Graduate Students

Graduate Students

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Esmeralda "Ezzy" Adolf

PhD Student, 5th Year
Psychology Department
About Ezzy Ezzy is a fifth year doctoral student at CU Denver in the Clinical Health Psychology Program. Ezzy completed her master's thesis titled "Associations Among Psychosocial Distress, Fear of Recurrence, and Quality of Life in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Survivors." She is currently in the process of working on her dissertation and applying to pre-doctoral internships. Ezzy originally hails from Washington State, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology...
Emily Bildenbuke, BA

Emily Bilenduke

PhD Student, 6th Year • On Internship
Psychology Department
Emily is in her final year as a doctoral student and is currently completing her pre-doctoral internship at Rush University Medical Center on the Health Psychology Track. She recently defended her dissertation focused on the impact of a behavioral health intervention on a community-based cardiovascular screening program. Emily defended her Master’s thesis in 2020 which focused on the impacts of breast cancer and chemotherapy on gut microbiome, cognitive functioning, and...
Bryan Contreras Zamora

Bryan Contreras Zamora

PhD Student, 1st Year
Psychology Department
Bryan is a first-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology program at CU Denver. Bryan obtained his associate's degree in Psychology from the Community College of Denver in 2016 and transferred to complete his bachelor of science degree in Psychology from Colorado State University in 2018. Subsequently, he received his master's of arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from CU Denver in 2022. During his master’s program, Bryan...
Cate Pappano

Catherine Pappano

PhD Student, 2nd Year
Psychology Department
About Catherine Catherine is a second-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology Program at CU Denver. Catherine graduated from Loyola University Maryland in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. After graduating, Catherine worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program (CORE) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). At MGH, she contributed to research that focused on reducing health disparities for individuals...
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Tamar Parmet

PhD Student, 1st Year
Psychology Department
Tamar is a first-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology Program at CU Denver. Tamar graduated from Brandeis University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Public Health. She also holds a Master of Social Work Degree from Boston University. Tamar has engaged in clinical research across a variety of disciplines including behavioral neuroscience, biomedical research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, preventative oncology, and psychosocial oncology...