McLean Sammon

McLean graduated from Oberlin College in 2019 with a B.A. in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Dance. She is passionate about research examining transdiagnostic neural factors that contribute to the development, maintenance, and treatment of psychological conditions. Before joining the DYADS study, she worked on research examining the neural processing of social rejection and physical pain in young adults who engage in non-suicidal self-injury, a project exploring how drugs and pain modulate the memory and threat-response systems involved in anxiety and PTSD, and a study focusing on the neurophysiological mechanisms that underlay emotional response inhibition as it relates to psychopathology. Following her work with Dr. Forbes, McLean hopes to enter a Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology, where she can study dimensional models of psychopathology by investigating the neural phenomena that help explain dysfunction across traditional diagnostic categories. Outside of the lab, McLean loves doing yoga and running, taking care of her cat and plants, and spending time with her friends.