Education
PhD, Duke University, 2003
MA, Duke University, 2000
Overview
My research addresses the development, evaluation, and dissemination of prevention strategies to improve mental health among underserved populations, with a focus on urban youth.
Youth and adolescents. I am currently evaluating mindfulness-based and cognitive behavioral approaches for improving emotional and behavioral outcomes among urban middle and high school students.
Perinatal mental health. I am assessing mindfulness-based and cognitive behavioral strategies to promote maternal mental health and prevent postpartum depression in contexts that serve at-risk perinatal women, including home visitation programs and neonatal intensive care units.
Honors and Awards
The Maryland Psychological Association of Graduate Students Mentoring Award (2012)
JHSPH Recognition for Excellence in Teaching (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Finalist, Aspen Brain Forum Prize in Neuroeducation, Aspen Brain Forum Foundation and New York Academy of Sciences (2011)
Senior Investigator, Mind and Life Summer Institute (2010)
Faculty Innovations Fund Awardee, JHSPH (2008-2009)
Career Development Institute (CDI) for Psychiatry, Stanford University, CA (2007)
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Harvard University (2004-2006)
Robert E. Harris Memorial Award: Outstanding Clinical Psychology Fellow, University of California, San Francisco (2004)
NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from NIMH (2001-2002)
American Psychological Foundation Graduate Research Scholarship in Psychology (2001-2002)
Aleane Webb Dissertation Research Fellowship, Duke University (2001-2002)
James B. Duke Fellowship, Duke University (1997-2001)
Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University (1993)
Magna cum laude, Yale University (1993)
Distinction in the Humanities Major, Yale University (1993)
Marshall Dodge Prize for Philosophy, Yale University (1990)