Vanessa Cao, M.A. (CV) (LinkedIn, Personal Website, Twitter)
Entry Year: 2020-2021
vcao2@ur.rochester.edu

My research interests lie primarily in the role of family adversity and trauma related experiences within racially and economically diverse populations with a particular focus on the impact they have on relationships (parent-parent, parent-child, child-peer) and child socio-emotional development. More specifically, I focus on antecedents and outcomes related to callous-unemotional traits and aggressive behaviors in children and their neurophysiological underpinnings while integrating advanced quantitative modeling. In my free time, I can often be found cooking, trying new foods, hanging out with my pets, fostering too many cats, hiking or white water rafting.

Alex Baker, B.A. (CV)
Entry Year: 2023-2024
Email: abaker36@ur.rochester.edu

My research focuses on ways to increase positive development and identify risk factors in youth by investigating multiple ecologies and contexts of development. I enjoy cooking, listening to music, and befriending cats.