Graduate Students

About Ezzy Ezzy is a sixth-year doctoral student currently completing her pre-doctoral internship at the Child and Family Guidance Center (CFGC) in Northridge, California. She is currently in the process of completing her dissertation on individual and work-related factors that impact the experience of burnout in psychosocial oncology clinicians. Ezzy originally hails from Washington State, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Eastern Washington University in 2012. She...

David is a first-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology program at CU Denver. David graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychological & Brain Sciences and Sociology. David has spent the past 4 years working in the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center’s Health Disparities and Equity Core and Balls-Berry Lab at Washington University’s Department of Neurology. He contributed to...

Bryan is a second-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...

Austin is a first-year doctoral student in the Clinical Health Psychology program at CU Denver. He completed his undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University, where he studied Medicine, Health, and Society and led cognitive-behavioral support groups in virtual reality for individuals with substance use disorders. After graduating in 2021, Austin worked as a Research Data Associate for the Center for Psychedelic Medicine (CPM) at New York University Langone Health (NYULH). In...

About Catherine Catherine is a third-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...

Tamar is a second-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...