Sydney Autorino
Sydney Autorino is an administrative coordinator for the Healthy Brain Network at the Child Mind Institute. In this role, Sydney works as part of the operations team to coordinate study initiatives and logistics and to sustain participant-study relationships. Her responsibilities include assisting in the preparation of IRB documentation, managing records requests, and sending confidential reports to study participants. Sydney previously was a participant navigator for the program, facilitating MRI visits and data collection, conducting participant interviews, and scheduling families.
Sydney graduated from Colgate University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychological science with a minor in sociology. As an undergraduate, she worked in a cognitive science lab and wrote her thesis on daydreaming and attentional control. Sydney also has experience as a volunteer teacher’s assistant to children with learning disabilities.
Sydney is passionate about improving access to mental health care, and her research interests include understanding consciousness and exploring new therapeutic approaches to treating mental health disorders. Ultimately, her goal is to pursue a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.
Education
- BA, Psychology, Colgate University
