Current Interns

Jocelyn Stanfield is a fourth-year clinical psychology graduate student at Emory University and a first-year intern at CAMP. Her previous research program focused on prenatal substance use and its impacts on maternal wellbeing and child development. Stanfield's current research interests involve exploring contextual factors related to pediatric chronic pain. In her clinical work, she is passionate about working with young children who struggle with anxiety-related disorders, neurodevelopmental differences and distress tolerance. Outside of work, Jocelyn enjoys reading fiction, watching anime and running. 

Linying Li is a fifth-year student in the Psychology PhD program at Emory University. Her current research explores the application of AI and language technology in clinical contexts, with the aim of better understanding how the same mental health condition like depression or anxiety can show up very differently in each person. Li hopes to facilitate the move away from “one-size-fits-all” approaches and toward more personalized care. In her clinical work, she provides evidence-based intervention that integrates cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based approaches. She is particularly interested in exploring the role of human relationships – how they influence daily functioning, self-identity and the lens through which people view the world and their surroundings. During leisure time, she enjoys cooking, playing music and being outdoors.

Alireza Ehteshami is a second-year psychology intern whose research focuses on better understanding how mental health conditions are organized and classified, with the goal of improving diagnosis and treatment. He is currently working with a large national health database to study how different mental health symptoms relate to each other and how social factors affect mental health outcomes. Clinically, Ehteshami enjoys working with adolescents, teenagers and young adults, with a particular interest in personality development and treatment of mood disorders. He also works with families and helps parents develop effective strategies for supporting their children. He uses evidence-based treatments such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, selecting the approach that best fits each person's needs.

Nilo Vafaie is a fifth-year clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Emory University and a second-year intern at CAMP. Her research uses advanced computational methods and artificial intelligence to explore how language captures emotional experience, emotion regulation and the ways people make meaning of events. Clinically, Vafaie focuses on children and families affected by obsessive – compulsive disorder, mood and anxiety disorders and those experiencing difficulties with emotion regulation. Outside of the lab, she enjoys hiking, reading and dabbling in creative writing.

Zarina Bilgrami is a fifth-year clinical psychology graduate student at Emory University and second-year intern at CAMP. Her research focuses on the psychosis prodrome, with a particular interest in leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to better understand thought disorder as both a feature of illness and a predictive mechanism for its onset. Clinically, Bilgrami works with children as young as three using Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for behavioral and emotion regulation difficulties, as well as adolescents struggling with OCD, depression, suicidality, emerging psychosis and substance use. Outside of her academic and clinical work, she enjoys cooking, spending time with friends and family, and travel.