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Research Staff
Administrative Staff
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Brogden address:
1202 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
Waisman address:
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
Brogden shared lab line:
608-262-4443
(rings in 366, 381)
Lab fax: 608-265-2875
Research Staff
David Bachhuber
Research Specialist
S-119E Waisman
608-890-2672
I work on MIDUS, a longitudinal study that is examining well-being and its relationship to emotional resilience. My duties include running experimental sessions and assisting with data analysis.
Amelia Cayo
Research Intern
T-113 Waisman
608-890-3073
As a Research Intern, I am responsible for making precise volumetric measurements of medial temporal lobe structures by analysis of structural MR images. I conduct this analysis for a number of cognitive studies on both normal and clinical development. I also assist in training others to collect these measurements.
Frances Haeberli , M.S.
Assistant Researcher
T-127 Waisman
608-262-8772
I have been collecting data for our study investigating the impact of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on preschool teachers in the Waisman Center’s Early Childhood Education Program. Our current focus is reviewing curriculum, developing our research strategies and laying the ground work for translational research projects in school and community settings. I will also be involved in developing functional imaging research programs for the research projects within the Center for Investigating a Healthy Mind.
Lauren Hazen
Associate Research Specialist
368 Brogden
608-263-0130
As an Associate Research Specialist, I run experimental sessions and assist with data analysis on a psychophysiological study that examines the relation of working memory capacity and the ability to regulate emotion, pain and attention.
Luke Hinsenkamp
Associate Research Specialist
377 Brogden
608-262-9937
As an Associate Research Specialist, I help run experimental sessions and analyze behavioral and electrophysiological data from a study that examines the relation of working memory capacity and the ability to regulate emotion, pain and attention, as well as MRI work with the TeenEmo study.
Tammi Kral
Associate Research Specialist
T-113 Waisman
608-890-3073
I am a member of the experimental team for the NCCAM-funded Well-Being Study. I am responsible for data collection using fMRI, hdEEG and various behavioral and physiological measures. In my role as an Associate Research Specialist I also process and analyze fMRI data from an emotion regulation task.
Trina Nelson
Associate Research Specialist
S-119E Waisman
608-890-2672
As an Associate Research Specialist with the Meditation Study I am involved with recruiting long-term meditators and assisting with the logistics and coordination of participants' involvement in the study. As well as running experimental studies with participants in the NCCAM funded Well-Being Study.
Diane Stodola
Associate Research Specialist
A-125 Waisman
608-265-9118
As an Associate Research Specialist in the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience, I am involved with recruiting participants, running subjects, and data processing. I am currently working on studies involving different forms of meditation and their effects on well-being and emotion regulation.
Elizabeth Vanderwerff
Associate Research Specialist
S-119H Waisman
608-890-3476
As an associate research specialist, I recruit participants, run experimental sessions, and assist in data analysis for a study examining how empathy and compassion influence economic decision-making and prosocial behaviors.
Stephanie Veazie
Associate Research Specialist
S-119C Waisman
veazie@wisc.edu