LEED Director
Johanna Bick, PhD
Dr. Johanna Bick is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Houston.
She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Delaware in 2011. Dr. Bick’s work takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on methods and theories from child clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and developmental cognitive neuroscience to understand how early adverse experiences shape child development. She directs the Laboratory of Early Experience in the Psychology Department at the University of Houston and mentors students in clinical psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aPHU7tUAAAAJ
UH Faculty web page: https://www.uh.edu/class/psychology/about/people/johanna-bick/index.php
Contact info: Email: jrbick@uh.edu Phone: 713-743-1058 Office: Health 1, room 482
Note to 2027- 2028 prospective applicants:
Dr. Bick will be reviewing applications for our doctoral child clinical and developmental cognitive neuroscience programs for the 2027-2028 admissions cycle.
See more about our programs here: https://www.uh.edu/class/psychology/index.php
LEED Graduate Students
Haley
Laughlin
Kelly
Barry
Marguerite Knudtson
Haley is a doctoral student in the DCBN program. Her research interests include investigating the sources of individual variability of outcomes in children who experience stress and adversity.
Kelly is a fourth-year child clinical doctoral student in the lab. Her research focuses on understanding how experiences of stress impact brain development during sensitive developmental periods. She is particularly interested in identifying neural and socio-cognitive processes that confer risk for psychopathology.
Marguerite is a doctoral student on the Clinical Psychology research interests include examining the effects of early life adversity on children’s emotion regulation and behavioral outcomes through effects on neurodevelopment, and identifying family environmental factors that contribute to resiliency.
Josh
Litwin
Josh is a doctoral student in the Child Clinical Psychology program. He spent a year researching neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease at Boston Children’s Hospital. Josh’s research interests involve using neuroimaging methods to better understand the relationships between environmental risk factors and cognitive outcomes.
Brookelyn Mayfield
Brookelyn is a doctoral student in the DCBN program. Her research interests include the use of neuroimaging to understand risk factors’ manifestations in behavior. She hopes to later apply what she learns to trauma and developmentally originating disorders while simultaneously applying grit, resilience, and beneficial experiences.
Jordan Denaver-Thabit
Sarah Martinez
Coming Soon
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LEED Undergraduates
Leslie Gonzalez
UH Junior - Psychology Student
Jana
Saidy
UH Senior - Psychology Student
Jonas
Amaya
UH Senior - Psychology Student
Xiomara
Barahona
UH Junior - Psychology Student
Drew
Cash