Meet the Student & Postdoc Committee Co-Chairs
Ariel Beccia
Ariel Beccia, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, working with Harvard’s Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) and the Sexual Orientation and Gender identity and Expression (SOGIE) Health Equity Research Collaborative. Her research focuses on identifying the social and structural determinants of gender- and sexual orientation-based inequities in mental health outcomes, with a particular focus on eating disorders. She is also interested in developing methods for incorporating intersectionality and other critical feminist theories into quantitative health research. Ariel earned her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts and a B.S. in Neuroscience with a minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies at St. Lawrence University.
Mary Brushe
Mary Brushe, Ph.D. is a senior research officer at Telethon Kids Institute where her research focuses on early childhood health and development, the impact of screen time, and children and adolescents' mental health and wellbeing. She has an Honours in Psychology and recently (August 2023) submitted her Ph.D. in Public Health through the University of Adelaide. Mary currently holds the roles of Vice President and Advocacy Coordinator for the South Australian Branch of the Public Health Association of Australia and the Treasurer of the Child and Youth Health Special Interest Group. She is experienced in the management of prospective cohort studies, epidemiological research methods, research translation for policy and practice and public health advocacy.