Madeline Morton graduated summa cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross with a B.A. in Psychology. During her time at Holy Cross, she was a research assistant in the Gender-Role
Development Lab under Dr. Danuta Bukatko, where she investigated the barriers college students face in pursuing leadership roles on campus. She also worked in the Adolescent Development Lab with Dr. Alison Ludden, analyzing the impact of energy drinks and caffeine consumption on adolescents’ mental health and school-related outcomes. Additionally, Madeline was a JD Power Research Associate and received funding to examine the impacts of mentorship in the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) program, focusing on adolescents’ depression, sleep, and substance use outcomes. As an undergraduate, she was also a family support intern at the Carriage House Grief Support Program, facilitating grief counseling for children and leading caregiver group sessions. Most recently, as a Clinical Research Intern at the Depression Clinical and Research Program at MGH, she was primarily involved in a study investigating the efficacy of ketamine for treatment-resistant mood disorders.

Madeline is passionate about improving access to effective, evidence-based treatments for young people with mood and anxiety-related disorders. At CORD, she works under Dr. Daniel Geller on studies of pediatric OCD and Tourette’s Syndrome, and afterwards hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology.