ST-NIMH Pre-Doctoral Trainees

Katie Shires
PhD Candidate in Social Work | Areas of interest: Child and adolescent mental health, child maltreatment, adolescent risk behaviors, trauma-informed care, intervention research

Nancy Jacquelyn Pérez-Flores
PhD Candidate in Social Work | Areas of interest: Serious mental illness, racial and ethnic disparities in health and mental health care, Latinx and immigrant communities, culturally adapted interventions

Akilah Collins-Anderson
PhD Candidate in Public Health Sciences | Areas of interest: Mental and behavioral health disparities, social determinants of health, chronic disease, health education, dissemination and implementation science

Eleni Gaveras
PhD Candidate in Social Work | Areas of interest: Early psychosis intervention, stigma, social support, and improving quality of life outcomes for persons with serious mental illness both globally and in the US

Daniela Tuda
PhD Candidate in Social Work | Areas of interest: health disparities of racial and ethnic minorities living with serious mental illness, community mental health, adaptation of evidenced-based practices for marginalized communities