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Weili Lu, Ph.D., CRC

Principal Investigator

Weili Lu, Ph. D., CRC, is the Principal Investigator for the iCareer study and an Associate Professor at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Dr. Lu was a co-investigator, project


Dake Zhang, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor

Dake Zhang, Ph.D., is the Co-Principal Investigator for the iCareer study and an Associate Professor of Special Education at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her research focuses on


Ni Gao, Ph.D., LCSW

Co-Investigator, Professor

Ni Gao, Ph.D., LCSW, is a Co-Investigator for the iCareer study and an Associate Professor and interim Director of the Integrated Employment Institute (IEI) within the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation


Janice Oursler, Ph.D., CRC

Co-Investigator, Associate Professor/Program Director

Janice Oursler, Ph.D., CRC, is a Co-Investigator for the iCareer study and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation And Counseling Professions at Rutgers since 1999. She is the Program Director


Philip Yanos, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator

Philip Yanos, Ph. D., is a Co-Investigator for the iCareer study and a Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. An internationally recognized expert


Yuane Jia, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator, Assistant Professor

Yuane “Joy” Jia, PhD., is a Co-Investigator for the iCareer study. Dr. Jia received her PhD in Research Methodology, Statistics and Evaluation at the University of Virginia. She has served


John Beninato, M.S., LMHC, NCC, CRC

Project Manager

John Beninato, M.S., LMHC, NCC, CRC, is the project coordinator for the iCareer study. He has been the project manager for other soft-skills pilot studies and has worked in a


Esther Lo

Associate Project Manager

Esther Lo, BA, is the associate project manager on the iCareer study funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research and a research assistant with Dr.


Jiwoo Choi, M.A., ATR-P

Research Assistant

Jiwoo Choi, MA, ATR-P, is the research assistant for the iCareer study. She has been a research assistant with Dr. Weili Lu for PTSD studies and works on a grant


Zoe Geisser

Research Assistant

Zoe Geisser, BA, is a research assistant for the iCareer study. She is a second-year School Psychology PsyD student at the University at Albany. She graduated summa cum laude with