Post-Baccs and Research Assistants

Interested in Joining Our Team?

Throughout the year, there may be opportunities to join our team. If you are interested in potentially working with the lab, please email a CV or resume along with a cover letter to Crystal Woo at crystalw@berkeley.edu

Current Post-Bacc Researchers: 

Peter Baxter | Post-Bacc

Peter is a post-baccalaureate student at UC Berkeley. He is a research assistant for our National Institute of Aging sleep treatment development study, where he assesses participants pre- and post-treatment and helps with participant recruitment efforts. Peter is interested in idiographic dynamics of affective regulation, clinical treatment development and implementation, and applied theories of intra- and interpersonal compassion. Before coming to Berkeley, Peter worked first as a restaurant manager, and then for several years helping students and families navigate the college application process. In his free time, Peter enjoys boba, live music, and time in nature.

Current Research Assistants:

Holly Bae  

Holly Bae is a third-year, studying Psychology and Sociology at UC Berkeley. She is a research assistant in the MCI study and her primary responsibilities are providing video-based sleep health interventions to clients and recruiting seniors 60+ years old for the study. Her research interests consist of human cognition, sleep disorders, and mental health. In Holly’s free time, she loves to try new restaurants and snowboard during the winter.

Breanna Cabusao

Breanna Cabusao is a third-year student at UC Berkeley studying Cognitive Science and Data Science. As a research assistant, her primary responsibility is to code data within the lab. In the past, she has been a part of the Sustainment Qualitative Coding Team with the goal of trying to understand how to sustain evidence-based treatments in real-world clinical practice settings. Her research interests include mental health, anxiety, human cognition, and social good. In Breanna’s free time, she loves to explore new places, play sports, and go on runs. 

Priyanka Kalidindi

Priyanka Kalidindi is a third-year, studying Molecular Environmental Biology at UC Berkeley. She is a research assistant primarily involved with clinical work in the MCI and NIA studies. Her research interests include sleep disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, memory and cognitive science, and treatment development in the listed areas. In her free time, Priyanka enjoys cafe-hopping, reading, playing tennis and badminton, and learning new languages!

 Rinko Miyoshi

Rinko is a second-year, majoring in MCB and Psychology, as well as a minor in Japanese. Her research interests consist of cognitive and developmental psychology. She is a premed student and has a passion for becoming a sports physician or pediatrician. In her free time, she loves to food blog, cook, workout, scrapbook, and drive to scenic spots to watch the sunset!

 
 
Kate Marcotullio
 Kate is a fourth year Cognitive Science major and Data Science minor at UC Berkeley. She works on the Mild Cognitive Impairment study, Sleep and Habits study, and the Community Sleep and Mental Health study. Kate’s research interests include understanding and implementing mindfulness-based interventions for mental health, as well as cognitive development and language acquisition. Kate also works as a research assistant in the Gopnik Cognitive Development and Learning lab. In her free time, Kate loves spending time outside, running, rock climbing, and reading.
 

Joshua Varghese

 Joshua Varghese is a third-year undergraduate student double majoring in Psychology and Molecular & Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. He is a research assistant in the Golden Bear Sleep and Mood Research Clinic on a community study in implementing the Gold-Standard TranS-C Protocol. He is also a screener and clinical assessor on a study on a memory support intervention for sleep treatments and a sleep coaching study funded by the National Institute of Aging. Joshua’s primary responsibilities include leading a coding team for the community study, data cleaning and analysis, client screeners, and client pre-assessments. His research interests include sleep and memory in psychology as well as cancer and retrotransposons in biology. After Joshua finishes his undergraduate education, he plans on attending medical school. In Joshua’s free time, he enjoys playing piano and percussion instruments, listening to music, biking, hiking, and trying new foods with friends.