Meet the Trainees

Megan Goss, MD (she/her) is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric (DBP) fellow physician at UCLA. She works with patients with autism, ADHD and developmental delays and their families. She is passionate about education and empowerment of parents of autistic children.

Graduate Student Track

• Lauren Fischbacher
• Gabrielle MacNaughton
• Rachel Parks
• Ingrid Tien
• Angelina Vuong

Practitioner Track

• Alex Bowen, ACSW, PPSC
• Cathy Banh
• Michelle Cherner, MA
• Kamala Gipson-McElroy DNP, APRN, PHN, CPNP-PC
• Diane Motamed, MS, CCC-SLP
• Alessandra Rizzotti, LCSW, MSW
• Karin Stanley, SLP
• Tina J. Wang, MD

Graduate Student Track

Tricia Choy, PhD  

Katie Feistel, PhD 

Katie Fullerton, PhD 

Ashley Henry, MSN  

Melissa Klaib, PharmD  

Natalie Libster, PhD  

Nina Mandracchia, PhD  

Hayley McAvoy, PhD  

Elissa Montiero, PhD  

Purnima Bharath Mudnal, PhD  

Valerie Nguyen, MPH  

Samira Singleton, MPH  

Theresa Stewart, PhD 

Practitioner Track

Katie Dahlerbruch, OTR/L 

Ikram Hassan, PhD 

Sunny Lim, MSW 

Olivia McGee, MS 

Gino Melillo, PNP 

Graduate Student Track

Leilani Ayala, PhD  

Elizabeth Baker, PhD 

Hannah Boscarly, MSW 

Preeya Desai, MD  

Andrew Endo, MS  

Michelle Heyman, PhD 

Sarah Homsy, MPH  

Amanda Johnson, PhD 

Lucia Juarez, MSW 

Hanako Justice, MSW  

Megan Miller, MSW 

Angela Nguyen, MSW 

Vanessa Rangel Giselle Salinas, PhD 

Virginia Sklar, PhD 

Denise Staufert Gutierrez, MD  

Tyler Womack, PhD

Graduate Student Track

Henar Abdelmonem, MPH  

Laura Alba, PhD  

Janice Chang, BS 

Ada Chung, BS 

Sarit Forman, PhD  

Angelica Fregoso, BS 

Aneet Grewel, BS 

Caitlyn Handy, JD 

Karen Meacham, MPH 

Kiana Naimi, MSW 

Denise Nunez, MD 

Joshua Parsons, MPH 

Kashia Rosenau, PhD 

Saanchi Shah, PhD 

Christine Tarleton, PhD 

Sherrel Taylor, MPH 

Aneet Tong, BA 

Thao Tran, DNP 

Alondra Valencia Madrigal, MS 

Karina Wang, BS 

Valencia Youkhanna, PhD 

Graduate Student Track

Lauren Baczewski, PhD  

Hannah Fernald, MPH 

Crystal Gianvecchio, MS 

Jacqueline Hahn, MSW 

Megan Ledoux, PhD 

Stephanie Lim, MSW 

Ainsley Losh, PhD 

Anna Peare, MPH 

Jason Timmerman 

Wanda Vasquez, MSW 

Elina Veytsman, PhD  

Graduate Student Track

Barbara Caplan, PhD 

Fatima Cervantes, MSW 

Jamie Chrisostomo, MSW 

Katie Fishman, MSW 

Taryn Goldberg, PhD 

Melissa Harada, MD 

Rachel Hinant, PhD 

Daniel Kozman, MPH 

Jacqueline Lozano, MSW 

Ann Marie Martin, PhD 

Christine Munoz- Aguilar, MSW 

Sarah Smith, MSW 

Kimberly Start, MSW 

Jessica Vigil, MSW 

Graduate Student Track

Tina Ahmed, MSW 

Elizabeth Barnes, PhD 

Yasamin Bolourian 

Emily Ferro, MPH 

Ambar Guzman, MSW 

Christine Moody

Lauren Schenker, MPH  

Katherine Strong