Hooria Jazaieri, M.A.

Hooria is a researcher in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University and co-facilitates Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) groups for individuals with social anxiety disorder. Hooria joined the lab in June 2008 and is interested in looking at how functional neuroimaging (fMRI) is used to better understand the effects of emotion regulation and brain functioning through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Hooria is particularly interested in emotion regulation, mindfulness, and compassion in clinical populations. In addition to her work at the lab, Hooria does clinical work using CBT and DBT in a private practice providing counseling and therapy in San Jose

Michal Ziv, Ph. D.

Michal completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Haifa in Israel, and is currently a researcher in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. Michal is interested in understanding how different therapeutic interventions, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness based stress reduction, are associated with changes in emotion regulation and emotion regulation related neural activity, in individuals with social anxiety disorder.

Faith Brozovich, Ph. D.

Dr. Brozovich is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY25186) and a research associate in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. Faith completed her Ph.D. at Temple University under the direction of Dr. Richard Heimberg. She did her clinical internship as well as a postdoctoral fellowship specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the Palo Alto Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Health Care System. Faith has more than 5 years of experience treating individuals with anxiety disorders and currently leads Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) groups for individuals with social anxiety. Faith is interested in studying the neural, cognitive, and behavioral changes that occur among socially anxious individuals after receiving CBT, as well as comparing the effects of CBT to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Additionally, her clinical research interests include the role of interpretation and memory biases in the onset and maintenance of anxiety disorders.

Kevin S. Hahn, B.S.

Kevin is a research assistant and is interested in using fMRI to study the brain-basis of emotion regulation, and brain changes that occur with effective treatment.  He is interested in the effects of mindfulness meditation on emotional regulation, attention regulation and executive function.

Krista De Castella

Krista is currently a Fulbright visiting researcher at Stanford and a Ph.B graduate in Psychology from the Australian National University. Her main research interests lie at the intersection of social and clinical psychology, and affective science. She’s particularly interested in implicit self-beliefs and their consequences for clinical treatment, motivation, and emotion regulation.

Raquel Miller, B.A.

Raquel is a research assistant for CAAN. After earning her BA at UC Berkeley, she continued her education at San Francisco State University where she focused on psychological research. Raquel is interested in using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to understand the neurological aspects of anxiety, as well as the effects of clinical interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and exercise. Raquel is also interested in studying attentional biases as a vulnerability factor in social anxiety. In addition to her efforts at the CAAN lab, Raquel works with trauma survivors at San Francisco General Hospital and has a private practice working with individuals diagnosed with anxiety. 

Alicia Ivanhoe , B.A.

Alicia is a research assistant for CAAN. After graduating from UC Davis with a BA in Psychology, Alicia wanted to gain more clinical
experience and is now working full time as a research coordinator at the Stanford/VA Alzheimer’s Center. Alicia is fascinated by the
positive impact of Mindfulness-based interventions on social anxiety and is interested in the neural mechanisms of anxiety and phobic
disorder and how non-invasive treatments such as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Cognitive Behavioral therapy can alter these
mechanisms. Alicia is also interested in the effects of cultivating compassion through training and meditation, to improve emotional regulation and well-being. 

Joan Jou

Joan is a research assistant and psychology trainee in the CAAN Lab. He is also a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University. Joan’s research interests focus on cognitive-affective processes that contribute to the development and maintenance of fear and anxiety as well as mechanisms for treatment change. In particular, he is interested in examining the effect of mindfulness training in emotion regulation and self-referential processing, with special emphasis on social anxiety. Previously in the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory, Joan served as a research assistant for several experimental studies comparing the effectiveness of different strategies for regulating fearful stimuli using behavioral and autonomic methods. 

Cassie Perret

Cassie is a research assistant for CAAN and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree at the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium. She received her B.A. at Santa Clara University and currently works as a Practicum Student Therapist at the Menlo Park VA, providing individual therapy and co-leading a CBT for anxiety group. Her main research interests lie in neurological bases of anxiety disorders, particularly social anxiety, and the effects that cognitive and mindfulness-based therapies have on immediate and long-term symptom improvement. Cassie is also interested in looking into attentional regulation and biases in anxiety disorders.

Mirriam Parrott

Miriam is a research assistant for CAAN and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree at the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium. Miriam is currently a Practicum Student Therapist at the Menlo Park VA and co-leads eating disorder prevention workshops for Stanford students through Stanford’s Healthy Body Image Program.  She’s excited about the clinical relevance of mindfulness-based practices in general and specifically the neurological bases of attention and anxiety. She is also interested in how mindfulness-based practices may be used to enhance performance and pain management in professional and college athletes. 

Our lab has been supported by numerous volunteer research assistants over the years. Although not all are listed here, we acknowledge their hard work and dedication.