{"id":71,"date":"2018-11-14T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2024-01-09T15:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:39:28","slug":"melissa-gasser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/grad-students\/melissa-gasser\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Gasser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I received my B.A. in Cognitive Science and&nbsp;Psychology from the University of Virginia where&nbsp;my research work&nbsp;primarily focused on clinical anxiety disorders and implicit cognition. My research interests grew during my undergraduate career to include substance use disorders which led to a NIDA (National&nbsp;Institute on Drug Abuse)&nbsp;internship at San Francisco General Hospital. After earning my undergraduate degree, I worked as a research coordinator for Dr. Kristen Lindgren at the University of Washington Medical Center. While there, I strengthened my background in both substance use disorders and implicit cognition, focusing on implicit drinking identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a graduate student, my&nbsp;research interests include&nbsp;risk-taking behavior with respect to&nbsp;substance use, especially alcohol, and&nbsp;sexual behavior. Additionally, I\u2019m interested in integrating&nbsp;web- or mobile-based technology (mHealth) to&nbsp;address health disparities for diverse populations&nbsp;by better understanding and addressing risky behavior in both domains through prevention and intervention efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: mlgasser@uw.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b27b23c6-8615-447f-ae9f-d80564248d8c\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CV-Melissa-Gasser-October-2023.pdf\">CV-Melissa-Gasser-October-2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CV-Melissa-Gasser-October-2023.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b27b23c6-8615-447f-ae9f-d80564248d8c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/melissa7-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/melissa7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/melissa7-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/melissa7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/melissa7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology I received my B.A. in Cognitive Science and&nbsp;Psychology from the University of Virginia where&nbsp;my research work&nbsp;primarily focused on clinical anxiety disorders and implicit cognition. My research interests grew during my undergraduate career to include substance use disorders which led to a NIDA (National&nbsp;Institute on Drug Abuse)&nbsp;internship at San Francisco General Hospital. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/grad-students\/melissa-gasser\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Melissa Gasser&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/184"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/whgweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}