Current Graduate Students
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Mike Dolsen
mdolsen@berkeley.edu
Mike Dolsen is a second year graduate student in Dr. Allison Harvey’s lab. He received his B.A. in English at the University of Michigan in 2011. Mike worked with Dr. Patricia Deldin at the Michigan Mood and Schizophrenia Lab, Dr. Roseanne Armitage at the Sleep and Chronophysiology Lab, and Dr. Ethan Kross at the Michigan Emotion Regulation and Self-Control Lab. Under the supervision of Drs. Deldin and Armitage, Mike worked on a project that investigated sleep disturbance and cognitive and emotional processing in depression. At Berkeley, Mike is interested in exploring how sleep relates to cognitive and emotional functioning across a range of psychiatric disorders. Mike enjoys being outdoors in his free time, especially climbing, hiking, and camping.
jennika83@gmail.com
Jen is a sixth year graduate student in the Clinical Science program at UC Berkeley. Her current research focuses on: (1) the course of sleep disturbance across the lifespan of individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder, (2) the relationship between sleep disturbance and cognitive functioning in individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder, (3) the relationship between cognitive functioning and delayed sleep phase preference in adolescents, and (4) the assessment of sleep inertia in individuals with mood disorders and healthy controls. Prior to starting her graduate studies, she worked as a research coordinator in the Lab of Sleep and Behavioral Neuroscience at UC San Diego and had a primary research focus of sleep-related memory consolidation and the effect of sleep deprivation on cognition and brain function. Jen has enjoyed combining her past research experience with her current research endeavors.
Jen serves as a diagnostic assessor for an RCT examining cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia comorbid with mood and anxiety disorders. She will also be starting a position as diagnostic assessor on a new RCT examining the effectiveness of psychotherapy in treating delayed sleep phase in adolescents. Jen has completed two years as an Intern in the UC Berkeley Psychology Clinic and will be starting her third year in the Psychology Clinic as a co-supervisor. Jen has been a Graduate Student Instructor for the undergraduate courses Clinical Psychology and Psychology of Sleep.
(2) UC Berkeley Power Award, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
(3) National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010-2013
(2) Cohen-Zion, M., Drummond, S. P., Padula, C., Winward, J., Kanady, J., Medina, K., et al. (2009). Sleep architecture in adolescent marijuana and alcohol users during acute and extended abstinence. Addictive Behavior, 34, 976-979.
(3) Cai, D. J., Mednick, S. A., Harrison, E. M., Kanady, J. C., & Mednick, S. C. (2009). REM, not incubation, improves creativity by priming associative networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 106, 10130-10134.
(4) Kanady, J. C., Drummond, S. P., & Mednick, S. C. (2011). Actigraphic Assessment of a Polysomnographic- Recorded Nap: A Validation Study. Journal of Sleep Research, 20, 214-222.
(5) Kanady, J. C. & Harvey, A. G. (in press) Sleep, Psychiatric Disorders and the Transdiagnostic Perspective. In D. Barrett and P. McNamara (Eds). Encyclopedia of sleep and dreams. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishers.
(6) Soehner, A. M., Kaplan, K. A., Kanady, J. C., & Harvey, A. G. (in press). Cognitive Therapy for Insomnia. Encyclopedia of Sleep
(7) Mednick, S. C., McDevitt, E. A., Walsh, J., Paulus, M., Kanady, J. C., & Drummond, S. P. Drug Altered Sleep Enhances Memory (under review, Journal of Neuroscience).
Jason Lee
jaylee24@gmail.com
Jason Lee is a fifth-year graduate student in Dr. Allison Harvey's lab. He obtained his B.A. in Psychology and Biological Basis of Behavior from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. As an undergraduate, Jason worked closely under Dr. David Dinges investigating the effectiveness of various wake-promoting countermeasures on healthy adults undergoing trials of acute sleep deprivation. While serving as a Naval Officer in the years following, Jason's interests in sleep further developed as he witnessed and experienced the effects of sleep loss, shift work, disrupted sleep, and jet lag in a dynamic work environment. At Berkeley, Jason has been busy developing psychological interventions for individuals with chronic insomnia and/or severe mood disorders. More recently, Jason has been interested in developing ways to improve patient memory for the contents of therapy. In his free time, Jason enjoys surfing, camping, and playing the guitar.
lasarnow@gmail.com
Lauren Asarnow is a fourth year graduate student in Dr. Allison Harvey’s lab. She obtained her B.A. in Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley in 2005. Lauren has worked on research projects with Dr. Susan Smalley at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Dr. Robert Bilder at the UCLA Consortium for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics and Dr. Ian Gotlib at the Stanford Mood and Anxiety Disorders Lab. Under Dr. Gotlib’s mentorship Lauren developed an interest in sleep research and specifically how sleep and appetite dysregulation cut across different psychiatric disorders, demographic populations and age groups. Lauren is grateful and thrilled to be a part of the Harvey Lab. In her spare time she enjoys practicing yoga, dancing and cooking for her friends and family.
Lauren’s research is generously supported by the Lisa M. Capps Fellowship.