Please join us in congratulating Sammy Dhaliwal, who was recently awarded a one-year R36 dissertation grant from the NIH, entitled "The role of sleep disturbance in the development of perinatal depression". Her study will examine the role of negative daily stress appraisals, as a pathway through which deficient sleep gives rise to perinatal depression. Sammy's advisor at GW is Dr. Mimi Le, with co-advisor Dr. Daniel Lewin at Children's National Medical Center.
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Samia Ortiz-Hernandez successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Samia Ortiz-Hernandez, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Voices of Low-Income Latinos During the Transition to Parenthood". Her committee included Mimi Le (Chair), Christina Gee, Sandraluz Lara-Cinosomo (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Deborah Perry (Georgetown University), and Cindy Rohrbeck. Samia will also start a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the VA in DC in September. Congrats, Samia!!
Dr. Mimi Le takes over as Director of Clinical Training for Dr. Sherry Molock
We would like to express our gratefulness to Dr. Sherry Molock for serving as the DCT of the Clinical Psychology program for the past 3 years. She has done a wonderful job leading our program! And, please welcome Dr. Mimi Le as our incoming DCT (effective July 1)!
