Title with Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core Co-investigator Your background in academia: Margo Hurlocker is an assistant professor of psychology at UNM. Her research focuses on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of substance use disorder comorbidity, with an emphasis on improving how services are provided in clinical and community settings. She is also a […] Read More
Title with Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core: Graduate Research Assistant Your background in academia: Autumn Sutherland is a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. In short, her research interests revolve around ethnic/racial minorities, body image, obesity, eating disorders, women’s health, and health-promoting […] Read More
Title with Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core Program Planning Manager Your background in academia: Morgan Pettit has served as the FIRST Program Planning Manager since the beginning of the grant in 2022. Her other academic experience is working in the UNM Biology Department from 2015-2017 so she was pleased to return to the university […] Read More
Title with Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core: Co-Lead/Multiple Principal Investigator Your background in academia: Professor Katie Witkiewitz is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions at the University of New Mexico. Her research examines treatment of substance use disorder, with an emphasis on reducing […] Read More
Title with Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core: Graduate Research Assistant Your background in academia: Hayley VanderJagt, M.S., is a graduate student in UNM’s department of Clinical Psychology. Her research and therapeutic endeavors center around body image, intuitive eating, and diet culture. Hayley strongly believes that social institutions are at their strongest when they are […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Leadership team member and co-investigator with the Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core. Your background in academia: Dr. Sanchez-Youngman is an assistant professor at the UNM College of Population Health with expertise in Latinx mental health disparities intervention research, organizational and systems change, and social and health equity policy. She […] Read More
Title with Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core: Graduate research assistant Your background in academia: Naila deCruz-Dixon is PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program with an emphasis in Positive and Diversity/Multicultural Psychology. She earned her B.A. in English and Philosophy from Vassar College and her M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. Her research […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Director and co-lead of the the Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core. Your background in academia: Dr. Julia Fulghum is a professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the College of Arts & Sciences. She served as UNM’s vice president for research and economic development […] Read More
