Postdoctoral Fellows

Eric Crosby, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric.Crosby@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Dr. Crosby is a NRSA postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Dr. David Mandell and Dr. Shari Jager-Hyman. He is interested in developing and testing evidenced-based scalable mental health interventions for suicide prevention. His research focuses on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as a low-stigma, brief, digital intervention to reduce suicidality. His research has been funded by the Department of Defense Military Suicide Research Consortium. Dr. Crosby graduated from Auburn University with a PhD in Clinical Psychology and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Kansas City VA Medical Center.

Hayoung Donnelly, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hayoung.Donnelly@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Dr. Donnelly is a data-inspired psychologist specializing in the intersection of suicidal ideation, adolescents, young adults, the ecological model, and computational research methods, including natural language processing and machine learning. Her research aims to provide insights into health and educational policies and practices to advocate for global mental health equity among all adolescents and young adults. At the INSPIRE center, she collaborates with Dr. Danielle Mowery and Dr. Gregory Brown on suicide prevention study projects, such as developing an automated safety planning intervention rating AI using natural language processing and machine learning. Before joining Penn, she completed a research internship at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Jesslyn Jamison, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Project CALMER
Jesslyn.jamison@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Dr. Jamison is a postdoctoral fellow working under the mentorship of Dr. Emily Becker-Haimes. Her research focuses on determining how to best transport evidence-based practices (EBPs) in mental health into community settings. She is also interested in using peer-to-peer models for parents of children with mental health needs to increase the reach of mental health services and has studied the impact of several peer-to-peer interventions for caregivers of children with a range of mental health needs.  As a fellow, she primarily contributes to two ongoing studies related to the implementation of in community settings, including Exploratory Project 2 (Project CALMER). Dr. Jamison also has substantial experience working across a range of clinical settings including hospital settings, schools, and primary care clinics, and aims to bring this perspective into her research.

Marin Kautz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Marin.Kautz@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Dr. Kautz is a postdoctoral fellow working under the mentorship of Dr. Lily Brown. Her research focuses on how childhood trauma is linked to the development of mood disorders and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) among adolescents. She is also interested in using modifiable cognitive and biological risk factors for SITBs to develop dissemination and implementation efforts to improve suicide prevention and trauma-focused interventions for youth at increased risk for self-injury. As a fellow, she primarily contributes to two INSPIRE studies related to the implementation of suicide prevention interventions, Project STARS (Exploratory Project 1) and the Signature Project. Dr. Kautz also has substantial experience working across a range of clinical settings, including hospital settings and primary care clinics, and aims to bring this perspective into her research.

Jennifer Tran, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, STARS
jtgtran@nursing.upenn.edu

Dr. Jennifer (Jenni) Tran is a current postdoctoral fellow with Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative. Jenni received her PhD in Behavioral and Community Sciences from the University of South Florida. Her work focuses on addressing sexual and gender identity-related mental health disparities experienced by individuals within intersections of multiple marginalized identities.