Rosanna Breaux, PhD
Director
Dr. Breaux (she/her) is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. She did her undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University and received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In her free time, Dr. Breaux enjoys spending time with her twin girls, playing board games, hiking, cooking, traveling, dancing, and playing with her golden retriever, Eevee. Dr. Breaux's research focuses on the emotional and social functioning of children and adolescents, particularly those with ADHD. In particular, her research focuses on emotion regulation development, and understanding the role parents and the environmental context play in shaping children and adolescent's social and emotional development. Additionally, Dr. Breaux is working to evaluate and disseminate the RELAX intervention which targets emotion dysregulation and interpersonal conflict among adolescents and their parents.
Annah Cash
Graduate Student
Annah Cash (she/her) is a graduate student in the Clinical Science doctoral program at Virginia Tech. In 2018 she graduated from Belhaven University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. During her post-baccalaureate time she was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer internship at Ohio University. Then went on to become a Researcher III at the University of MS Medical Center where she worked on federally funded grants that helped establish a continuum of care that spanned from the NICU to adolescence. Broadly, her research interests include the intersection between behavioral/emotional disorders and disordered eating patterns, specifically in relation to ADHD; and how emotion regulation/self-coping mechanisms could potentially ameliorate symptoms in children and adolescents with ADHD and other behavioral disorders.
Michelle Le
Graduate Student
Michelle Le (she/they) is a graduate student in the Clinical Science doctoral program at Virginia Tech (VT). She graduated from the University of Missouri (MU) in 2023 with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Before joining the CALMER Lab as a graduate student, they came to VT as a NIH Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) Scholar and later became the community liaison and clinic coordinator for the Child Study Center. Broadly, Michelle's research interests are in examining the intersection of effective parenting practices (emotion and racial-ethnic socialization) in families and the development of child psychopathology, specifically within multiracial-ethnic families and adolescents. She is also passionate about community engaged work and how to better involve them in the research process to develop and evaluate for accessible, inclusive interventions and research.
Charity Majusiak
Graduate Student
Charity Majusiak (she/her) is a graduate student in the Clinical Science doctoral program at Virginia Tech. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) with a Bachelors in Intensive Psychology and from University of Maryland (UMD) with a Master's in clinical Psychological Science. Before joining the CALMER Lab, she worked as a graduate research assistant at UMD's ADHD Program and as a research assistant at Children's National Hospital's ADHD & Learning Differences Program. Broadly, Charity's research interests are understanding the mechanisms underlying ADHD, with a particular interest in executive functioning and how these processes shape academic and social outcomes for youth. More specifically, she is interested in how emotion regulation influences treatment response and daily functioning across sensitive periods of development for youth with ADHD.
Stephanie Pham
Graduate Student
Stephanie Pham (she/her) is a graduate student in the Clinical Science doctoral program at Virginia Tech. In 2021, she graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) with a dual Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Hearing and Speech Sciences. Prior to joining the CALMER Lab and VT, Stephanie completed a two-year post-baccalaureate fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, MD. Broadly, Stephanie’s research interests are in identifying interactions between intrinsic and family level factors that may pose as mechanisms of risk or resilience in the development of emotion dysregulation and related child psychopathology. She is passionate about equitable and inclusive access to high quality mental health intervention and services for parents and children from all backgrounds, especially those from underserved communities and historically marginalized populations.
