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Media and Mental Health Initiative Team

Media and Mental Health Initiative

  • Steven Adelsheim, MD

    Steven Adelsheim, MD

    Director, Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing and Clinical Professor, Associate Chair for Community Engagement, Stanford University School of Medicine


  • Vicki Harrison, MSW

    Vicki Harrison, MSW

    Program Director, Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, Stanford University School of Medicine


  • Pia Ghosh, MPH

    Pia Ghosh, MPH

    Program Manager, Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, Stanford University School of Medicine


Youth Collaborators

External Core Leadership

  • Scott MacLeod

    Scott MacLeod

    Co-Founder, The Sophie Fund, Ithaca, NY


  • Chris Maxwell

    Chris Maxwell

    Suicidologist and Subject Matter Expert, Canandaigua, NY


  • Victor Schwartz MD, DLFAPA

    Victor Schwartz MD, DLFAPA

    Senior Associate Dean for Wellness and Student Life, Clinical Professor, CUNY School of Medicine


  • Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP

    Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP

    Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Education, Stanford University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education (by courtesy) Director of School Mental Health at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital


  • Steve Sust, MD

    Steve Sust, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine


External Collaborators

  • Chloe Chang Sorensen, BA

    Chloe Chang Sorensen, BA

    Research Coordinator


  • Mego Lien, MPH, MIA

    Mego Lien, MPH, MIA

    Prevention Services Division Manager, County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Department


  • Jay Donoghue, MPH

    Jay Donoghue, MPH

    Suicide Prevention Coordinator, County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services


  • Sita G. Patel, Ph.D.

    Sita G. Patel, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Palo Alto University


  • Jo Robinson, Ph.D.

    Jo Robinson, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Head of Suicide Prevention Research, Orygen Centre for Youth Mental Health, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne


  • JJ Kapur

    JJ Kapur

    Youth Collaborator