Lab Director:  Sarah R. Holley, Ph.D.

Dr. Holley joined the faculty of the Clinical Psychology Program in 2011. She received her B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. She additionally served as an intern and post-doctoral fellow at the University of California at San Francisco. Her research aims to understand the connections between intimate relationship processes, emotional functioning, and mental and physical health. She is further interested in how gender-associated behaviors relate to these domains.

In addition to research, Dr. Holley teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on topics including psychopathology, psychological assessment, psychopharmacology, and treatment. She is a licensed psychologist and holds an adjunct assistant clinical faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF.   

Graduate Students:
Christine Chiu

Research Assistants:
Alina Belohlavek
Donish Cushing
Scott Ewing
Melissa Plageman
Jordan Stiver
Audrey Vera
Matthew Wivell

Past Members:
Cristina Anderson 
Elizabeth Lauro
Karanbir Deol
Kelley Lauridsen
Lindsey Curtis
Michela Passoni