Our Team
The Connections Lab is a team of students and volunteers. The Lab is composed of individuals from diverse academic areas, each contributing their unique skills, knowledge, and passion to the development of our projects.
Graduate Students
Vincent DiStefano, PhD4
Paul Gomes, PhD6
Michael Clyde, PhD6
Neha Verma, MA1
Sierra Pecsi is a first-year doctoral student in the School/Applied Child Psychology program. She received her undergraduate in psychology from Concordia University and completed her master's degree in counselling psychology at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests are examining the long-term effects of COVID-19 on youth anxiety and post pandemic mental health outcomes.
contact: sierra.pecsi@mail.mcgill.ca
Erika Infantino is a first-year Master’s student in the School/Applied Child Psychology program. She completed her undergraduate degree at Concordia University, majoring in Honours Psychology with a minor in Multidisciplinary Studies in Science. Her research interests include youth peer relations, the current research to practice gap in individualized education plans (IEP), and improving evidence-based practices. In her free time, Erika enjoys hiking.
contact: erika.infantino@mail.mcgill.ca
Joseph D'Intino is a Ph.D Candidate in year six of his doctoral studies. His doctoral research project examines how best to teach executive functioning skills to high school students. He is also interested in improving evidence-based research practices, pedagogy, and improving practices for supporting students with specific learning disorders. Joseph has also served as course instructor for EDPC 540: Social Responsibility and Relationships in the Digital Age and he has been worked in community organizations and schools with the goal of improving accessibility to mental health assessment and intervention services.
contact: joseph.dintino@mail.mcgill.ca
Yeon Hee (Jenny) Kang is a is a second-year Master’s student. She completed her undergraduate degree in Spain, majoring in Honours Psychology and Honours Spanish. Prior to coming to McGill, she worked in the field of education in South Korea for five years. Her research interests focus on using intervention science to inform implementation strategies of evidence-based interventions in school settings. She is particularly interested in multi-tier systems of support, universal mental health screening, and intervention methods that benefit culturally and linguistically diverse youth.
contact: yeon.kang@mail.mcgill.ca