Seven U of T graduate students awarded 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships in support of mental health research
Clockwise from top left: Melissa deJonge, Egag Egag, Asma Shamim, Maya Ahia, Danika Quesnel, JesusMiracle Chiadika and Ananya Bhattacharjee (supplied images)
This article originally appeared on Student Mental Health Research Initiative (U of T) News and SGS News.
Seven students from across the University of Toronto are the recipients of the 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships, given out by the Inlight Student Mental Health Research Initiative, a U of T institutional strategic initiative committed to improving student mental health and wellness outcomes.
The $10,000 fellowships support graduate scholars who are leading research projects that aim to improve student mental health and well-being on campus and recognize the importance of student-led and co-designed research solutions.
“The Inlight Research Fellowship Program is dedicated to promoting the development of leaders in post-secondary student mental health research. We are actively supporting impactful research that will grow the perspectives and capacity needed to advance student mental health and wellness, as well as centring research that focuses on engaging the experiences and perspectives of our diverse student community,” says Julius Haag, Inlight’s Associate Director, Education and Training and an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
“We are actively supporting impactful research that will grow the perspectives and capacity needed to advance student mental health and wellness, as well as centring research that focuses on engaging the experiences and perspectives of our diverse student community.”
Here is the full list of Inlight’s 2023-2024 research fellowship award recipients:
- Maya Ahia – master’s student in clinical psychology, U of T Scarborough
- Ananya Bhattacharjee – PhD candidate in computer science, Faculty of Arts & Science
- JesusMiracle Chiadika – PhD student in higher education, comparative, international & development education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
- Melissa deJonge – PhD student, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
- Egag Egag – PhD student, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
- Danika Quesnel –PhD student in clinical psychology, U of T Scarborough
- Asma Shamim – PhD student in developmental psychology and education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education