Tanya Tran, Ph.D.

Dr. Tran (she/her) is primarily situated at the INTERCEPT clinic, a clinical high risk for psychosis service affiliated with the Strong Memorial Hospital. At this clinic, she is involved in program development, assessment, treatment, research, and supervision of psychology trainees.

Dr. Tran (she/her) is primarily situated at the INTERCEPT clinic, a clinical high risk for psychosis service affiliated with the Strong Memorial Hospital. At this clinic, she is involved in program development, assessment, treatment, research, and supervision of psychology trainees.

Dr. Tran received her Ph.D. (2022) in clinical psychology from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada). Her clinical and research training at Queen’s specialized in the assessment and treatment of adults with severe mental illness. Her graduate research focused on understanding the mechanisms underlyi...

Dr. Tran received her Ph.D. (2022) in clinical psychology from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada). Her clinical and research training at Queen’s specialized in the assessment and treatment of adults with severe mental illness. Her graduate research focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying motivation and pleasure dysfunctions of psychotic and mood disorders. She developed performance-based and self-report measures of “cognitive effort motivation”, an important functional correlate in severe mental illness. Her work in this area was awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Joseph Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), and the Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence. During her post-doctoral fellowship at URMC, her research focused on characterizing biopsychosocial risk factors for psychosis and program development for the mental health needs of psychosis vulnerable youth. Currently, her research aims to evaluate biobehavioral changes in response to a group therapy she developed to target impaired motivation and functioning in youth with psychosis. This research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).