Team IMPACT Staff

Interns and Postdocs

Margaret Fahey

Margaret is a clinical psychology doctoral student at The University of Memphis. She is completing her sixth year at the Charleston Consortium Internship program. Her research interests include tobacco use and cessation in military and medical settings.

Research Staff

Amy Boatright

Amy has been a research coordinator since 2005 and part of Dr. Carpenter’s team since 2007. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Master’s level training in Public Health and Nutrition. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters, being outdoors, and riding her bike.

Lisa Coles

Lisa is a Program Coordinator for Drs. Carpenter and Smith. She began working with Team IMPACT in 2017, and her main responsibilities include participant recruitment and retention as well as study management. She has degrees in Spanish and Education and is soon to finish a certificate in Data Science.

Noelle Natale

Noelle is a Program Coordinator for Dr. Dahne and began with Team IMPACT in 2017. She focuses on recruitment retention, manages day-to-day running of research protocols, and helps maintain regulatory submissions for new and ongoing research studies. She is currently finishing her Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology at the Citadel and is interested in helping treat patients with Depression and Anxiety, as well as Bipolar Disorder.

Tatiana Myers

Tatiana is a College of Charleston graduate with a B.S. in Public Health. She is currently working as a program assistant in the Addiction Sciences Division at MUSC and plans to pursue an MPH in the future.

Monika Schnidwolf

Monika is a Charleston native who graduated from Furman University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a passion for conducting psychological research. In her current role, she works mainly on Dr. Dahne’s studies, assisting with study development, participant recruitment, and general administration. Going forward, Monika is hoping to pursue a Ph.D. in the near future but is interested in narrowing her research interests before attending.

Alumni

Research Staff

Liz Hawes – Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Johanna Hidalgo – Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Vermont
Caitlin Hood – Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky

Psychology Interns, Postdocs, and Junior Faculty

Jessica Burris, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky
Bryan Heckman, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Meharry Medical College
Eleanor Leavens, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas Medical Center
Amanda Mathew, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Rush University
Ellen Meier, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota