Research Team
Director
Graduate Students
Research Assistants
Affiliated Members
V. Robin Weersing, Ph.D.
Shelly Gonzalez
Alex Jashinsky
Erin Warnick, Ph.D.
Michelle Rozenman
Melanie Dirks, M. Phil.
 
V. Robin Weersing, Director
Robin Weersing photo

Assistant Professor
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
6363 Alvarado Ct., Ste. 103
San Diego, CA 92120-4913

E-Mail: rweersin@sciences.sdsu.edu
Office Phone: (619) 594-8901
Lab Phone: (619) 594-8892

Education and Training
  • Ph.D., University of California , Los Angeles , Psychology, 2000.
  • M.A., University of California , Los Angeles , Psychology, 1995.
  • B.A., Linfield College , Psychology, 1993.
Honors and Awards
  • Faculty Scholar, William T. Grant Foundation, 2004-2009.
  • Beck Scholar, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2005-2006.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Youth Depression, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, 2002-2004.
  • Michael J. Goldstein Distinguished Dissertation Award in Clinical Psychology, UCLA, 2000.
  • Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award, NIMH, 1997-1999.
  • Pauley Fellowship, Pauley Family Foundation, UCLA, 1994-1998.
  • University Fellowship, Psychology Department, UCLA, 1994-1995.
Research Interests
Research Projects
Selected Publications
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Shelly Gonzalez, Graduate Student
Fourth Year Doctoral Student
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology

Email: arg001@ucsd.edu
Lab phone: (619) 594-8898
Research Projects
I am broadly interested in examining factors that may impact treatment outcome among youth receiving psychotherapy for anxiety disorders. Such factors include family environment, cultural beliefs, symptom severity, and comorbid diagnoses, particularly depression. An important intermediate step is to understand how these factors may impact attrition and engagement in treatment.  The focus of my second-year project is to examine predictors of treatment dropout in a sample of internalizing youth receiving care in an outpatient, urban community mental health clinic.  Results may have important implications from both a public health and theoretical perspective; examining ways to decrease attrition rates may contribute to an overarching goal of improving treatment outcome for anxious and depressed youth.
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Michelle Rozenman, Graduate Student
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Third Year Doctoral Student
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology

Email: mrozenma@ucsd.edu
Lab phone: (619) 594-8898
Research Interests

My research interests include the identification of risk factors to anxiety in children and adolescents, as well as the dissemination of effective treatment. Additionally, I have become increasingly  interested in the development of treatments for youth with comorbid  diagnoses, as such children often require more intensive, specialized  treatment, and have more difficulty making and maintaining treatment gains.

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Alex Jashinsky, Senior Research Assistant
Alex

Senior Research Assistant
Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Program


Email: aljashin23@aim.com

Lab phone: 619-594-8892

Research Projects

My honors thesis examined the factors that predict therapist use of family therapy techniques in a large, urban community mental health center.

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Johanna Meillon, Research Assistant

Research Assistant
Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Program


Email: j.a.meillon@gmail.com

Lab phone: 619-594-8892

Research Projects

My research interests are in child anxiety and depressive disorders and factors that influence the use of mental health services, as well as mental health outcomes for these youth. I am very interested in anxiety and depression because research shows that many afflicted youth do not receive services and such problems tend to continue into adulthood, presumably causing distress and impairment. My past research focused on the use of school-based mental health services by families of anxious youth, as well as treatment barriers to receipt of these services. I hope to examine such factors in the future, as additional investigations in barriers to receipt of treatment may lead to reduction in barriers and increase in parental engagement in services. I am also interested in learning more about the effectiveness of treatment (such as CBT) in primary care and school settings, two less conventional avenues that may help make services more accessible.

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Allison Roberts, Research Assistant

Research Assistant
Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Program


Email: aroberts2123@gmail.com

Lab phone: 619-594-8892

Research Projects

I am broadly interested in child and adolescent development. Specifically, my interests include the genetic and environmental factors during these years that contribute to the development and progression of mood and personality disorders. In the future, I hope to perform research that examines the effectiveness of different treatment types on such disorders.

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Affiliated Members

Erin Warnick, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic for Children
Yale University Child Study Center
Email: erin.warnick@yale.edu

Melanie Dirks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
McGill University
Email: melanie.dirks@mcgill.ca

ChAAMP Alumni

Laura Skriner, Graduate Student, Rutgers University

Kestrel Homer , Graduate Student, Missouri University

Andres De Los Reyes, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

Jenna McKenney, BA Psychology, San Diego State University

Melanie Dirks, Assistant Professor, McGill University

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