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Biographical Sketch
Andrada is currently a third year graduate student in Dr. Linehan’s lab. Originally from Romania, she finished her undergraduate education at Middlebury College, in Vermont where she majored in Psychology and Computer Science. At Middlebury, Andrada’s research interest in psychology was sparked by completing an honors thesis in unwanted sex following alcohol abuse. Her current focus however was refined while volunteering at Harvard University for Dr. Jill Hooley during her junior summer. Dr. Hooley’s work with Borderline Personality Disorder determined Andrada to pursue research of difficult to treat cases and severe populations. She therefore joined Dr. Linehan’s group in 2006 and continued refining her research interests through various research projects, research assistant positions and relevant course work. Currently, she is planning to focus her research career on emotional dysregulation, skills training and computerization of treatment. Her overarching goals are to develop ways of integrating more subfields of psychology as well as other disciplines into clinical research and practice. In addition, she is planning to further treatment research such that transportability and dissemination issues would become less stringent. Her goals and future plans are all in the context of understanding and developing better interventions for Borderline Personality Disorder and other difficult to treat dysfunctions.
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