Erica Mazzone, PhD

Erica earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a focus on child and adolescent internalizing disorders, particularly anxiety and depression, and their bidirectional relationship with physical health conditions. As a prior member of Dr. Boustani’s CARE Lab, she contributed to the development and evaluation of school-based early intervention strategies that supported high-risk youth in underserved and understudied community populations. As an associate lab member of the Pediatric Health Behavior Lab, she assisted with participant recruitment for the Sleep Center Study and presented a poster on its preliminary findings titled “Sleep Difficulties and Parental Communication as Predictors of Internalizing Behavior in Adolescents.” Throughout her training, Erica remained committed to studying the intersection of mental and physical health in youth and continued to pursue her goal of becoming a Pediatric Psychologist.