The Anxiety and Stress Lab is directed by faculty, and staffed by students, named below.
faculty
Jon D. Elhai, Ph.D. Dr. Elhai is Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Toledo. He primarily conducts research on cyberpsychology and internet addictions. His previous research focus was on posttraumatic stress disorder. For more information about Dr. Elhai and his Lab, visit his personal website.
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Sarah Francis, Ph.D. Dr. Francis is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo and also serves as the Director of Clinical Training for the department's Clinical Psychology PhD program. Dr. Francis' research interests pertain broadly to child anxiety and specifically to parental influences on the development and maintenance of anxious behaviors and cognitions in children. Her current research projects focus on evaluating the construct of anxiety sensitivity in children and their parents and examining the effectiveness of universal prevention programs for childhood anxiety. For more information, see her website.
Peter Mezo, Ph.D. Dr. Mezo is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo. His clinical research training and interests have centered on psychological mediators of depression, stress, and fear. In particular, his program of research has investigated how self-management and related models of self-regulation and coping may be applied to help improve the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of depression and anxiety. For more information, see his website.
Current Graduate Students
- Jake Avendando
- Rachel Bond
- Caroline Born
- Bailey Crittenden
- Elyse Hutcheson
- Lauren Kramer
- Vasavi Shanthi
- Mackenzie Tanner
- Noelle Warrford
- Josh Williams
- Avleen Walia