Madeline Lenard
Doctoral Student
Madeline Lenard is a doctoral student in counseling psychology & applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research explores mind-body interventions and sport participation on the psychophysiological stress response in youth. She is currently looking at extracurricular activities and internalizing symptoms in youth, specifically sport participation and anxiety. She is completing a clinical training practicum at the Boston University Child Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) and working with the Boston University sport medicine department as a sport and performance consultant for their student-athletes and teams.
As a master’s student, Maddie worked with college athletes at Suffolk University and children with complex trauma at the SPARK Center at Boston Medical Center. After graduating, she worked as a research assistant at Boston Medical Center on two DHHS-funded grants: RESPECT-Plus: Services for Infants With Prenatal Opiate Exposure and Project BELONG: Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Family Violence and Trauma.
Education
EdM, Counseling, concentration in Sport & Performance Psychology, Boston University
BA, Psychology, University of San Diego
Selected Presentations
Lenard M., Meija S. A., Brouillard L., Haddok-Lazala C., Rivera A., Vibbert, M. Protective Assessment and Intervention in the Pediatric Community Context. Boston Medical Center Child Protection Team Grand Rounds. Boston, MA. April 2016.
Lenard M., Ramsburg J., Sarafian R. Impact of Trait Mindfulness on Sport Performance Under Pressure. Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference. Las Vegas, NV. October 2014.
Galvan V., Golley M., Lenard M., Dhar A., Kendall R., Ocheltree K., Gutierrez C. Gender Differences in Response to a Common Noise Distraction. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting. San Francisco, CA. April 2011.