Sarah A. O. Gray
Dr. Sarah Gray is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Connecticut with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at UConn Health. She earned her B.A. in History from Yale University and completed a post-baccalaureate fellowship in early childhood development and education at the Yale Child Study Center. After teaching for several years, she earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She completed her internship and post-doctoral training in the Early Childhood program at the Yale Child Study Center and was an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tulane University, where she also held a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Dr. Gray’s research examines the developmental consequences of early life adversity, with a specific focus on intergenerational processes. She takes a multilevel approach, integrating narrative, behavioral, and physiological measurement to understand how risk and resilience is transmitted across generations through behavioral and biological pathways, situated in relational and broader social contexts. Ultimately, she seeks to inform prevention and intervention programs that support caregivers to support young children. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NICHD & NIMH), the Brain & Behavior Foundation, and the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Hilary Skov
Hilary is interested in understanding how biological and social factors influence children’s responses to potentially traumatic events, and how parent-child interactions can promote resilience to these stressors. Before joining the University of Connecticut's Clinical Psychology Program, Hilary got her MS in School Psychology from Tulane University and was a member of the Child and Family Lab in New Orleans. Prior to that, she graduated from Emmanuel College in 2015, taught English in Semarang, Indonesia, and worked on research improving school- and clinic-based counseling for children and adolescents in Boston, MA.
Allison Pequet
Allison is interested in how young children exposed to chronic stress and trauma navigate the social world, and how caregivers, teachers and peers influence their social-cognitive development. She is passionate about conducting research through a culturally competent and strength-based lens. Allison graduated from Texas State University in 2018 with a B.A. in Psychology. Before coming to Tulane, she worked on research studying the efficacy of a stress and coping intervention for adolescents in poverty at Pennsylvania State
Claudia Gaebler
Lab Alumni
Victoria Parker: Doctoral student, clinical psychology, University of Toronto
Erin Glackin: Ph.D., Wellspring, Denver, CO
Justin Carreras: Ph.D., Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Hannah Swerbenski: Ph.D., developmental psychology, University of Rochester
Rebecca Lipschutz: Ph.D., clinical psychology, University of Houston, 2023; currently postdoctoral fellow at Grady Trauma Project, Emory University
Elsia Obus: Ph.D., Interactive Discovery Psychological Services, Brooklyn, NY
Chloe Pickett: Ph.D., Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Virgina Hatch: Ph.D., Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Renee Lamoreau: Ph.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Anna Wilson: BS, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Spain
Research Assistants
Samantha Santos, MA
Elizabeth Ruffino
Alayla Salaman
Qinhan Huang
Isabella Grieco
Cynthia Peterson, BA
Research Assistant Alumni
Jada Jones
Kavya Subramaniam
Arielle Morris
Cristina Miles
Kassandra Stoddard
Kelsey Lain
Megan Klecyngier
Caroline Cohen
Lily Donald
Gabby Levine
Sydney Hawkins
Mykal White
Darienne Halle
Ana Acuna, BA