Anil Chacko is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at NYU. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He completed his clinical internship at the Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, the University of Illinois at Chicago and then a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His research interests focus primarily on the development of effective, engaging, and efficient prevention, intervention and service delivery models for youth at-risk for or affected with disruptive behavior disorders.
Brittany Matthews, Ed.M., is a Doctoral Fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Anil Chacko in the Clinical/Counseling Psychology program at New York University.
As part of the FACES Lab, her work has been primarily concerned with access to care for children from marginalized communities, especially children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Her current research examines barriers to care for families seeking mental health services for their children. This work evaluates potential disparities in access due to location and urbanicity of a community as well as disparities due to systemic issues like insurance coverage. She is also currently working on a project to evaluate the impact of peer professional on increasing engagement in mental health services for families and children – which is critical for understanding, supporting, and expanding the role of peer professionals to better serve urban populations.
In her clinical work, Brittany has worked with children, families, and adults from a wide range of communities across New York City within community clinics as well as outpatient and inpatient services. She has built a specific interest in providing comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations and evidence-based care to folks within marginalized communities. Currently, she is a psychology intern at the Atlanta Veterans Administration.
Brittany graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University and earned her Ed.M. in Prevention Science and Practice from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with a concentration in Prevention Research.
Kailee Kodama Muscente is a third-year doctoral student in New York University’s Clinical/Counseling Psychology program under the mentorship of Dr. Anil Chacko. Her research interests lie at the intersection of youth mental health, parent-child relationships, and culturally competent interventions. She is particularly interested in how to improve access to and retention of ethnic minority populations in mental health services and ways in which clinicians can help destigmatize mental illness among Asian Americans.
Prior to joining NYU, she was a research assistant for the Culture and Health Promotion of Minority Youth and Families lab, where she studied the mental health and well-being of Asian American parents and children. She also partnered with researchers at George Mason University to explore the impacts of parenting on youth leadership development. Her past clinical experiences include training at Jersey City Medical Center’s Child Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization departments and servicing behavioral and socio-emotional therapy to youth with developmental disorders.
Kailee received her B.A. in Psychology from Pepperdine University, and her Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology and M.A. in Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Madison Forde is a first-year doctoral student in the Clinical/Counseling Psychology PhD program at New York University. Her research interests includes understanding how contextual, familial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal factors influence the development and persistence of behavioral challenges. She is particularly interested in applying this knowledge to develop and optimize community-based, culturally-informed, and accessible interventions that improve service engagement and utilization among under-resourced, urban-poor, and trauma-exposed populations.
Before joining NYU, Madison served as the Lead Research Assistant in the Social Cognitive Affective Neurodevelopment Laboratory at NYU Langone Health.
Madison earned her B.A. in Psychology from Amherst College.
FACES Research Assistants
Lab Alumni
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Alyssa Chimiklis, PhD
Amrita Mitchell-Krishnan, PhD
Estrella Rajwan-Heber, PhD, Northwell Health Lennox Hill Hospital
Jodi Uderman, PhD, Montefiore Medical Center
Maria Michelle Vardanian, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mount Sinai
Melinda Cornwell, PhD, Private Practice
Nicole Feirsen, PhD, Montefiore Medical Center
Rhonda Donoho, PhD, Private practice
Victoria (Tori) Dahl, PhD, Johns Hopkins, Kennedy Kreiger
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Angel Vazquez, Columbia University MSW Program
Angela (Page) Spears, Columbia University Clinical Psychology PhD program
Betty Yan
Elizabeth (Lizzy) Chan, PhD, Rutgers University
Elizabeth Mateer, Seattle Pacific University Clinical Psychology PhD program
Elysha Clark Whitney
Gabrielle MacNaughton, UCLA Clinical Psychology PhD program
Janice Lu, Hofstra University Clinical Psychology PhD program
Jiayue Mao
Kaitlyn Kugler, University of Wisconsin Madison, School Psychology PhD program
Katie Fogarty, PhD, Hofstra University Clinical Psychology PhD program
Kelly Goss, PhD, Long Island University Clinical Psychology PhD program
Kelly Liao
Melinda Stewart
Meredith Cohen
MiAmor Aguirresaenz, Pace University, Clinical Psychology PsyD program
Michael Levy, PhD, Private practice
Mikell Bursky, CUNY Queens College, Clinical Psychology PhD program
Mirjam Buger-Calderon, MA, Rutgers University, Clinical Psychology PsyD program
Nicole Chow
Nicole Lui, MA, Hofstra University, Clinical Psychology PhD program
Noureen Faliksher
Oriana Barone, West Chester, Clinical Psychology PsyD program
Rachel Wong
Sarah Peralta, University of Maryland, Baltimore Clinical Psychology PhD program
Sarah Seto, MA, Notre Dame, Clinical Psychology PhD program
Siyi (Ice) Lou
Sophia Mysak, NU School of Law
Stephanie Thomas, MA
Suni Shah, MSW
Tiffany Davis, MS, Occupational Therapy
Violeta Bangiyev, Clinical Psychology at LIU-Brooklyn
Vion He
Yuika (Lia) Iwai, Ohio University, Clinical Psychology PhD program
Zuania Capó, MA