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Meet the Team

Media and Mental Health Initiative

Center for Youth Mental and Wellbeing

Steven Adelsheim, MD
Director, CYMHW
Clinical Professor
Associate Chair for Community Engagement
Stanford University School of Medicine

Vicki Harrison, MSW
Program Director, CYMHW
Stanford University School of Medicine

Pia Ghosh, MPH
Program Manager, CYMHW
Stanford University School of Medicine

External Core Leadership

Scott MacLeod
Co-Founder
The Sophie Fund
Ithaca, NY
 

Chris Maxwell
Suicidologist and Subject Matter Expert
Canandaigua, NY

 

Victor Schwartz MD, DLFAPA
Senior Associate Dean for Wellness and Student Life
Clinical Professor
CUNY School of Medicine

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

Youth Collaborators

Tammer Bagdasarian
BA Candidate, Stanford University Class of 2024
The Stanford Daily, Former Editor

Georgia Rosenberg
BA Candidate, Stanford University Class of 2024
The Stanford Daily, Former Editor

Savanna Stewart, MA
  University of Michigan Law Student
The Stanford Daily, Former Editor

Emma Reid Talley
BA Candidate, Stanford University Class of 2024
The Stanford Daily, Former Editor

External Collaborators

Chloe Chang Sorensen, BA 
Research Coordinator

 

Mego Lien, MPH, MIA
Prevention Services Division Manager
County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Department

Jay Donoghue, MPH
Suicide Prevention Coordinator
County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services
 

Sita G. Patel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Palo Alto University



 

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
Youth Collaborator