Lauren Harnedy B.A. (she/ her) is a second year Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student and National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow whose research interests include the influence of proximal (e.g., emotion regulation) and distal (e.g., access to social support) risk factors on self-destructive/risky behaviors (e.g., substance abuse, suicidal thoughts and behaviors) among adolescents and young adults. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in December 2018 with a B.A. in psychology. Throughout her undergraduate career, she worked with Dr. Katherine Dixon-Gordon on studies assessing non-suicidal self-injury, impulsivity, and borderline personality disorder, as well as with Dr. Linda Isbell on studies focused on assessing mental-health related stigma and decision-making. Subsequently, she worked as a clinical research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital for three years and assisted with various studies, such as a study assessing a positive psychology-based intervention for patients with cardiac disease and a real-time monitoring study of adult inpatients with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. She currently works with Dr. Edward Selby, as well as with Dr. Evan Kleiman and Dr. Jessica Hamilton. She is passionate about making mental health care and information more accessible, mentorship, and scientific communication.