Doctoral Students

 

Julia Tager, MS

she/her

6th Year Clinical Psychology Student (on internship)

Research Interests: Coping with pediatric serious illness, pediatric psycho-oncology, palliative care and end of life, bereavement, family relationships in the context of pediatric illnesses.

Julia’s primary research involves investigating experiences of stress, coping, and meaning-making among families of children with medical complexity. Her dissertation focuses on “good parent” beliefs among parents of children with medical complexity.

Office: Pearse 374

Email: jbtager@uwm.edu

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8791-3819

Ansley Kenney, MS

she/her

5th Year Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student

Research Interests: Risk and protective factors involved with family coping and adjustment to pediatric chronic illness across the illness timeline; pediatric palliative care; communication and medical decision-making in the context of pediatric chronic health conditions

Current Projects: Understanding BMT provider perceptions of the role and use of pediatric palliative care, knowledge and perceptions of pediatric palliative care, and the role of palliative care in the BMT population; Examining palliative care interventions among adolescents and young adults with serious illness; Examining psychosocial outcomes among caregivers of children who died from a medical condition or illness; Exploring the experience of adolescents that have a sibling with a chronic illness at the individual and interpersonal level including family communication and identification of stressors and social support

Office: Pearse 374

Email: aekenney@uwm.edu

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0189-7740 

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Mady Johnson, MS

she/her

4th Year Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student

Research Interests: Integrated healthcare systems, psychosocial and emotional outcomes of children experiencing chronic illness; medical communication within complex care settings; eliminating multicultural barriers to medical communication; family dynamics in the context of stress and management of pediatric chronic illness; factors influencing community membership for families navigating chronic illness, and the associated effects on coping/adjustment

Office: Pearse 374

Email: mljohns@uwm.edu

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Lubna Barakat, BS

she/her

3rd Year Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student

Research interests: Adaptable interventions for children from minority backgrounds (religious, ethnic, racial, etc.); childhood trauma and abuse; cultural sensitivity in the mental health field; community and familial factors that influence mental health outcomes for pediatric patients with chronic illnesses

Office: Pearse 374

Email: barakatl@uwm.edu

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Ellie Oslin, BA

she/her/hers
1st Year Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student
Research Interests: Childhood trauma and abuse; External (i.e. finances, lack of child care resourcing) and internal (generational trauma, cultural ideals) stressors/factors impacting the likelihood of caregiver perpetration of abuse; Good Parent Model; Development and implementation of parent-focused interventions aimed at strengthening the parent-child bond and parental knowledge/empathy; Health equity and bias reduction within pediatric healthcare and mental health care; Community-based and qualitative research methods; Experiences of medical ableism among children with severe neurological impairment and their families; Photo-Narratives as a supportive tool for personalization and bias reduction in care practices.
Office: Pearse 374
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