Tristen Inagaki, PhD
Lab Director
Tristen is an assistant professor in the department of psychology at San Diego State University and a mentor in the SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. Before moving to San Diego, she was an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Biological-Health and Social areas and received her PhD at UCLA.
Email: tinagaki@sdsu.edu
Sarah Dembling
Doctoral Student
To start Fall 2022!
Alicia Assang
Master’s Student
To start Fall 2022!
Nicole Abaya
Master’s Student
Nicole graduated from the University of California San Diego with a major in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. Her research interests lie in addiction, health, and social neuroscience. She hopes to find the intersectionality between these fields to further explore substance use.
Isabela Cruz-Vespa
Postbacc Student Researcher
To start Fall 2022!
Alexis Pinela
Project Coordinator
Alexis graduated from the University of Southern California with a major in psychology. She is interested in applying neuroscience and clinical research methods to understand identity formation and group oriented behaviors.
Kristopher Ngo
Project Coordinator
Kris graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles as a psychology major. His research interests center around taking an interdisciplinary approach to understand how social and political contexts affect our perception and emotional experience.
Current Research Assistants
Greta Majus is a third-year undergraduate student. She is a psychology major and is interested in pursuing medicine in the future.
Nancy Huynh is a third-year undergraduate student. She is a psychology major with a minor in Sociology and is planning to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in the future.
Beth Bridges is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in psychology and minoring in counseling and social change. She plans to continue her education after her undergraduate, eventually obtaining a PhD in clinical psychology.
Naomi Crone
Julie Kersey
Maritza Mijangos
Recent Lab Alumni
Kassandra Vasquez – graduate student in Psychology at Alliant University (Fall 2022)
Solana Kenyon – graduate student in Psychology & Neuroscience at Maastricht University (Fall 2021)
Sareen Ali (honors student) – medical student at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Belen Best (honors student) – intern in Corporate Law at Ropes & Gray, LLP
James Germano – graduate student at SMU Guildhall for a Master of Interaction Technology in video game creation and design
Laura Hazlett – graduate student at University of California, Los Angeles
Laura Armfield-Perez – research assistant at New York University
Emily Simon – clinical research coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania
Yumeka Hirayama – Program Associate at Beyond Conflict
Emefa Akwayena – Cognitive Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University (Fall 2021)
Sabine Janssen – research coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Lauren Ross (graduate student)
Social-Health and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory 