The Psychology Internship Program is led by Co-Directors, Tina Goldstein, PhD and Michele Levine, PhD. Administrative support is provided by Latoya Snipes.
Dr. Goldstein is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She also serves as the Director of the NIMH-funded postdoctoral training program for clinical psychologists, Director of Psychotherapy Training in Pediatric Mood Disorders, and Co-Director of the Services for Teens at Risk (STAR) Center. 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 2020
Chardee Galan
Interests: The etiology, sequelae and treatment of disruptive behavior problems..
Aliona Tsypes
Interests: Combining cognitive, behavioral and neural approaches to understanding suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Salome Vanwoerden
Interests: Understanding the development of personality pathology.
Colin Vize
Interests: Using advanced statistical methods to examine personality, impulsivity and substance use problems.
Joseph Wonderlich
Interests: The role of neurobiological mechanisms underlying impulsive behavior in transdiagnostic populations