Pratya Poosala Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, MD, US

Research Assistant for Dr. Haneefa Saleem and Dr. Kait Atkins. Closely involved with the design and implementation of "The Power of Narratives" project, which draws on participatory methods to develop a theatrical performance intervention to reduce intersectional stigma faced by women with substance use disorders in Tanzania.

Conducting a systematic review for the WHO as a part of their update to the self-care interventions for women's health and wellbeing guidelines. Special focus on health worker education regarding pain management for menstrual health and menopause.

Research assistant for Dr. Carolyn Sufrin's Advocacy and Research on Reproductive Wellness of Incarcerated People (ARRWIP) Team at Johns Hopkins University. Compiled an informative document about anti-shackling legislation to outline the rights of incarcerated pregnant women.

Promotes Pitzer Study Abroad programs and holds one-on-one advising sessions with students interested in studying abroad.

- Assists students in the writing process through one-on-one sessions to deliver feedback about their written work, ranging from senior theses, to fellowship applications, to research papers.- Organized open mics, workshops, and events to spark discussion about social justice writing among the Pitzer student body. - Designs educational handouts and.

- Works with the Exec Board to organize and promote community-building events among APIDA-identifying college students. - Collaborates with other racial affinity student groups to build solidarity and advocate for marginalized communities on campus.- Creates agendas with action items and leads weekly meetings and debriefs about events.

- Oversees the mentorship of 100 APIDA-identifying first-year students. - Conducts check-ins with mentors about their mentees.

- Aims to empower low-resource communities by serving the needs of health and sanitation among vulnerable communities in Bolivia.- Collaborated to write an instruction manual to disseminate the best ways to make homemade masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

- Presented at the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology Conference in April 2024.- Conducted quantitative analysis on a dataset pertaining to facial memory differences between children with ASD and ADHD.

- Develops new insights into effective ways of leveraging technology, peer-counseling and low-intensity evidence-based strategies to increase worldwide access to mental health care.- Assisted in a graduate-level study called "Trait-based mindfulness and usage of DBT emotion regulation skills: First-year college students during initial COVID lockdown." Will.

- Completed ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Training.- Created informational visuals and organized webinars to raise awareness of the effects of trauma on the brain among 2000+ educators, prison counselors, and medical workers.- Contributed to the development of a curriculum about the neuroscience of rewiring one's brain to promote resilience..

- Assists 10 children at the Claremont Autism Center in two intervention groups designed to promote social skills and engagement. - Records observational data about children's behavior in order to gauge their individual progress towards goals.

- Collaborates with board to organize and promote workshops and mixers about topics in public health.- Organizes and markets group support circles and professional-led workshops that spark authentic conversation about mental health among students at the Claremont Colleges.- Demonstrates active listening and effective validation strategies through leading.

- Assists in the longitudinal 9/11 WTC Family study, which uses an innovative research design that examines how specific behavioral functions are associated with long-term psychiatric outcomes, psychological resilience, and trajectories of psychiatric disorders, as well as with interactions between genetic variation and direct/indirect WTC exposures..

- Developed and co-taught a creative writing curriculum to 10 first graders.- Advocated for making the classroom environment more conducive to the learning styles of neuro-diverse children. - Led campers through outdoor community-building activities and engaging creative writing exercises.

- Conducted a comprehensive literature review on existing practices for evaluating sustained attention and their uses in intervention studies.- Shadowed experiments and attended seminars about medical product development for neurological disorders at the Sandler Neurosciences Center.

Msph, International Health (Social And Behavioral Interventions)

The Social and Behavioral Interventions Program housed within the Department of International Health conducts research and training on the.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Narrative Medicine And Behavioral Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Asian Pacific American Coalition, Claremont Students for Public Health, Refresh Bolivia Project, Writing Center.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Future Business Leaders of America (Vice President), Biology Tutor, La Pluma Writing Magazine (Public Relations.