Our Team

Kavya Mudiam, B.A.

Kavya (she/her/hers) is a sixth-year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at the University of Oregon, and is completing her clinical internship at Denver Health. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a B.A. in Psychology. She previously worked as a research assistant at the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, a campus-wide initiative to research and provide innovative treatments for depression.  Kavya is interested in improving, adapting, and disseminating evidence-based practices for youth of color, and delivering interventions for adolescents and families struggling with substance use.  During her free time, Kavya likes to hammock by the river, hike, and boulder

Representative Publications and Presentations

  • Canico, J., Mudiam, K. R., Park, A. L., & Allen, N. B., Williamson, A. A., Luiggi-Hernandez JG., Hamm, M. E., Davis, M. F. (November 2024). Voices of Youth with Minoritized Identities and Caregivers: Leveraging Primary Care Settings to Discuss Behavioral Health Concerns to Prevent Youth Suicide Risk. Poster to be presented in the 2024 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Mudiam, K. R., Sheeber, L., Leve, C., Pfeifer, J. H., & Allen, N. B. (2023). Maternal Depression, Parental Attributions, and Adolescent Psychopathology: An evaluation using observational and video mediated recall methods. J. Res. Adolescence, 33(3), 1023-1037. doi:10.1111/jora.12855

  • Mudiam, K.R., Jamie Jaramillo, Ph.D., Michael R. McCart, Ph.D., Tess Drazdowski, Ph.D, Jackie Bruce, Ph.D., Jason Chapman, Ph.D., & Ashli J Sheidow, Ph.D. (November 2023). Current landscape of adolescents presenting for outpatient substance use treatment. Poster presented to the 2023 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Seattle, WA.

  • Mudiam, K. R., Park, A. L., & Allen, N. B. (November 2022). Promoting South Asian American mental health: literature review and future directions. Poster presented in the 2022 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.