Victoria Seghatol-Eslami

Fifth Year Medical-Clinical Psychology Graduate Student

Victoria earned her BS in psychology from UAB in 2017. Prior to starting graduate school in 2019, Victoria worked as a research assistant in Dr. Rajesh Kana’s Cognition, Brain, and Autism Laboratory and as a clinical research coordinator at the Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship under the supervision of Dr. Donna Murdaugh and Dr. Noha Sharafeldin. Victoria’s research interests include the cognitive and emotional/behavioral outcomes of childhood cancer survivors. She is especially interested in using functional neuroimaging and neuropsychological testing to examine how executive dysfunction affects adaptive functioning in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Victoria is a current Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program (T32) predoctoral trainee.

Amanda Cook

Third Year Medical-Clinical Psychology Graduate Student

Amanda Cook received her BS from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), where she majored in Biology and minored in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Spanish. At UNCW, Amanda was a part of a cross-cultural neuropsychology lab, a clinical neuropsychology private practice, and a community clinic. After graduating, she was a Research Coordinator in a forensic clinical cognitive neuroscience lab. She joined the LAUNCH Lab in 2021. She is interested in factors that are associated with neurocognitive outcomes, such as neural mechanisms, in cancer survivors and other neurological populations. Broadly, she hopes to improve rehabilitation strategies and patient centered outcomes in these populations. 

Emily Hatcher

Emily is an undergraduate student at UAB majoring in Neuroscience and is also a part of the Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s (ABM) Program pursuing a Master’s degree in Multidisciplinary Biomedical Science. She is also involved in the Honors College where she is a part of the Global and Community Leadership (GCL) program. Emily joined the LAUNCH lab in the Fall of 2023. In her free time, Emily enjoys reading, going to concerts, and watching her favorite movies and TV shows.

Caroline Schock

Caroline is a current undergraduate student in the Honors College at UAB majoring in Public Health on the Pre-Med track. She joined the LAUNCH lab in the Fall of 2022 and is currently exploring her interests in Neuropsychology within the lab. She plans to begin coursework for a Master’s degree in Public Health in the Spring of 2023 through the Accelerated MPH program at UAB. Outside of academics, Caroline enjoys reading, going to concerts, and mountain biking