Project Staff

Jennifer Fillo, Lab Director

Jennifer Fillo, Lab Director

The Carolina Health and Relationship Mechanisms (CHARM) Lab is led by Jennifer Fillo, PhD, MPH. Dr. Fillo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health. In 2014, Dr. Fillo received her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Minnesota. She furthered her studies at the University of Buffalo for four years; she received her NIAAA postdoctoral training in alcohol etiology and treatment and a Master’s in Public Health in 2020.

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Benjamin Fisher, Research Project Coordinator

Benjamin Fisher, Research Project Coordinator

Benjamin coordinates the work of Dr. Fillo’s Carolina Health and Relationship Mechanisms (CHARM) lab and her National Institutes of Health-funded research study focused on the experiences of people in romantic relationships who drink alcohol. He also supervises undergraduate research assistants and assists with study-specific activities, including participant recruitment, participant screening, and qualitative interview facilitation. Benjamin obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in African Studies and Journalism at Emory University and completed graduate course work in Gender Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He brings more than five years of multifaceted work experience related to HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and other public health issues. He previously worked for non-profit organizations, community health centers, universities, and state health departments, including the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Newark Community Health Centers, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. He has experience with data analysis, service provision, training facilitation, project team supervision, and research project coordination.

Samantha Biancorosso, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Samantha Biancorosso, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Minors in Neuroscience & English
Graduated in 2022
University at Buffalo

Currently working as a Staff Research Technician at Davidson College in North Carolina.

John Bruno, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

John Bruno, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Bachelor of Science in Public Health with a Minor in Medical Humanities and Culture
Graduated in 2023
University of South Carolina

 

Kelly Buchan, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Kelly Buchan, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Bachelor of Science in Public Health with Minor in Spanish
Graduated in 2022
University of South Carolina

Currently working as a Behavioral Health Assistant at William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute and as a Research Assistant for Dr. Allison Sweeney.

Kayla Giglia, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Kayla Giglia, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Bachelor of Science in Public Health and Psychology with a Minor in Neuroscience
Graduated in 2022
University at Buffalo

Currently completing a Master of Public Health at University at Albany.

Sofia Randazzo, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Sofia Randazzo, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Minor Women’s and Gender Studies
Graduated in 2023
University of South Carolina

 

Nicole Skrypnik, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Nicole Skrypnik, Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Graduated in 2021
University at Buffalo