TRACE - Treatment and Assessment of Cognitive Effectiveness Lab

TRACE Club had a great time at this weekend's NAMI Walk 2026! NAMIWalks Alliant University

Dr. Veronica Perez is the Guest Editor of a Special Issue for Brain Sciences. Please see below for submissions due June 30th!

Special Issue - Neurocognitive Deficits and Remediation in Severe Mental Illness: Mechanisms and Treatments

Congratulations to my incredible student, now Dr. Alyssa Roth!!!! Very proud at her defense 👏🏼

Research Opportunity for adults (18–64) with living in the U.S! We’re running a study exploring social attitudes and discriminatory experiences.

In this study you’ll answer questions about:

Demographics
Resilience factors
Sources of stressors
Thoughts and emotions
Social attitudes and experiences

Research Opportunity for Asian / Asian-American adults (18–64) living in the U.S! We’re running a study exploring social attitudes and discriminatory experiences.

In this study you’ll answer questions about:

Demographics
Resilience factors
Sources of stressors
Thoughts and emotions
Social attitudes and experiences

HAPPY MATCH DAY! TRACE will have 3 students headed to their Phase I match APA internships 💥 Congrats, Gab, Melody, and Kat!!

This year was an especially challenging year given the major cuts to funding for science and education.

Seeking mental health professionals to take part in an online study to explore the relationships between mental health professionals and their patients with psychosis.

You may be invited to complete the full study that takes between 30 - 90 minutes.
Study visit involves completing online tasks and self-report questionnaires.
Study visits are conducted over Zoom with a member of our research team.
Individuals who complete a full study visit over zoom will receive a $40 gift card for their participation. If selected to complete the full study you will receive an email invite from our team after you have submitted your response to the initial survey. Your participation can help us reach our goal of better serving individuals with psychotic features!

I am excited to share that I am OFFICIALLY launching my Treatment Center for Psychosis and OCD, TRACE Behavioral Health!

TRACE Behavioral Health is dedicated to providing evidence-based, recovery-oriented care for adults 18+ years experiencing psychosis-spectrum conditions, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and related challenges. We also work with individuals who are family members and/or caregivers of those with serious mental illnesses. Our work integrates evidence-based treatments with a focus on helping clients build meaningful work and school roles, healthy relationships, and the ability to manage their or their loved ones’ symptoms.

After years in academic medicine, research, and clinical training, this Center represents a meaningful new chapter that allows for highly individualized care grounded in both clinical science and real-world outcomes.

I’m grateful to the mentors, colleagues, students, and collaborators who have shaped this path, and I look forward to continuing to contribute to the field through both clinical work and scholarship (my lab at Alliant University continues to examine Treatments and Assessment for Cognitive Effectiveness (TRACE) in those with psychosis and OCD)!

📍 Based in California
🔗 TraceBehavioralHealth.com

CALL FOR PAPERS!
TRACE Lab PI Veronica Perez, PhD is the Guest Editor for a Special Issue in Brain Sciences: Neurocognitive Deficits and Remediation in Severe Mental Illness.
Manuscript submissions are due June 30 2026!

SI-SMI Cognition-BrainSciences-flyer.pdf Shared with Dropbox

Huge congratulations to my students matching for APA Internships! 🎊👏🥳

We are looking for young adults who identify as neurodivergent to participate in a current study in the TRACE lab aimed at enhancing social experiences and fostering connections through a brief, telehealth-administered intervention.

By completing the survey in the link below, you will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card. Eligible participants will also be compensated $100 for study completion.

Please share with any friends or family who you think might be interested! Thank you for your support!!

https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eGanUznJ1dZAw4u