Our Research Lab

Nili is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, at the Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Solomonov completed her doctoral studies at Adelphi University, followed by a T32 fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a psychotherapy researcher. Her research focuses on studying brain-based and clinical mechanisms of action in psychotherapies for depression in mid- and late-life and the postpartum period. 

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Marzieh is a recent graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a specialization in Machine Learning from Stony Brook University. Throughout her doctoral studies, Marzieh concentrated on uncertainty quantification in deep learning models and Bayesian statistics. Her research addresses a variety of medical applications, ranging from neuroscience to obstetrics and psychology.

Betsy is a licensed clinical social worker who joined the Solomonov Lab in the fall of 2023. She received her masters in social work from Columbia University in 2021 and has practiced at NewYork-Presbyterian and the Center for Anxiety. Betsy is interested in treatments for and helping individuals with postpartum depression.

Aliza graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in cognitive science and a minor in computing. Aliza is interested in psychotherapy interventions for adults with mood disorders, and the interplay between neurobiology, reward processing, and emotion regulation in mood disorders.

Ellie graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies. Ellie's research interests include intervention development for older adults with mood disorders, as well as expanding psychotherapy accessibility to older adults through the use of technology.

Holland graduated from the City University of New York with a B.Sc. in Computational Methods and Cognitive Science. She is interested in data science and biomedical image analysis with an emphasis on machine learning methods for neuroimaging.

Ben graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in sociology and worked for a healthcare startup prior to joining the lab. He is currently a master's student in clinical psychology at Teachers College in the research methods concentration. Ben is interested in treatment personalization, psychotherapy process and outcome, measurement, and expanding access to high quality mental health care. 

Delaney graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Psychology and minors in Gender and Sexuality Studies and Global Health and Health Policy. Delaney's research interests include developing psychotherapy interventions for older adults with mood disorders as well for individuals experiencing postpartum depression.

Rana graduated from the City College of New York with a B.Sc in Biology and a focus in Neurogenetics. Her research focus centers on deciphering the biochemical pathways in neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on causative gene mutations, namely the SOD-1 gene mutation seen in degenerative diseases such as Lewy body dementia, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinsons disorder.