“Having a well-rounded education…has taught me the value of collaborating with others, the importance of respecting diverse viewpoints, and the utility of the scientific method.”
Ph.D. program: Clinical Psychology
Lives in: Boston, MA
Current positions: Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Associate Director of HPRIR Addiction Science Research and Programs; Core Research Faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Addiction Medicine and MGH Tobacco Research and Treatment Center; Staff Psychologist at MGH SUD Bridge Clinic
What work looks like: “I conduct patient-oriented research, developing and testing treatments for addiction, and my current focus is on tobacco use disorder and opioid use disorder. I also am a practicing clinical psychologist and provide low-threshold therapy to adults in treatment at our MGH Bridge Clinic.”
What she loves about it: “I value the collaborations with others and love learning with others who have the same or different research interests to me. I also am honored to serve as a therapist while patients are on their addiction recovery journey and learn as much from my patients as I do from my colleagues.”
How a liberal arts education prepared her for her career: “Having a well-rounded education has been very important to me. It has taught me the value of collaborating with others, the importance of respecting diverse viewpoints, and the utility of the scientific method. Those skills have helped me get where I am professionally today.”