Master of Health Science (MHS) Students in Mental Health

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, BA, Public Health Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: My research focuses on the intersection of health policy and mental health, particularly how systemic barriers contribute to stigma and limited access to care in minority populations. I aim to explore how culturally informed policies can improve mental health outcomes and reduce disparities in underserved communities.
Email address: tadeagb2@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2024
Previous degrees(s): BFA, Interaction & Graphic Design, School of Visual Arts, 2014
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Designing and evaluating digital approaches to reduce suicide risk in youth with mental health conditions.
Email address: dan6@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Statistics, Macalester University 2025
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: How do voluntary psychiatric admissions impact patients' short- and long-term mental health?
Email address: lappel4@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Psychology, minor in Theatre Arts, Towson University, 2023
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: My research interests focus on improving access to mental health support for refugee and immigrant communities, as well as exploring preventive measures to increase mental health and well-being within these populations.
Email address: aaskand1@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: The intersection between drugs, addiction, and mental health
Email address: ebaca1@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Public Health, American University, 2023
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: Mindfulness as a harm reduction strategy for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Email address: nboaten1@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Adolescent mental health, immigrant mental health, peer-led frameworks, destigmatization frameworks, policy synthesis
Email address: fborukh1@jhu.edu 
 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Psychology, University of South Carolina, 2024
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: My thesis project is a literature review on the comorbidity of mental disorders found in non-speaking autistic children and adolescents. 
Email address: abroadw7@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, International studies and Anthropology, Kenyon College, 2009
MSW, Community Centered Integrated Practice,  University of Washington, 2011
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: How coping varies among caregivers of children with complex medical needs, based on culture; caregiver burden following childhood firearm injury; role of caregivers in maintaining the continuum of care for children with complex medical needs 
Email address: Scarte74@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Public Health, minor in Public Policy, the George Washington University, 2023
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: My thesis project is a literature review on exploring the link between childhood sexual abuse in women and its vulnerability/susceptibility to intimate partner violence in adulthood. 
Email address: hchowdh5@jhu.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Child Development and Family Studies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2025
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: My research interest consists of trauma within family systems and the psychological and neurological impact it has on adolescents in rural minority communities. I am interested in the mental health, brain development, sociocultural, and environmental context of this particular group. 
Email address: acovin11@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Exploring the role of mental illness in adolescents experiencing food deserts in urban communities
Email address: adavi169@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Behavioral Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
BA, Spanish for the Professions, Johns Hopkins University, 2025 
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Perinatal mental health
Email address: idiaz4@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2024
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Geriatric mental health, focusing on cognitive decline and public health interventions to reduce disparities and improve outcomes in aging populations
Email address: hfeng32@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2025 
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: Mental illness and gun violence, as well as suicide rates and prevention in different demographics in those with mental health issues
Email address: agonza85@jhu.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Cognitive Science and BA, Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Interventions to increase equity in access to and quality of mental health care
Email address: vgrimal2@jhu.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, 2022
BA, Dance, University of California, Irvine, 2022
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: Using preventative school-based interventions to improve mental health (particularly eating disorders) in children and adolescents.
Email address: hgurcan1@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Impact of education on child mental health and wellbeing 
Email address: aheidsi1@jhu.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Psychology, minor in Diversity Awareness, University of Maryland Global Campus, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: My research focuses on transgender, nonbinary, and queer-related trauma, examining whether the strength of familial bonds influences the ability to overcome trauma similarly for those who experience it in adolescence and those who come out in adulthood.
Email address: choltha2@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: How psychosocial/cultural factors and identity influence minorities with mental health disorders; discovering accessible and effective interventions for underrepresented populations
Email address: jjeffre6@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, Ohio State University, 2024
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: I am interested in the psychiatric epidemiology of obsessive compulsive disorder and related mental health conditions.
Email address: mjiang37@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2024
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, University of Delaware, 2009
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: Equitable access to healthcare, with a specific focus on pediatrics and underrepresented populations
Email address: ejones98@jhu.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Cognitive Science, Scripps College, 2023
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: My research interests are in mental health resource accessibility, particularly for racial and sexual/gender minority communities, as well as in increasing cultural humility in care. 
Email address: akhan187@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2018
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: The application of psychotherapy (CBT, psychoanalysis, narrative therapy, etc.) in the treatment of neuroses and mental disorders, explaining the pathogenesis from the perspective of psychoanalysis, and the influence of parental roles and parenting styles on the sexual orientation of children
Email address: tlei7@jh.com 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara, 2025
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: I'm interested in researching the impact of complex childhood and adolescent trauma on emotional regulation and coping mechanisms, and its potential role in the development of various mental health challenges in adulthood. I also hope to explore how early adverse experiences interact with neurodivergence to influence different emotional and behavioral risk factors. 
Email address: dlynch17@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, Ohio state university, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: I'm interested in understanding the role of cognitive distortions and perfectionism in the internalization of unattainable beauty standards promoted by social media.
Email address: yleng5@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Public Health Studies, Johns Hopkins University 
BA, Psychology, Johns Hopkins University
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: Mental health and religious interventions, as well as MDD in Black/African American adolescents 
Email address: rmack16@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2024
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, Temple University, 2022
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: My thesis project is a data-driven paper on concurrent methadone and polysubstance use and its potential mechanisms.
Email address: smanzel2@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2024
Previous degrees(s): BS, Psychology, Georgia College & State University, 2023
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: Pregnancy and postpartum mental health or the effect of increased social media use on body image and self esteem
Email address: Lmobley6@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychological Sciences, 2021
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: My research interests include the epidemiology and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, brain injuries, substance use disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases, with emphases on health outcomes and suicide prevention.
Email address: nobey2@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Psychology, Morgan State University, 2023
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: My research focuses on mental health and substance use disparities in marginalized communities, examining how trauma, systemic inequities, and cultural factors influence outcomes.
Email address: posseyi1@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, UC Davis, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Links between perinatal mental health/isolation risk and the development of social cognition in children, as well as reducing the incidence of medical trauma and unmet healthcare needs in neurodivergent children through implementing accommodating sensory-friendly and supportive clinical practices.
Email address: apapolu2@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
BA, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: My thesis project will be a white paper on gamification and how it impacts geriatric care. 
Email address: cpark45@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Public Health, BA, Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Eating disorders, substance use disorders, and harm reduction
Email address: aparke72@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Medical Anthropology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2025
BS, Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Early interventions (such as school-based interventions) for mental illnesses, as well as community-based programs aimed at supporting those living with mental illnesses. I'm also very interested in understanding mental illness in LGBTQ+ communities and the translation of this information to policy. 
Email address: eray11@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Psychology - Neuroscience, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2023
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: Psychopathology and epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorder and resilience, as well as preventative and behavioral approaches to adolescent mental health
Email address: kriorda4@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BSC, Mental Health Studies, University of Toronto, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Effectiveness and mechanisms of mindfulness on depression
Email address: hruan6@jh.edu   

