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 researcher and leads Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) groups for individuals with social anxiety. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Temple University under the direction of Richard Heimberg and her Clinical Psychology Internship at the Palo Alto VA. Currently she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Palo Alto VA specializing in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She is interested in studying the neural, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral changes among socially anxious individuals that occur as a result of CBT and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, as well as how these treatments enhance various cognitive regulation abilities. Additionally, her clinical research interests include the role of imagery,interpretation, and memory 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.

Caitlin Burnham

Caitlin is a research assistant in the lab. She studied Psychology and Religion as an undergraduate at UC San Diego, and is currently pursuing her Master's in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University. Caitlin is also a Zen practitioner and student at San Francisco Zen Center. She is interested in mindfulness meditation as a strategy for emotion regulation.

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.

Ashleigh Golden, M.S.

Ashleigh is a research assistant in the lab and is currently a Psy.D. candidate at the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium.  Ashleigh is interested in evidence-based treatments for social anxiety disorder and other anxiety disorders.  She is writing a treatment manual for her dissertation combining shame-attacking exposure exercises with principles from ACT. 

Raquel Miller, B.A.

Raquel is a research assistant in the lab. 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. 

Alexandra Daivdson

Alexandra is a research assistant in the lab. She is currently a doctoral graduate student at the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium.
Alexandra's clinical research interests include cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based treatments for anxiety disorders. Specifically,
she is interested in studying the efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for
patients with social anxiety disorder.

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.