Kayleb Partaledis

Undergraduate RA and Honors Student

He/Him

Kayleb is a Senior Psychology major (BS) and is a member of the Commonwealth Honors College. He joined the lab in Fall of 2025 and is interested in understanding and addressing mechanisms behind self-damaging behaviors, including suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury and how we as a society can advance approaches for prevention, assessment, and treatment. After graduating from UMass, Kayleb plans to get a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology and hopefully work at MGH in Boston and/or become a professor.  

Sarah Lyndon

Undergraduate RA 

She/Her

Sarah is a Sophomore Psychology major on the Pre-Med track. She joined the lab in Spring of 2026 through the Research Assistant Mentoring Program. She is interested in psychological illnesses, particularly mood and behavioral disorders, with a focus on understanding and improving the prevention and treatment of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors. Following graduation, Sarah plans to attend medical school and pursue a career as a psychiatrist, where she hopes to integrate clinical research with patient care to improve mental health outcomes.

Mary Lou Jennings

Undergraduate RA

She/Her

Mary Lou is a Junior Psychology and Sociology major (BS). She joined the lab in Summer 2026, and her interests include Clinical Psychology, especially among Adolescents. Mary Lou is also interested in the sociological factors that can affect one’s susceptibility to mental illness. She is also interested in mental health awareness and helping to remove the stigma around the topic of mental illness. After Graduation, Mary Lou hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She hopes to offer one-on-one clinical care to children and young adults, and also continue to conduct research. 

Angela Le

Undergraduate RA

She/Her

Angela is a Junior Neuroscience major with a minor in Psychology. She is interested in mental health, psychology, and brain-behavior relationships, particularly affective neuroscience and research that explores emotion, cognition, and psychological well-being. After graduation, Angela hopes to continue conducting research and pursue a PhD in neuroscience or psychology. She is eager to build research experience and contribute to work that connects neuroscience with real-world mental health outcomes.

Ali O'Connor

Undergraduate RA 

She/Her​

Alison is a Junior Psychology major on the Pre-Med track. She joined the lab in Fall 2026, and her interests include understanding and improving treatment for individuals with complex mental health conditions, specifically borderline personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. After graduation, Ali plans to pursue either medical school and a career in psychiatry or pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.