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): MA, Counseling Psychology, American University in Cairo, 2022
BA, Psychology, American University in Cairo, 2019
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: My research interests focus on minority stress and its psychological impacts on marginalized communities, particularly people of color. I am also interested in the development of culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed interventions and the intersection of mental health, governance, and public policy in combating stigma and structural violence.
Email address: ksalahe2@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BS, Public Relations & Advertising, Oklahoma Christian University, 2017
MS, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Grand Canyon University, 2024
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: My thesis project will be an analysis of political and economic determinants of health.
Email address: dschoup1@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, The Ohio State University, 2024
BS, Psychology and Chinese, The Ohio State University, 2022
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: I am passionate about promoting social justice, addressing social determinants of health, and supporting holistic wellness practices to improve mental health outcomes through education, advocacy, and community outreach initiatives.
Email address: jwong93@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Communication Studies, The College of New Jersey, 2023
Academic advisor: Lindsey Webb, PhD
Research interest: TBD
Email address: nwoods11@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, Franklin and Marshall College, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: My research interest is in the impact of family upbringing and childhood environment on long-term mental health outcomes, particularly in relation to anxiety and depression. My thesis project investigates how different unhealthy parenting styles and family dynamics make individuals lack resilience or create vulnerability to mental health disorders in adulthood.
Email address: yxing24@jh.edu  

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, University of Southern California, 2025
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Adolescent and child mental health as well as behavioral disorders and psychiatric epidemiology related to mental heath problems
Email address: czhan238@jh.edu 

Year entered: 2025
Previous degrees(s): BA, Psychology, Monash University, 2023
Academic advisor: Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Research interest: Neural and cellular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease
Email address: hzhan307@jh.edu