Education

Education & Training

Degrees across music, theology, behavior analysis, clinical psychology, and dramatic arts, plus research and clinical training.

Education

  • 2023–2026

    ALM, Extension Studies (Dramatic Arts)

    Harvard University · Cambridge, USA

  • 2017–2020

    PhD, Psychology

    University of Fribourg · Fribourg, Switzerland

  • 2014–2016

    MS, Behavior Analysis

    Universidade Estadual de Londrina · Londrina, Brazil

  • 2012–2016

    BS, Psychology

    Faculdade Pitágoras de Londrina · Londrina, Brazil

  • 2007–2010

    BA, Theology

    Faculdade Teológica Sul Americana · Londrina, Brazil

  • 2002

    Music Theory & Keyboard

    Conservatório Musical Carlos Gomes · Arapongas, Brazil

Research & Clinical Training

  • 2024–2025

    Psychology Fellow, Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral

    Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School

  • 2019–2021

    Visiting Research Fellow, Clinical Psychology Pre- & postdoctoral

    McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School

See also:

2026

Mayron Piccolo, Tanya Tandon, Dany Laure Wadji, Stephanie Haymoz, Christophe Mueller-Pfeiffer, Gabriella Milos, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2026. “An Exploratory Study on Portion Size Estimation Errors: Psychological Correlates of Portion Size Estimation Errors in a Non-Clinical Sample With Normal-Weight”. Eating and Weight Disorders, 31, 1. doi:10.1007/s40519-026-01864-2
Mayron Piccolo, Tanya Tandon, Dany Laure Wadji, Stephanie Haymoz, Christophe Mueller-Pfeiffer, Gabriella Milos, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2026. “An Exploratory Study on Portion Size Estimation Errors: Psychological Correlates of Portion Size Estimation Errors in a Non-Clinical Sample With Normal-Weight”. Eating and Weight Disorders, 31, 1. doi:10.1007/s40519-026-01864-2

2025

Mayron Piccolo, Deborah Wanderley Dos Santos, Shaun Herold, and Jill M. Hooley. 2025. “Communal Music As a Tool to Improve Positive Affect After Social Ostracism or Negative Autobiographical Memory Recollection”
Mayron Piccolo, Deborah Wanderley Dos Santos, Shaun Herold, and Jill M. Hooley. 2025. “Communal Music As a Tool to Improve Positive Affect After Social Ostracism or Negative Autobiographical Memory Recollection”
Mayron Piccolo. 2025. “Ensuring Clinical Validity. The Case for Reconsidering ‘Several Days’ in the PHQ-9 Brazilian Version”
Mayron Piccolo. 2025. “Ensuring Clinical Validity. The Case for Reconsidering ‘Several Days’ in the PHQ-9 Brazilian Version”
Hoang Le, Jaisy Lau, Zikki Zhao, and Mayron Piccolo. 2025. “Idioms of Distress in PTSD Assessment: A Cambodian Perspective”
Hoang Le, Jaisy Lau, Zikki Zhao, and Mayron Piccolo. 2025. “Idioms of Distress in PTSD Assessment: A Cambodian Perspective”
Mayron Piccolo and Ludmila Zatorre Dantas. 2025. “First Tones: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effects of Communal Music-Making on Mental Health and Developmental Markers of Brazilian Preschoolers”
Mayron Piccolo and Ludmila Zatorre Dantas. 2025. “First Tones: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effects of Communal Music-Making on Mental Health and Developmental Markers of Brazilian Preschoolers”
Hoang Le, Mayron Piccolo, and Clare Killikelly. 2025. “The Role of Vietnamese Mourning Culture in Grief Symptomatology - A Study Protocol”. Grief
Hoang Le, Mayron Piccolo, and Clare Killikelly. 2025. “The Role of Vietnamese Mourning Culture in Grief Symptomatology - A Study Protocol”. Grief
Mayron Piccolo, Deborah Wanderley Dos Santos, Shaun Herold, and Jill M. Hooley. 2025. “Communal Music As a Tool to Improve Positive Affect After Social Ostracism or Negative Autobiographical Memory Recollection”. Scientific Reports, 15, 1, Pp. 33821+. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-05119-5
Mayron Piccolo, Deborah Wanderley Dos Santos, Shaun Herold, and Jill M. Hooley. 2025. “Communal Music As a Tool to Improve Positive Affect After Social Ostracism or Negative Autobiographical Memory Recollection”. Scientific Reports, 15, 1, Pp. 33821+. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-05119-5

2024

Tanya Tandon, Mayron Piccolo, Katharina Ledermann, Richard J. McNally, Rashmi Gupta, Naser Morina, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2024. “Mental Health Markers and Protective Factors in Students With Symptoms of Physical Pain across WEIRD and Non-WEIRD Samples - a Network Analysis”. BMC Psychiatry, 24, 1, Pp. 318+. doi:10.1186/s12888-024-05767-3
Tanya Tandon, Mayron Piccolo, Katharina Ledermann, Richard J. McNally, Rashmi Gupta, Naser Morina, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2024. “Mental Health Markers and Protective Factors in Students With Symptoms of Physical Pain across WEIRD and Non-WEIRD Samples - a Network Analysis”. BMC Psychiatry, 24, 1, Pp. 318+. doi:10.1186/s12888-024-05767-3

2023

Tanya Tandon, Mayron Piccolo, Katharina Ledermann, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2023. “Mental Health Markers and Protective Factors in Students With Symptoms of Physical Pain across WEIRD and Non-WEIRD Samples - a Network Analysis”
Tanya Tandon, Mayron Piccolo, Katharina Ledermann, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2023. “Mental Health Markers and Protective Factors in Students With Symptoms of Physical Pain across WEIRD and Non-WEIRD Samples - a Network Analysis”
Katharina Ledermann, Mayron Piccolo, Romina Evelyn Recabarren, and Haiko Sprott. 2023. “Interactions Between Self-Reported Pain Intensity and Affects in Daily Life: A Pilot Study Comparing Individuals With Chronic Pain With Primary and Secondary Pain Disorders”
Katharina Ledermann, Mayron Piccolo, Romina Evelyn Recabarren, and Haiko Sprott. 2023. “Interactions Between Self-Reported Pain Intensity and Affects in Daily Life: A Pilot Study Comparing Individuals With Chronic Pain With Primary and Secondary Pain Disorders”

2022

Tanya Tandon, Mayron Piccolo, Katharina Ledermann, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2022. “The Relationship Between Behavioral and Mood Responses to Monetary Rewards in a Sample of Indian Students With and Without Reported Pain”
Tanya Tandon, Mayron Piccolo, Katharina Ledermann, and Chantal Martin-Soelch. 2022. “The Relationship Between Behavioral and Mood Responses to Monetary Rewards in a Sample of Indian Students With and Without Reported Pain”
Patrick Pasi, Mayron Piccolo, Lisa-Katrin Kaufmann, and Gabriella Milos. 2022. “Estimation of Meal Portions in Bulimia Nervosa Compared to Anorexia Nervosa and Healthy Controls”
Patrick Pasi, Mayron Piccolo, Lisa-Katrin Kaufmann, and Gabriella Milos. 2022. “Estimation of Meal Portions in Bulimia Nervosa Compared to Anorexia Nervosa and Healthy Controls”