Lab Members
Graduate Students
Cailyn Fridgen
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Research Interests: Cailyn is interested in developing evidence-based treatment for OCD and related disorders. Specifically, she is researching cognitive behavioural interventions aimed at reducing maladaptive beliefs contributing to the maintenance and development of OCD.
Academic History: Cailyn completed her B.Sc. (Hons) in Behavioural Neuroscience at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2022. She began her master’s in clinical psychology in the Fall of 2022 under the supervision of Dr. Adam Radomsky.
M.A Thesis title: Reappraising Beliefs About Losing Control: An Experimental Investigation
Ph.D. Thesis Title: TBD
E-mail: c_fridge@live.concordia.ca
Isabel Shapiro
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Research Interests: : Isabel’s research focuses on experimentally examining beliefs about losing control. Her work aims to learn more about how people understand a loss of control to look and feel, where these beliefs come from, and how they connect to wellbeing.
Academic History: Isabel completed her B.Sc. (Hons) in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour (Mental Health) at McMaster University in 2021. Following her degree, she worked on various research projects in the Eating Disorders Program at Toronto General Hospital, the Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, and at Remedy Institute in Toronto. She began her M.A. in Clinical Psychology in the fall of 2024, under the supervision of Dr. Adam Radomsky.
M.A Thesis title: TBD
E-mail: isabel.shapiro@mail.concordia.ca
Andrea Sandstrom
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Research Interests: Andrea’s research focuses on understanding cognitive mechanisms that contribute to the development and maintenance of OCD and anxiety disorders, with the goal of using this knowledge to inform clinical practice.
Academic History: Andrea completed her B.Sc. in psychology at Western University in 2018. In 2020, she received her M.Sc in Psychiatry Research from Dalhousie University, where she conducted research on risk factors for childhood anxiety. She started her M.A. in Clinical Psychology at Concordia University under the supervision of Professor Radomsky in September 2020.
Ph.D. Thesis title: Beliefs about losing control and other dysfunctional belief in OCD: a multimethod investigation
Tiffany Dal Santo
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Research Interests: Tiffany’s research interests focus on better understanding the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders, in the hopes of strengthening the tools, resources, and treatments available for those who need them. Specifically, her PhD research will focus on beliefs about losing control in relation to panic disorder and symptoms.
Academic History: Tiffany earned her BSc in Honours Psychology from McGill University in 2021. She then completed her MSc in Psychiatry at McGill in 2024, where her research mainly focused on social, physical, and mental health outcomes for individuals with the chronic autoimmune disease scleroderma. Tiffany began her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Concordia University under the supervision of Professor Radomsky in September 2024.
Ph.D. Thesis Title: TBD