Martins contributed to data-driven research in the lab focused on adolescent mental health, supporting statistical analyses using large-scale longitudinal datasets. During their time in the lab, they co-authored work examining adolescent depressive symptom trajectories before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to analyses and interpretation of developmental patterns across time. Through this role, Martins developed strong skills in applied data science and research workflows. They are now pursuing a Master of Science in Data Science at Sapienza Università di Roma.

Christina Ly joined the lab as a third-year undergraduate majoring in Cognitive Science with a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience. During her time in the lab, she was supported by CURF funding and contributed to a peer-reviewed publication examining developmental and mental health–related outcomes. She is now an M.S.Ed. candidate at the Penn Graduate School of Education.

Kevin Hoffman joined the lab as a CHOP Psychiatry fellow. During his time in the lab, his research focused on stress biology and early adolescence, culminating in a first-author publication examining gene–environment contributions to allostatic load and implications for mental health. Following his fellowship, he transitioned to an academic clinical role and is now a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children’s Health.

Ingrid began working with the Barzi Lab in 2020 as a student researcher while she was pursuing her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania. While in the lab, Ingrid worked diligently to do the groundwork for the Exposome project, as well as assisted on the CovidSilience project studying resilience during the pandemic.

Dallas began working with the Barzi Lab in 2020 as a student researcher while she was pursuing her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania. In the Barzi Lab, Dallas worked on a project examining the association between racial discrimination and suicidality in preadolescent children.

Caitlin O’Loughlin joined the lab as a PhD student, where her work focused on neurodevelopmental and clinical neuroscience, contributing to a publication in Biological Psychiatry. Her research examined clinically relevant brain–behavior relationships in youth, aligning with the lab’s translational focus. She is now completing a neuropsychology residency at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

Joshua joined the lab as a psychiatry resident and contributed to multiple publications during his time with the Barzilay Lab. He first-authored work examining developmental and clinical predictors of psychiatric outcomes, including neurodevelopmental trajectories and risk for psychopathology (Gordon et al., 2022; 2023). After leaving the lab, Joshua is now a psychiatry resident at the University of Pennsylvania, where he continues to integrate research and clinical practice.

Sara started research with the Barzi Lab in 2022 while she was a medical student within the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sara is currently a Psychiatry Resident at Georgetown University Hospital and is interested in Community Psychiatry and Women’s Mental Health.

Stirling joined the lab in 2020 and quickly became a key contributor. During his time in the lab, he published three first-author papers examining the impact of discrimination on early development and mental health. His work included studies on discrimination-related stress and suicidality in preadolescent children (Argabright et al., 2022, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) and on associations between racial and ethnic discrimination and pubertal development in early adolescence (Argabright et al., 2022, Psychoneuroendocrinology).
After two years in the lab, Stirling matriculated into the MD/PhD program at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Jeremy began working with the Barzi Lab in November of 2020, following his interest in the role of the environment in mental health. While working in the lab, Jeremy was a fourth-year MD-MPH student at the Perelman School of Medicine. During his time in the lab, Jeremy worked on the CovidSilience Project and studied the protective effects that urban greenspace had on the mental health of study participants throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. His work led to his first-author paper on greenspace published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities (Wortzel et al., 2021).