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Corianna E. Sichel is a clinically-trained applied psychologist. Her program of research focuses on innovative universal (Tier 1) and targeted (Tier 2) interventions that utilize education and skills development to prevent harm and promote youths’ mental health, healthy relationships, and social emotional development. This work includes collaborations with the New York City Department of Youth and Family Justice, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York, and the Nest Foundation. Ms. Sichel is currently completing a fellowship in the Division of Prevention and Community Research at the Yale University School of Medicine, where her work focuses on school mental health and novel approaches to trauma-informed care. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Monroe Stein Memorial Scholarship, given in recognition of work to better the lives of children. Her work is published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, and she has made presentations at over a dozen national and international conferences. Ms. Sichel will receive her license-eligible Ph.D. in May 2020.
Shabnam Javdani is a clinical and community psychologist who examines the development of, and social response to, violence and crime, with a focus on intervention development and system’s reform for women and girls. Her program of research is characterized by a social justice focus, with an emphasis on the application of research for the urban poor and in under-resourced communities. Javdani completed her doctoral work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012, and completed psychiatric clinical internship in the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is currently an associate professor at New York University, and a recent recipient of NYU's Gabriel Carras Research Award for her work on gender-specific pathways to crime and recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty award for her social justice-focused research and intervention. Her work, including over 30 manuscripts and chapters, has been funded by the National Institute of Justice and the National Institutes of Health, and is published in top tier peer-reviewed journals, including Clinical Psychology Review, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, and the American Journal of Community Psychology.