Team | PATH Lab

Tanya C. Saraiya
Ph.D.

Director

Dr. Tanya Saraiya (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. Broadly, Dr. Saraiya aims to make trauma treatments better, for a diverse range of people. With her team, she develops and evaluates therapy treatments for PTSD and co-occurring substance use disorders (SUD). She is particularly invested in how such treatments can be optimized to historically marginalized populations in research, such as women, racial and ethnic communities, and individuals with complex, clinical presentations, such as opioid use disorder and complex trauma. Dr. Saraiya is invested in how individual identity and cultural context influence healing. As such her work also focuses on how race and culture interact with our understanding of what trauma is and how to best approach it. She welcomes new students and patients to clinical research.

Ariel Worley

Program Coordinator

Ariel (she/her) serves as the Program Coordinator for the HOPE and IPVOT studies at the Medical University of South Carolina, working closely with Dr. Tanya Saraiya and Dr. Amber Jarnecke. She holds an MSPH from Meharry Medical College as well as an MMS from MUSC. As a prospective PhD student, she is passionate about mental health awareness in minority communities and mentorship for those pursuing higher education

Priya Johal

Research Assistant

Priya (she/her) holds a B.A. in Psychology (Hons.) from the University of British Columbia and is a Research Associate at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research. She is passionate about knowledge translation and community-based participatory research, with a particular interest in understanding and addressing trauma and substance use among women and racial/ethnic minority groups.

Doctoral Students

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Sonali Singal

Sonali (she/her) is a third-year Clinical Psychology PsyD student at Rutgers University. She obtained her B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Songwriting from Northeastern University. Before coming to Rutgers, she worked as a Mental Health Associate and a Research Coordinator. She is interested in conducting translational research, creating more culturally-informed evidence-based treatments for those with anxiety and trauma symptoms. She hopes to work in clinical care as well as teach university courses after graduating.

Sara Hameed

Sara (she/her) is a first-year Clinical Psychology PsyD student at Rutgers University. She obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College, Columbia University. Before coming to Rutgers, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator on intervention-based studies for depression, anxiety and PTSD. She is passionate about increasing the accessibility of care to marginalized groups who have experienced trauma, including ethnic and racial monitories as well as immigrant and refugee populations.

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Chloe Rosenkranz

Chloe (she/her) is a third-year Clinical Psychology PsyD student at Rutgers University. She received a B.S. in Psychology from Brown University. Before coming to Rutgers, she worked as a student research assistant in the Sleep for Science Lab and was a peer educator in the Sexual Health Awareness Group. She is interested in the intersection of trauma and sexual health.

Lab Alumni

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Tamina Daruvala

Daphne Gray

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Tanya C. Saraiya Ph.D.