mHEAL Lab Welcomes New Student Research Assistants, Zoey and Flora!

A warm welcome to Flora and Zoey, our two new student Research Assistants, to the mHEAL team!

Jingquan “Flora” Miao (she/her) is currently a social data analytics master’s program (MSDA) student at Brown University. She recently graduated from Boston University with two B.A. degrees in Psychology and Statistics. Prior to joining the lab, she volunteered as a research assistant in the Transdiagnostic Research on Emotions, Neuroticism, and Dissemination-Unified Protocol (UP) lab and the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) lab. She conducted independent research on the impact of baseline symptom severity on patient engagement with internet-based UP, and her abstract was accepted for presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 2023 conference. In Summer 2023, she completed a data analyst internship at a consulting company, focusing on time-series analysis and predictive modeling. Her research interests include mental health program user engagement and experience analysis, the application of quantitative and qualitative methods in treatment advancement, and emotional difficulties interventions and preventions, Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, picnics, reading, city walks, film analysis, swimming, and ice skating.

Zoey Dangleman (she/her) is a current sophomore at Brown University. She is concentrating in philosophy and pursuing an entrepreneurship certificate, although she is also studying public health in preparation for her MPH. She is involved in the BWell program as a BURP facilitator and is an editor on several public health journals. Zoey is passionate about holistic health and the integration of mindfulness and spirituality into healthcare. She is interested in the relationships between employee wellness and workplace productivity, a topic she is considering pursuing via healthcare consulting. She is excited to get involved with a variety of projects and hopes to broaden her research skills and experience.

We are so excited to have Flora and Zoey on board!