People
Isabella Viducich
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Doctoral student
Isabella Viducich is a PhD student interested in conducting research related to how interventions involving play, such as pretend and imaginative play, can help children persist on difficult tasks and reach other important developmental milestones.
University of Notre Dame (2018), BA in Psychology and Film
University of California, Los Angeles( 2021), MA in Social Welfare
Autism spectrum disorder, Early childhood, Early childhood education, Executive function, Families and parenting, Infancy, Infant and early childhood mental health, Special education
Isabella Viducich is a PhD student at the Institute for Child Development (ICD). She is interested in conducting research related to how interventions involving play, such as pretend and imaginative play, can help children persist on difficult tasks and reach other important developmental milestones. She is a member of the Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab and is advised by Dr. Stephanie Carlson. Isabella holds a M.A. in Social Welfare from the University of California, Los Angeles (2021) and a B.A. in psychology and film from the University of Notre Dame (2018). Before beginning her work at ICD, Isabella worked with multiple researchers studying a variety of topics including the experiences of Black and Latinx individuals living with HIV, lapses in attention in high school students, and thin-ideal internalization in college-aged women. Most recently, Isabella worked as an Infant Therapist and Behaviorist for children experiencing developmental delays.
Corning, A. F., & Viducich, I. M. (2018). Stress and eating disorders and obesity. Chapter in K.
Harkness, & E. P. Hayden (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Stress and Mental Health. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ebor, M. T., Viducich, I. M., & Sutton, M. Y. (in press). Health communication film implementation strategy COVID-19-era: The turning T.I.D.E. in HIV multimedia research. Journal of Social Work and Social Welfare Policy.
Banks, D. E., Ramm, K., Viducich, I., Beasley, Q., Barron, J., Chen, E. L., Norwood-Scott, E.,
Fuentes, K., Zhang, M., Brown, A. F., Wyatt, G. E., Hamilton, A., & Loeb, T. B. (2024). Strengths and challenges among Black and Latinx people living with HIV during COVID-19: A mixed-methods investigation of the translation of self-management across syndemic health crises. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000732
Loeb, T. B., Banks, D., Ramm, K., Viducich, I., Beasley, Q., Barron, J., Chen, E. L., Norwood-Scott, E., Fuentes, K., Zhang, M., Brown, A. F., Wyatt, G. E., & Hamilton, A. B. (2023). Achieving health equity and continuity of care for black and Latinx people living with HIV. American journal of public health, 113(S2), S107-S109. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307222
Loeb, T. B., Viducich, I., Smith-Clapham, A. M., Adkins-Jackson, P., Zhang, M., Cooley-Strickland, M., Davis, T., Pemberton, J. V., & Wyatt, G. E. (2022). Unmet need for mental health services utilization among under-resourced Black and Latinx adults. Families, Systems, & Health, 41(2), 149-159. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000750
