![]() Dr. Terri L. Weaver
Dr. Weaver is the director of the Violence and Traumatic Stress Laboratory. Her work broadly focuses on the inter-relationships among interpersonal violence, and physical and mental health sequelae. Her research frequently draws upon interdisciplinary approaches and she often collaborates with other healthcare professionals, including those in family medicine, pediatrics, otolarygology and public health. She is particularly interested in studying posttraumatic stress disorder, body image disturbance, depression and substance use disorders as mental health outcomes associated with intimate partner violence. She enjoys working with the team of graduate and undergraduate trainees in her lab and believes that projects are always better with a team-based approach. In her time away from work, she enjoys running, yoga, gardening, house projects and spending time with her family. Dr. Weaver can be reached at [email protected]. ![]() Kaitlyn McCarthy
Kaitlyn is a first-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at Saint Louis University. She earned her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Michigan University and B.A. in Psychology from Binghamton University. After graduating, Kaitlyn worked as a full-time research assistant at the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine on various projects focused on suicide and self-injury prevention and interventions for at-risk young adults and adolescents. Kaitlyn’s broad research interests include examining the impact of social and cultural factors on traumatic and/or stressful experiences, and related outcomes (e.g., self-harm, suicidality). She can be reached at kaitlyn[email protected]. ![]() Annie Saurber
Annie is currently completing her postdoctoral fellowship at Birch Psychology after completing her predoctoral internship in Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Metropolitan State University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado. Her undergraduate research focused on PTSD symptomology, substance use, and psychological flexibility. While obtaining her undergraduate degree, Annie began working as a behavioral health technician at Denver Springs Psychiatric Hospital in Centennial, Colorado. Annie’s broad research interests lie in examining interpersonal violence prevention, stress and health, and policy. Currently, her thesis examines racial discrimination, loneliness, levels of cortisol, and cardiovascular health outcomes. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, dogs, and hiking outdoors. Annie can be reached at: [email protected]. ![]() Jacob Arett
Jacob is currently a fifth-year student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at SLU. He grew up in Minnesota before moving to North Carolina, where he received his B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. His undergraduate research focused on anxiety symptomology, spider phobia treatment, and body dysmorphia. After graduating, Jacob went on to work for Center for Anxiety, an outpatient mental health clinic in New York, where he served as a patient care coordinator. His research interests include examining trauma-related body image, post-traumatic cognitions, and sexual assault prevention and intervention efforts. Currently, Jacob is researching ways in which the process of grooming impacts survivor mental health sequalae, particularly body image concerns. Jacob can be reached at: [email protected]. |

Rachel Hawk
Rachel is currently completing her predoctoral clinical internship at the VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her B.A. in Psychology at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. While earning her undergraduate degree, Rachel worked as an advocate for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in a crisis intervention center and shelter. She also assisted with research over a wide range of topics including racial discrimination in the juvenile justice system, associations between eating behaviors and mental health outcomes, and religious coping. Her current research explores self-deprivation as a form of self-harm in survivors of childhood maltreatment. She can be reached at: [email protected].
Rachel is currently completing her predoctoral clinical internship at the VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her B.A. in Psychology at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. While earning her undergraduate degree, Rachel worked as an advocate for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in a crisis intervention center and shelter. She also assisted with research over a wide range of topics including racial discrimination in the juvenile justice system, associations between eating behaviors and mental health outcomes, and religious coping. Her current research explores self-deprivation as a form of self-harm in survivors of childhood maltreatment. She can be reached at: [email protected].

Sydney L. Bell
Sydney is a third-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at Saint Louis University. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After graduating, Sydney worked as a research coordinator at Columbia University on a community engagement intervention study focused on reducing opioid overdose deaths. She also worked as an emergency department advocate for survivors of sexual violence, and as a crisis hotline responder. Sydney’s broad research interests include posttraumatic interventions for survivors of intimate partner violence and people involved in the criminal justice system, substance use, and the impacts of trauma on identity. She can be reached at s[email protected].
Sydney is a third-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at Saint Louis University. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After graduating, Sydney worked as a research coordinator at Columbia University on a community engagement intervention study focused on reducing opioid overdose deaths. She also worked as an emergency department advocate for survivors of sexual violence, and as a crisis hotline responder. Sydney’s broad research interests include posttraumatic interventions for survivors of intimate partner violence and people involved in the criminal justice system, substance use, and the impacts of trauma on identity. She can be reached at s[email protected].