Meet the Addiction Science Team
Rachel P. Winograd, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, UMSL-MIMH, ASPIRE Lab Director, UMSL-Psych Department
Lauren Green, MSW, Director of Overdose Prevention and Community Health, UMSL-MIMH
Maria Paschke, MPP, Director of Impact and Innovation. UMSL-MIMH
Casey Johnson, MA, AANG, Director of Supply Distribution UMSL-MIMH
Morgan Farnworth, MPA, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Director of Research and Analysis, UMSL-MIMH
Morgan Bradley, MA, Strategic Communications Associate, UMSL-MIMH
Jake Agliata, MA, Grants Administrator, UMSL-MIMH
Greg Boal, MPA, EMT-P First Responder Training Coordinator UMSL-MIMH
Bridget Coffey, MSW, Research Infrastructure Lead; Research Consultant, UMSL-MIMH
Grace Iverson, Training Lead; Overdose Prevention Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
Rithvik Kondai, BA, Senior Overdose Prevention Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
Kyle Vance, B.A, Research Support Specialist, UMSL-MIMH
Sarah Phillips, MA, Lead Evaluator, UMSL-MIMH
Keith Eldridge, BS, Computer Programmer Analyst and Dashboard Manager, UMSL-MIMH
Paul Thater, B.S., DB Programmer Analyst-Expert
Lindsey Pawlowski, MSW, Recovery Services Project Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
Daje Bradshaw, Community Partnership and Programming Specialist, UMSL-MIMH
Amanda Gebel, Overdose Prevention Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
Chris Eck, Operation Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
Donald Otis, B.S.W, Overdose Prevention Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
James Lituchy, B.A., Overdose Prevention Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
Christie Cardwell, Overdose Prevention Supply Distribution Specialist, UMSL-MIMH
Everett Gee, Overdose Prevention Supply Distribution Specialist, UMSL-MIMH
Mary Stenger, MSW, Research Analyst, UMSL-MIMH
Zachary George, Overdose Prevention Supply Distribution Specialist, UMSL-MIMH
Frances Storgion, B.A., Graduate Research Assistant on OPTIMISM
Brandon Park, Clinical Psychology Graduate Student in ASPIRE Lab, UMSL-MIMH
Kanila Brown, MA, MS, Clinical Psychology PhD Student, ASPIRE Lab, UMSL-MIMH
Schyler Newman, B.A., Clinical Psychology PhD Student in ASPIRE Lab, UMSL-MIMH
Kay Campbell, MS, Clinical Psychology PhD Student, APSIRE Lab, UMSL-MIMH
Nico Ruiz, B.A., Project Coordinator, UMSL-MIMH
Summer SURG Students
Olivia Cutshaw (she/her) Clinical Psychology PhD Student, 2nd Year Olivia's research focuses on parent-child interactions in early childhood, particularly within the context of socioeconomic disadvantage. She is interested in how parental emotion socialization strategies support socioemotional development in young children.
Caleb Sanders (he/him) Clinical Psychology PhD Student, 3rd Year Originally from Alabama, Caleb earned his B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research focuses on predictive factors and neural substrates underlying stress and trauma, with an interest in improving diagnostic and treatment methods using neural and psychophysiological techniques.
Christine Wehner (she/they) Clinical Psychology PhD Student, 3rd Year
Parker Killenberg (she/her) Clinical Psychology PhD Student, 3rd Year Parker's research focuses on perinatal mental health and interventions for perinatal psychopathology in high-risk populations, with a particular interest in improving systems for perinatal screening and referral to maximize treatment utilization.
Megan Kopitsky (she/her) Clinical Psychology PhD Student, 2nd Year Megan's research centers on understanding and preventing interpersonal violence, spanning family violence, intimate partner violence, and child maltreatment. She is passionate about evaluating community-based violence prevention programs and identifying barriers to real-world implementation of evidence-based interventions.