A board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Joel joined the faculty of the Pediatric Mental Health Institute in 2016, following a five-year appointment as a research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Joel received his medical degree from UC-San Francisco and completed his general psychiatry residency at UC-Davis. Joel uses functional MRI, eye-tracking, and other cognitive neuroscience approaches to develop new treatments for mood disorders.

Anne is a psychiatrist and psychiatry educator in the Pediatric Mental Health Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Anne also devotes time to support clinical research in the lab. Anne completed her General Psychiatry residency and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, where she served as the Senior Resident Psychiatrist from 2012-2015.

Jami joined the lab in 2023 as a manager to support all things research. A clinician for more than 25 years, Jami is passionate about increasing our understanding of emotions and development in order to better the lives of children and families. Jami will also be providing clinical services in our studies and hopes to be on the forefront of developing more effective interventions.

A graduate student in the Counseling program at the CU Denver and a part-time research assistant in the lab.

Ted joined the lab as a postdoctoral fellow in 2020. His research interests are in understanding the neurocircuitry underlying cognitive biases and how biases might develop into defense mechanisms or psychopathologies. Ted currently splits his time between our lab and the Department of Physiology lab at CU Anschutz.