T32 Postdoctoral Training Fellows

Current Fellows

2027

• Penelope Friday received her PhD in Movement Science from the University of Michigan in 2025. Her current research interests center on developing and integrating physical activity–based interventions within healthcare systems to improve child and adolescent mental health.
  • Mentor: Melissa Maye, PhD
• Margae Knox received her PhD in Health Policy from the University of California, Berkley in 2023. Her current research focuses on care coordination and innovations to address health related social needs, with special attention to mental health services.
  • Mentor: Stacy A. Sterling, DrPH, MSW, MPH

2026

• Mason Breitzig received his PhD in Epidemiology from Penn State University in 2024. His research focus is mental health epidemiology, developing algorithms to analyze EHR data to quantify mental health service treatments' concordance with evidence-based clinical guidelines.
  • Mentors: Brian Ahmedani, PhD, MSW and Jordan Braciszewski, PhD
• Carlisha Hall received her PhD in Public Health from the University of California, Merced in 2024. Her research interests include social determinants of suicidality among African Americans, mental health services, and developing prevention strategies for suicidal behavior.
  • Mentor: Stacy A. Sterling, DrPH, MSW, MPH

Fellowship Alumni

2025

• Erin Haley received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Carolina University in 2022. She is a Research Scientist in the Center for Health Services Research at Henry Ford Health. Her research focus deals with psychological well-being post bariatric surgery, postpartum depression and mental health disparities. Mentors: Lisa Matero, PhD and Amy Loree, PhD
• Lauren Wilson received her PhD in Medical Family Therapy from Saint Louis University in 2023. Her research primarily focuses on suicide prevention in primary care and the role of integrated primary care-behavioral health settings in enhancing suicide screening and management.

2024

• Elyse Llamocca received her PhD in Epidemiology from The Ohio State University in 2022. She examines the relationship between social determinants of health and suicide risk. She is a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Mentors: Brian Ahmedani, PhD, MSW and Jordan Braciszewski, PhD
• Brianna Costales received her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Florida in 2022. Her work focuses on outcomes research and real-world evidence, with expertise in pharmacoepidemiology, drug utilization, and observational studies. She is a Research Associate III in the Real-World Evidence and Epidemiology division of Evidera. Mentors: Stacy Sterling, DrPH, MSW, MPH and Kelly Young-Wolff, PhD

2023

• Santiago Papini received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2021. His work involves developing targeted prevention and intervention strategies for mental health outcomes, including addiction, anxiety, and stress-related psychopathology. Mentors: Stacy Sterling, DrPH, MSW, MPH and Esti Iturralde, PhD
• Geoff Kahn received his PhD in Mental Health from Johns Hopkins University in 2021. His work involves suicide risk prediction and the development of innovative suicide prevention services. He is a Research Scientist in the Center for Health Services Research at Henry Ford Health. Mentors: Brian Ahmedani, PhD, MSW and Susan Shortreed, PhD