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  • Sara Fragione

    Sara Fragione

    sfragione@ucsd.edu

    Sara Fragione is a Ph.D. student in Psychological and Medical Anthropology. Her research pertains to lived experience and meaning-making among individuals with chronic and terminal illness. She is also interested in how different forms of medical treatment and healing practices tie into, disrupt, and transform understandings of the self and the body.
    Before joining the UCSD Department of Anthropology, Sara received her B.A. in Anthropology with a modification in biology from Dartmouth College, where she was a Eric Eichler 57'  Fellow for Healthcare Leaders. She is an engaged member of an interdisciplinary research team conducting research on Adolescent Mental Health in Southern California.
  • Abby Chae

    Abby Chae

    aychae@ucsd.edu

    Abby Chae is a 3rd year undergraduate student in the Department of Global Health at UC San Diego, and an Undergraduate Research Assistant for the Center for Global Mental Health. She joined the lab in 2021 with the goal to learn more about the risk factors that could potentially cause mental health issues in adolescents, and has worked on, and is currently a part of, the Adolescent Mental Health in Southern California project. Abby plans to pursue a Master's in Global Health followed by an MD, where she plans to apply her global health knowledge in the medical field. Her interests in the field of global health include refugee healthcare interventions and women and children's health and healthcare access. 

     
  • Ian Fosth

    Ian Fosth

    ifosth@ucsd.edu

    Ian Fosth is a 4th Year undergraduate student at UCSD and joined the CGMH team to supplement his biomedical research experience investigating novel-antimalarials in the Winzeler lab. As a Neurobiology and Global Health double major, Ian's interest in broadening his interdisciplinary perspective combines excellently with the CGMH mission to challenge key mental health myths. Ian plans to pursue a MPH followed by MD/PHD programs with the ultimate goal of expanding the horizon of effective psychiatric care in a variety of contexts. 
  • Jackelyn Lara Roman

    Jackelyn Lara Roman

    jlararoman@ucsd.edu

    Jackelyn Lara is a 4th year undergraduate student at UC San Diego. With a major in General Biology and a minor in Global Health, she is passionate about advocating for mental health awareness and access to quality healthcare for underserved communities. Jackelyn is currently involved in research at the Center of Global Mental Health at UCSD, where she is studying the sociocultural factors that affect adolescents' mental health. She is interested in exploring how social determinants of health can significantly influence the well-being of adolescents. Jackelyn plans to pursue graduate school in global health or dentistry where she hopes to deepen her understanding of the world's ongoing health challenges so that she can better serve and understand her future patients.Her ultimate goal is to become a pediatric dentist, so that she can provide comprehensive dental care to children and adolescents.