Dr. Jenny Grant Weinandy is a clinical psychologist and an addiction researcher. She completed her graduate training at Bowling Green State University and her clinical internship at the New Mexico VA/Southwest Consortium. She is an Assistant Professor and director of the Thoughts and Experiences of Addiction (TEA) Lab in the psychology department at Ohio University. She is also an affiliate member of the Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE) at Ohio University.
Dr. Grant Weinandy’s research uses mixed methods to examine the ways in which individual and contextual factors influence the diagnosis and treatment of addiction, particularly gambling, in underserved populations. Her research aims to improve treatment-seeking and access to care, especially among rural communities and those with less severe clinical symptoms. For a full list of publications, see her Google Scholar.
Personally, she enjoys baking, growing plants, and traveling with her two children and husband. She is originally from Wales in the United Kingdom and loves exploring the mountains surrounding Athens, which reminds her of Wales.
Graduate Students
Kamdyn Thakur, B.A. (She/Her)
Kamdyn Thakur is a third-year Clinical Psychology graduate student at Ohio University. Her research interests are more broadly focused on understanding how various cultural factors influence risk and experiences of behavioral addictions. Currently, she is finishing up her master’s thesis project, which focuses on how different types of income and perceptions of financial standing impact the relationship between financial gambling motives and problem gambling severity for college students. Within the lab, Kamdyn serves as a graduate research assistant for the Gambling in Rural Areas project and also aids with several other lab projects. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, traveling, and spending time with her friends and family.
Contact: kt153223@ohio.edu
Dominique DiDomenico, B.S. (She/Her)
Dominique DiDomenico is a first-year clinical psychology PhD student at Ohio University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology, with a minor in critical sexuality studies, from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests center on the relationship between trauma exposure and behavioral addiction, with a particular focus on experiences of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, and their impact on subsequent sexual behavior. She is interested in understanding the mechanisms linking trauma to maladaptive patterns of behavior, including risky decision-making. In her free time, she enjoys movie marathons and getting her nails done.
Contact: dd560625@ohio.edu
Hannah G. Vanlandingham, M.P.S (She/Her)
Hannah Vanlandingham is a first-year Clinical Psychology PhD student at Ohio University. Her research interests include examining health disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) and other marginalized communities. Of particular interest is looking at how oppression-based stressors (OBS) impact SGM sexual health, mental health, substance use, and addiction outcomes. She also values taking a strengths-based approach and investigates factors that may mitigate, or protect against, the adverse health effects that arise from experiences of OBS. In her free time, she likes to work out, hangout with her girlfriend (Dest) and son (aka her dog, Otis), and go to concerts/listen to music!
