ashley Campbell, Masters 2022

Victoria Swaine, Masters 2021, PhD at Florida State

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

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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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