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Meet the Director
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Eduardo Bunge, PhD

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Dr. Eduardo Bunge is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Palo Alto University (PAU).

 

He directs the Children and Adolescents Psychotherapy and Technology (CAPT) Research Lab and is Associate Director for the International Institute of Internet Interventions for Health at Palo Alto University. 

 

His works focus on integrating technology and mental health, and his most recent contributions were in Artificial Intelligence-Based Chatbots for depression, anxiety, and parenting in English and Spanish.

 

He is also the Director of the Master of Science in Psychology at PAU.

 

He was born and educated in Argentina, earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Buenos Aires, and received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Palermo (Argentina).

 

Dr. Bunge has over 80 publications, including five clinical books and more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and chapters.

The Research Team

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Scottie Blanton, MS

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6th Year PhD Student

Dissertation:

Intellectual Disabilities & Sexuality 

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Jillian Thrall, MS

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6th Year PhD Candidate

Dissertation:

Online Intervention & Chronic Pain

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Gilly Dosovitsky

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5th Year PhD Candidate

Dissertation:

Chatbots, Mental Health

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Christine Isotalo

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5th Year PhD Student

Dissertation:

Smart Glasses, Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Erick Kim

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5th Year PhD Candidate

Dissertation:

Virtual Reality & Depression

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Aleesia Renta-Ramirez

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5th Year PhD Candidate

Dissertation:

Community Mental Health

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Katerina Baeza-Hernandez

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4th Year PhD student

Dissertation:

Video Conference Therapy & Autism 

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Meagan Lasecke

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4th Year PhD student

Dissertation:

Video Conference Therapy with Children & Adolescents 

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Mitchell Rees

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4th Year PhD student

Dissertation:

Anxiety, Sensitivity, Online Intervention 

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Cyrus Chang

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3rd Year Ph.D. Student

Dissertation:

Video Games, Depression, Adolescents, 

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Alanna Testerman

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3rd Year Ph.D. Student

Dissertation:

Chatbot, Depression, Adolescents 

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Shirin Aghakhani

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3rd Year Ph.D. Student

Dissertation:

Chatbots for Autism

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Nicole Carre

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2nd Year Ph.D. Student

Dissertation:

Chatbots & Digital Personas for ASD 

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Ryan Shafer

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2nd Year Ph.D. Student

Dissertation:

Autism, parenting stress, micro-intervention, praise

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Lauren Mlodzianowski

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2nd Year Ph.D. Student

Dissertation:

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