Faculty

Amy
Amy S. Lu / Principal Investigator and Associate Professor, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill / studies the persuasive mechanism of media and communication technologies and their health behavioral and psychological applications. She is also interested in narratives and virtual media characters in animation and video games and their potential health application. E: a dot lu AT northeastern dot edu


Research Staff

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Nobel Shut Chan / Research Assistant / is student at Northeastern University, currently pursuing a Master's degree in English. Hailing from Hong Kong, she received her Bachelor's degree from Boston University. Her research interests include modern American literature and racialized masculinities, with a particular focus on Black and Asian genders. In her free time, she enjoys reading detective fiction and comics, writing, and spending time with family and friends. E: chan dit shut AT northeastern dot edu
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Eesha Gangal / Research Assistant / is currently a rising high school senior at Lexington High School. She is fascinated with behavioral health and neuroscience, and is interested in exploring intersections between digital media and human health. She hopes to pursue the pre-medical track in college. Outside of academics, Eesha enjoys baking new recipes, playing volleyball, and spending time with her family and friends.
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Chloe Lee / Research Assistant / is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s in Biochemistry and a minor in Behavioral Neuroscience at Northeastern University on the pre-medical track hoping to become an orthopedic surgeon. She is interested in pediatrics, orthopedics, stem cell research, and the relationship between video game technology and the aging brain. Outside of her studies, she enjoys rock climbing, music, and many types of art like painting and pottery. E: lee dot chlo AT northeastern dot edu
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There may be more part-time RA positions available soon. Stay tuned!


Current Collaborators

Tom Baranowski, PhD Baylor College of Medicine
Tiago Barreira, PhD Syracuse University
Melanie Green, PhD University at Buffalo
Amy Fleischman, MD, MMSc Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Susanne Jaeggi, PhD Northeastern University
Art Kramer, PhD Northeastern University
I-Min Lee, ScD Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Lynne Levitsky, MD Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Arlen Moller, PhD Illinois Institute of Technology
Farzad Noubary, PhD Northeastern University
Dominika Pindus, PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Aaron Seitz, PhD, PhD Northeastern University
Dagmar Sternad, PhD Northeastern University
Deborah Thompson, PhD USDA-ARS / Baylor College of Medicine
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Alumni (HSR=High School RA/ UR=Undergrad RA/GR=Grad RA/PD=Postdoc: Next position)

Shiveshchandra Gupta (GR: MUSC) 2023-5 Zachary Woessner (UR: PhD@MSU) 2016-8
Bhagyashree Parkar (GR) 2023-5 Heloisa Alves (PD: UMASS-D) 2017-8
Sierra Marie Hall (GR) 2024-5 Samantha Dube (UR) 2018
Jessica Fan (HSR) 2024 Mie Hashimoto (GR: T1D Exchange) 2017-8
Pankil Bhatt (GR) 2024 Sarah Hazlitt (UR) 2018
Jillian Darris-O'Connor (UR) 2024 Michael Williams (GR: Rapid7) 2018
Pulkit Manchanda (GR: PUMA) 2022 Miranda Prasad (UR: Intuit) 2017-8
Caio Victor Sousa (PD: AP@Loyola Marymount U) 2019-22 Hannah Doolittle (GR: Cape Cod Hospital) 2017-8
Alexandra Monashefsky (UR: BWH/HMS) 2021-22 Vivian Cheng (UR) 2017-8
Aleksandra Baran (UR: MGH/HMS) 2020-22 Andrés Hoyos-Céspedes (GR) 2016-8
Emma McGarrity (UR) 2020-22 Jessica Peck (GR) 2016-7
Neha Swaminathan (UR) 2020-22 Adam Michalowski (UR: Medullan) 2016-7
Rashmi Borah (GR: Aleon Pharma) 2021-22 Harley Edge (UR) 2016-7
Grace Novoa (UR) 2021-22 Borna Fatehi (GR) 2016-7
Kelly Lee (UR) 2019-22 Molly Lenane (GR) 2017
Harshita Menon (GR: IBM) 2021-22 Nicholas DePina (UR) 2017
Apoorva Manjunath (GR: Amazon) 2019-22 Lola Akingbade (UR: MedSchl@UChi) 2017
Dar Alon (UR: MS@Harvard SPH) 2019-21 Haomu Chen (UR) 2017
Ethan Weiss (UR) 2021 Tom Culman (UR) 2017
Victoria Pelarski (UR: MSPH@JHU) 2018-21 Lin Qi (UR: MA@USC) 2016-7
Kexing He (UR: MA@NYU) 2020 Malcolm Matheson (UR: BCH/HMS) 2016-7
Kyung Jin Sun (GR: Bristol Myers Squibb) 2019-20 Elise Krims (UR: Harvard) 2016
Romina Cabrera-Perez (UR) 2019-20 Ha Eun Yang (UR) 2016
Cindy Zhao (UR) 2019-20 Taylor Murphy (UR: Starry) 2014-6
Aika Misawa (GR) 2019-20 Grace Morris (GR: U Connecticut) 2015
Sabrina Zhou (UR) 2019-20 Kevin Cannon (UR: Paidia) 2014-5
Austin Fernandez (UR: MA@Vanderbilt) 2017-20 Neal Foley (UR) 2014-5
Kelsey Newhook (GR) 2019 John Thomas Hinchen (UR: Flex) 2014-5
Divyavijay Sahay (GR: Google) 2018-9 Jessical Kim (UR) 2014
Nicolas Raymond (UR: BIDMC/HMS) 2019 Joseph Alden Moore (UR: Flex) 2014
Jungyun Hwang (PD: Stanford) 2016-9 Andrew He (UR: Horizon Pharma) 2014
Gabriel García Combs Morris (UR) 2019 Alexander James Baker (UR) 2013-4
Julia Fanelli (UR) 2019 Mitchell Robert Perkins (UR) 2013-4
Jasmine Chee (GR: BCYF) 2018-9 Peter Karalis (UR: MedSchl@UIC) 2013-4
Samantha Gutiérrez-Arango (UR: MIT Media Lab) 2017-9 Wayne Xun (UR: CS@Northwestern) 2013-4
Menwon Krua (UR) 2018 Adrianna Rodriguez (UR: Telemundo) 2013-4