The Psychology Internship Program is led by Co-Directors, Tina Goldstein, PhD and Michele Levine, PhD. Administrative support is provided by Elizabeth Fyne.
Dr. Goldstein is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She also serves as the Co-Director of the NIMH-funded postdoctoral training program for clinical psychologists and Director of Psychotherapy Training in Pediatric Mood Disorders. Dr. Goldstein’s clinical and research interests focus on understanding the etiology and treatment for youth with, and at-risk for, mood disorders and suicide, with a particular focus on pediatric bipolar disorder.
Dr. Levine is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on relationships among mood, weight and women's health behaviors. Dr. Levine’s latest research aims to increase our understanding of postpartum depression and preventing postpartum relapse to cigarette smoking, and addressing excessive gestational weight gain. Together with Dr. Goldstein, she co-directs the NIMH-funded postdoctoral training program for clinical psychologists and is involved in the training and clinical supervision of graduate students and other postdoctoral trainees.
Psychology Internship Class of 2019
Katherine Foster
Interests: Alcohol use disorders and the application of advanced statistical modeling to understand the associations between internalizing symptoms and alcohol use problems across the lifespan.
Kathryn Fox
Interests: Risk factors for the onset and maintenance of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors across development.
Caroline Hoyniak
Interests: The neural underpinnings of self-regulatory development in children.
Karen Jakubowski
Interests: The roles of trauma and sleep in the development of cardiovascular disease.
Andrea Wieckowski
Interests: Applying a developmental social neuroscience perspective to understand emotional expression among with autism spectrum disorders.