Hannah was a full-time research assistant in the Hoza lab from 2018-2020. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2018 with a degree in biochemistry. Hannah now attends the University of Vermont Medical School.

How she likes to stay moving: Playing soccer, running, and hiking!

Department: Psychological Science

Email: Marissa.Dennis@uvm.edu

Marissa has been involved in the CATs on the Move projects since 2015, when she worked as an undergradute research assistant in the Hoza lab and implemented the CATs on the Move program in a local elementary school. She worked in the Hoza lab for the rest of her undergraduate career. After graduating in May 2017, she continued her involvement with the CATs and Kiddie CATs on the Move programs post-graduation as a full-time research assistant. In that position, Marissa helped coordinate and manage the preschool research project and helped create Version 2 of the Kiddie CATs on the Move program manual as well as a new revision of the CATs on the Move program manual. She is currently a graudate student in the University of Vermont’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program under the mentorship of Dr. Hoza and serves as a teaching assistant for the Fit Kids Courses.

How she likes to stay moving: Skiing, running, biking, hiking, practicing yoga and attending group fitness classes at UVM! 

Ireland was a full-time research assistant working on the Kiddie CATs on the Move project from 2020-2022. She graduated from UVM in 2020 with a degree in Psychology. Ireland first became involved with CATs and Kiddie CATs on the Move projects in the fall of 2018 as a student in the Fit Kids class. She continued her involvement with CATs on the Move during the fall of 2019, implementing the program in a local elementary school and working as an undergraduate research assistant in the Hoza lab.

How she likes to stay moving: Running, hiking, biking, and skiing in the winter!

Department: Psychological Science

Email: Allison.Krasner@uvm.edu

Allie Krasner is a graduate student in the University of Vermont’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program working on the CATs and Kiddie CATs on the Move projects. Allie first became involved in the CATs projects in the spring of 2016 when she was an undergraduate student at UVM. After graduating, she became a full time research assistant on the project, helping to coordinate and implement research assessments at the preschools sites and work on developing new versions of the CATs and Kiddie CATs curricula. She is currently a graudate student in the University of Vermont’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program under the mentorship of Dr. Hoza and serves as a teaching assistant for the Fit Kids Courses.

How she likes to stay moving: Crossfit, hiking, yoga, running, exploring new places! 

Caroline Martin was a Clinical Psychology doctoral student at the University of Vermont working on the CATs and Kiddie CATs on the Move projects. Caroline joined the team during the fall of 2015. She served as a teaching assistant for the Fit Kids Applied Research courses, coordinated the implementation of all research assessments at the preschool sites, and was involved in the development of the Kiddie CATs on the Move curriculum.

How she likes to stay moving: Running, hiking, biking, and swimming!