Research Members

Dr. Meredith Collins she/her

Education: PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2023) 

Research Experience: Experimental, survey, and interview design and execution;  Qualtrics; quantitative and qualitative data analysis 

Research Interest: Developing narrative entertainment media approaches to support adolescent and young adult cancer survivors’ coping and social support  

Professional Goals: To start my own research lab and develop interventions that help cancer survivors  

Other Interests: Painting, reading and writing fiction, watching sports, and drinking coffee 

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Sarah Silver she/her

Education:  BS in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh 

Research Experience: Literature reviews, recruitment, data collection, and qualitative research methods and analyses

Research Interests: Adolescent clinical psychology 

Professional Goals: Obtain a PhD in Clinical Psychology 

Other Interests: Hiking, spending time with friends, fostering dogs, and traveling 

Email: srs384@cinj.rutgers.edu

Haden Paek he/him

Education: BA in Psychology from the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences 

Research Experience: Literature reviews, survey development and management in REDcap, coding qualitative data, data management, and developing a protocol for a scoping review

Research Interests: Clinical psychology, neurodevelopmental disorders, mental health disparities

Professional Goals: Obtain a doctorate in psychology and pursue a career in academia 

Other Interests: Reading and writing fiction, playing piano, gardening, playing with my dog 

Email: hjp64@cinj.rutgers.edu

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Mingjing Huang

Education: BA in Psychology from the University of Rochester; MA in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University

Research Experience: Literature reviews, recruitment, data collection using Qualtrics and REDCap, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis in R, development of Single Session Interventions in Qualtrics, and scoping reviews

Research Interests: Digital mental health and health psychology

Professional Goals: Obtain a PhD in Clinical Psychology and work to alleviate mental health inequity

Other interests: Doodling, visiting zoos, spending time with my puppy, and cooking

Prishi Patel she/her

Education: BS in Public Health from the Rutgers School of Public Health  

Research Experience: Literature reviews, qualitative interviews, data collection, transcript cleaning, R, REDCap, SQL, Dedoose, and coding qualitative data 

Research Interests: Cancer prevention, control, and health outcomes research, with a focus on intervention effectiveness, health disparities, and patient-centered care 

Professional Goals: Obtain a PhD in Cancer Epidemiology  

Other Interests: Exploring new cities and restaurants, soccer, going to music festivals and to the beach

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Lab Alumni

Kelsey Ann McDonnell

Anusha Ramji

Julia Sirota

Ebtesam Tamer