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Their poster was titled "Identifying the Distinct Mental Health Treatment of Transgender and Nonbinary Youth." Click here to see the abstract.

Moumina Khan graduated Tufts University with a BA in Clinical Psychology, Marissa Allen & Dylan Reyes graduated from the Boston College Mental Health Counseling program with an MA, and Marina Rakhilin graduated from the Boston College School of Social Work with an MSW.

The RADS Program aims to support interdisciplinary research projects between faculty in different disciplines, departments, and schools across Boston College.

Read this article to learn more about Marina's accomplishments at Boston College.

Lisa presented as a part of the symposium, "Engaging Hard to Reach Populations in Treatment for Depression and Anxiety." Specifically, she gave a talk titled, "Community-Driven Recommendations for Enhancing Transgender Youth’s Engagement in Mental Health Care." Click here to see her abstract and presentation slides.

Justine presented an exciting poster titled, "Changes in Anxiety Severity Among Youth Before and During COVID-19: Findings from a Specialty Care Clinic."

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On Tuesday, November 8th from 2:30-4pm, Dr. Price and Marina Rakhilin will be speaking at a roundtable titled, “Health Equity and Anti-Oppressive Public Health Social Work Practice" about lessons learned thus far from the GAPS community advisory boards. Click here to read the abstract.

Learn more about our work with gender-affirming therapy here.

She discussed findings from spatial meta-analytic studies examining whether racism and sexism are associated with worse psychotherapy efficacy for girls (Price et al., 2021) and Black youth (Price et al., 2022). Click here for more details.

Many dropped in to hear from Affirm Lab alumni including Nathan Hollinsaid, McKenzie Sheridan, Hilary Skov, and Gabi Kaufman. Click here to watch the zoom recording. 

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See our publications on structural stigma here.

Click here to watch a recording and learn about how our think-aloud method helps us collect usability data on the rough draft of this training for school staff.

Eddy also presented about his experience working at the Affirm Lab at a special Schiller event to the BC Board of Trustees and Board of Regents.

On Thursday, August 4, Dr. Maggi Price will give an address about findings from her spatial meta-analyses on the impact of structural stigma (e.g., racism, sexism) on youth psychotherapy outcomes (click here for details). To wrap up that day, Dr. Price will present her cutting edge study on racism (click here for article) at the “The Future of Science on Youth: Data Blitz and Reception” (click here for details). 

On August 5th, she will serve on a panel titled, “The Long Arc of Progress: Translating the Science of Child Mental Health Disparities to Promote Equity." She will finish the day at the American Psychological Foundation's reception where she'll present on the "Gender Affirming Psychotherapy Study (GAPS)" aimed at creating an evidence-informed training program in gender-affirming care for therapists who work with youth. This final talk is from 5-7 pm at the Hyatt Regency Boundary Waters Ballroom A-B (4th floor); it is an open reception - walk-ins are welcome. 

Click here to learn more and register.

Welcome to the team, everyone!

Congratulations, Dr. Price!

"The Queer Kids Are Not OK"

"Price’s study defines as discriminatory laws and prejudicial attitudes in one’s state or region — and poor mental health. 'It is a very new and emerging field,' she tells me. 'Most of the work that has been done so far in this area is very well done. It clearly and consistently indicates that structural stigma is associated with a range of mental health problems and barriers to care.'"

Read the article here: "Anti-Black Racism Negatively Impacts the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy on Black Youth, According to Study."

We celebrated their bright future ahead at our Lab Graduation Party and the 2022 Boston College Commencement!