Our Team

The Period Project Team        

Dr. Jane Mendle is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia and completed her clinical internship at the Payne Whitney Clinic of New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College.   Dr. Mendle specializes in adolescent psychology, particularly how different aspects of puberty relate to psychological well-being.  She is the recipient of the Young Investigator Award from the Society of Research on Adolescence, the Thompson Award from the Behavior Genetics Association, the New Investigator Award from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, and was named a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science.  Her research has been profiled in numerous media outlets, including the BBC, The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and Newsweek.  She is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of New York.

 

 

Kathleen McCormick is a PhD student in Human Development focused on reproductive transitions through the lifespan. Her research is particularly focused on observing how psychological, biological, and hormonal changes occur across the menstrual cycle and throughout the lifespan. Kathleen graduated from Cornell in 2016. She then worked as a project coordinator at the Women’s Hormones and Aging Research Program from 2016-2018 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and served as project manager in the Youth, Emotion, Development and Intervention Lab at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign from 2018-2020.