Stephan D. Weiss Student Mental Health Award

Elena is a doctoral student in clinical science at the University of Michigan with Dr. Patricia Deldin. She received her BS in cognitive science and child development and her MEd in clinical and developmental research from Vanderbilt University in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Elena is interested in the improvement of accessible mental health care services and hopes to encourage systemic change in the way we approach treatment for the general population. She plans to study Mood Lifters—a transdiagnostic, dimensional approach to mental health care—from a program level and is interested in using mixed methods approaches to do so. Elena is currently studying the use of Mood Lifters within college student populations in a randomized control trial.

Pronouns
she/her/hers

Institution
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Institution Position
Doctoral Student