Elayne Zhou
Biography
Elayne (she/hers) is a second-generation Chinese-American and identifies as a cisgender female. After graduating from Oberlin College in 2018, she worked at UC Riverside as a lab manager and then at the Feinberg School of Medicine as a clinical research coordinator prior to joining the Clinical Science program at USC.
She is passionate about addressing racial/ethnic disparities in mental health outcomes and access to care. She aims to accomplish these goals by understanding mental health trajectories and needs of racially minoritized youth from a multisystemic perspective. With that understanding, she hopes to develop, disseminate, and implement culturally relevant interventions in accessible settings for youth and families of color.
Education
- BA Oberlin College, 5/2018
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
I study early life experiences of racial-ethnic minoritized youth that might be protective or harmful towards their mental health in order to develop treatments informed by their contexts and identities. My goal is to increase access to responsive treatments, reducing barriers to mental health care for marginalized groups.
Research Keywords
Racial/ethnic minoritized youth and families; health disparities and health equity; strengths-based interventions; culturally relevant measurement; community-based participatory research