Meet our Current Lab Members
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Dr. Sydney Batchelder, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Dr. Batchelder is an Assistant Professor at Eastern Michigan University. She received her graduate training at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. B also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Vermont with a focus on behavioral pharmacology of drug use and addiction. Dr. Batchelder’s current research focuses on assessing the underlying behavioral processes in decision-making related to health and substance use, reducing health disparities among vulnerable populations, and reducing barriers to treatment. Dr. B also has training in behavioral interventions for substance use including contingency management, pharmacotherapies, and other behavioral therapies.
In her personal time, Dr. Batchelder enjoys knitting, crocheting, doing puzzles, watching anime, hiking, traveling, and skiing. Dr. Batchelder is originally from Connecticut and is a New England girl at heart but is happy to have moved to Michigan a year ago and is starting to find some exciting outdoor activities.
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Grant Saba, B.S.
Grant is a first year student in the clinical behavioral psychology M.S. program at Eastern Michigan University. Prior to his entrance to the graduate program, Grant was an undergraduate at EMU, graduating in Winter 2025 with a B.S. in general psychology. During his time as an undergraduate, Grant’s Honors thesis focused on the co-use of alcohol and e-cigarettes (“vapes”), examining how use of alcohol and e-cigarettes affects self-reported dependence and hypothetical demand of each other. Grant also has interests in interventions for substance use disorders, sociocultural factors that encourage hazardous substance use, and animal models of substance use and addiction. In addition, Grant is a trained crisis counselor, with skills in safety planning and crisis intervention for people at risk of self-harm and suicidality.
Grant is a life-long Michigander who has called the metro Detroit area home for his whole life. In his free time, you can often find Grant reading a new book, planning his next travel destination, or cooking meals for his friends and family. If you’re ever looking for restaurant recommendations, ask Grant, he’ll probably have a dozen!
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Maria Zarcone, B.S.
Maria is a first year doctoral student at EMU. She earned her bachelor of science in psychology from Fordham University, then worked as a research assistant for Substance Treatment and Research Services at Columbia University in New York City. She recently completed a postbac fellowship at the National Institute on Drug Abuse where she researched novel pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder. Her current research focuses on expanding access to substance use disorder treatment for vulnerable populations and advancing the implementation of behavioral interventions for these disorders. In her free time Maria enjoys yoga, biking, crafts of all kinds, and taking too many photos of her cat Skipper.
Where are they now?
Past BASH Lab Members
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Samia was accepted to the University of Michigan’s Master’s of Public Health Program
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Jesse John was accepted into Rowan University’s Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
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Grant was accepted to Eastern Michigan University’s Clinical Behavioral Master’s Program
