Staff

Katherine Pope is a Licensed Professional Counselor and earned her Master’s Degree from The University of Missouri – St. Louis. At the EEDP, she currently works on the continuation of the PCIT-ED Therapy study and the Early Development of Over-Control Study.  She also is a volunteer group therapist for grief programs in the St. Louis area and has worked with families in pediatric hospice in the past.

Mary Grace is a therapist for families participating in the Parent Child Interaction Therapy – Emotion Development Study. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor who earned a Master’s degree in Counseling and Family Therapy from Saint Louis University. Mary Grace has over 8 years of clinical experience working with children and families in both a research and private practice setting. Her previous research experience includes substance abuse and its prevalence in families. Mary Grace joined the EEDP in February 2008 and has served many roles, including study coordinator for the Preschool Depression Study and as a therapist in earlier phases of PCIT-ED. She also collaborated with Dr. Luby and colleagues in the development of the Parent Child Interaction Therapy-Emotion Development treatment.

Hayley graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology. Her interest in research started as an undergraduate where she worked as a research assistant in Dr. White's Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory. She has always been passionate about working with kids and is currently a medical student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis where she hopes to go onto a career in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In the EEDP she conducts STARK and THRIVE assessments, as well as works on the PED-SI text-mining project.

Ashna graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology: Cognitive Neuroscience and a minor in Children's Studies. She was an undergraduate research assistant in the Cognition and Development Lab and WAVE Lab before joining the EEDP full-time. She now works on both the GLO and NeuCorE+ studies where she conducts fMRI and EEG scans as well as clinical diagnostic interviews.

Becky received a Masters degree in statistics from the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign in 2002. She has worked in the Washington University psychiatry department as a statistical data analyst since 2002. She is responsible for data management and statistical analysis for several of the research studies being conducted in the EEDP.

Aimee graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During her undergraduate degree she helped on several research projects for the psychology department. She moved to Boulder, Colorado to pursue a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Naropa University with a concentration in Nature-Based Transpersonal Counseling.  Aimee has experience in clinical work with addiction and working with children and adults who have severe mental health disorders. At the EEDP, Aimee works on the NOA project with Dr. Gilbert and the THRIVE project with Dr. Luby.