Molly Joseph

Molly Joseph is a first-year student in the Clinical Science Ph.D. program at Florida International University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology, with a minor in Education, from the University of Washington. After graduating, she served as a Research Study Coordinator at UW’s Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress, where she coordinated a NIAAA-funded R01 study on PTSD and problematic alcohol use in sexual assault survivors under the mentorship of Drs. Michele Bedard-Gilligan and Lori Zoellner. She also contributed to the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) and to multiple qualitative and mixed-methods projects at the UW Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center, where she supported research on PTSD and behavioral health interventions. In addition, Molly gained clinical experience delivering tailored interventions to children with ADHD and related disorders through a Summer Treatment Program at The Baker Center for Children and Families in Boston.

Molly’s research interests center on how ADHD manifests in children across environments, cultural contexts, and in the presence of adversity. She is particularly interested in identifying effective, contextually appropriate interventions and developing adaptations to increase accessibility for historically underserved populations and diverse family systems. She also aims to examine how adverse childhood experiences influence school readiness and ADHD treatment response, with the goal of making ADHD interventions more trauma-informed.