Graduate Students

Ezzy Adolf

Esmeralda "Ezzy" Adolf

Graduate Student
Psychology Department
Ezzy is a fourth year doctoral student at CU Denver in the Clinical Health Program. Ezzy originally hails from Washington State where she received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Eastern Washington University. She received her master’s degree in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology at Boston College and worked at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as a clinical research coordinator, where she was responsible for maintaining and supporting the ongoing research activities...
Emily Bildenbuke, BA

Emily Bilenduke

Graduate Student
Psychology Department
Emily is a fifth-year doctoral student at CU Denver in the Clinical Health Psychology program. Emily graduated from University of Redlands with a BA in Psychology and was a grant coordinator in a primary care clinic focused on cancer prevention. Her research interests include addressing health disparities for individuals from underserved populations, behavioral health integration into medical care, and implementation and dissemination of evidence-based practices. Emily defended her Master’s thesis...
Cate Pappano

Catherine Pappano

Graduate Student
Psychology Department
Catherine is a first-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 from underserved...