Emily Satinsky, MSc
Faculty Research Assistant

Emily Satinsky was the faculty research assistant and lab manager at GMAP from January 2018 to July 2019. She worked on Project Khanya in South Africa, Project Peer Act!vate in Baltimore, and the systematic review on peer-delivered interventions for substance use in low- and middle-income countries. Before joining the lab, Emily worked at the Mental Health Foundation in London conducting research and developing peer-focused prevention programming for populations at risk of mental ill-health. Emily is passionate about improving access to mental health care locally and globally. She has conducted past research on psychosocial support services for children and adolescents and for refugees and asylum seekers. Currently, Emily works in Mbarara, Uganda as the Project Coordinator for a 5-year longitudinal cohort study through Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mbarara University of Science and Technology.

Education:

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience
MSc Global Mental Health

Cornell University
BS Biology and Society, Minor in Anthropology