AMY E. PINKHAM, PHD
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amy.pinkham@utdallas.edu
972-883-4462

Dr. Pinkham is Director of the Schizophrenia and Social Cognition Lab at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Dr. Pinkham joined UTD in 2014 as associate professor in psychological sciences. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 2006. She then completed postdoctoral research fellowships at the Brain Behavior Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Center for Functional Neuroimaging at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work broadly examines social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia and related neurodevelopmental disorders.

SARA MCCONNELL CARRICO
sara.carrico@utdallas.edu

Sara Carrico earned degrees in integrative physiology and psychology from the University of Colorado. Following undergraduate studies, she attended nursing school and worked as a Registered Nurse in intensive care units, where she developed a strong interest in the intersection of physical and mental health. Sara is currently a third-year graduate student investigating the connection between the body and mind in psychosis, with a focus on self-disturbances and the spectrum of psychotic illness from the prodromal phase to chronic stages. Her research aims to explore the dynamic fluctuations of self-experience and how these changes interact with broader contextual factors of social and overall functioning in psychotic disorders.

SARAH BERRETTA
sarah.berretta@utdallas.edu

Sarah Berretta graduated from Boston University with a BA in psychology. After completing her undergraduate studies, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Tang Lab at Zucker Hillside Hospital, part of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, where she focused on linguistic biomarkers of psychosis. She is currently a second-year graduate student in Dr. Amy Pinkham’s Schizophrenia and Social Cognition Lab at UT Dallas. Her research interests center on paranoia, social cognition, and behavior, with a particular focus on understanding how these factors interact in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

MARISSA HILL
marissa.hill@utdallas.edu

Marissa graduated from UT Dallas in 2024 with a BS in psychology and a minor in neuroscience. She is a master’s student in the applied cognition and neuroscience program at UT Dallas. Her research interests include serious mental illness, specifically schizophrenia spectrum disorders. She plans to pursue a PhD in clinical or general psychology, focusing on serious mental illness and its interaction with the criminal justice system.