Rebecca Laconi, MA
Clinical Research Coordinator, Senior

Rebecca Laconi is a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator working on the Whole Health Study, led by David Mandell, Hillary Bogner, and Kyle Kampman, which tests the collaborative care model for patients with opioid use disorder and a coexisting psychiatric disorder in primary care. She graduated with a B.S. in Clinical/Counseling Psychology from Kutztown University in 2016, and a M.A. in Psychology in 2020 from West Chester University. Prior to joining the HEAL Whole Health Study team, she worked as the Lab Coordinator/Research Assistant for the Developmental Science Lab at Temple University from 2016-2019. During her time in grad school, she worked under Dr. Michael Gawrysiak, who focuses on addiction and trauma. With his supervision, she worked on a Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention intervention at Gaudenzia, and completed her thesis, which examined whether parental drug use contributed to levels of addiction stigma in their children later in life.