Maya Lee
Graduate Student, Clinical
Psychology
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Maya Lee is a third-year in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her current work uses large, epidemiological and community-level data to ask questions about how racially/ethnically minoritized and immigrant populations navigate the healthcare system, and to investigate outcomes at the intersection of physical and mental health. Her research interests and activism are influenced by her prior work in primary care, mental healthcare, and community-facing non-profit spaces. Ultimately, her goal is to inform interventions and practices in order to enhance equitable health and mental health outcomes for minoritized groups at the system, community, clinical, and individual levels. Maya’s master’s thesis used a nationally representative dataset (NHANES) to examine the relationship between nativity status (whether someone is born inside or outside of the US) and the use of different types of mental health treatments among Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) and Latine populations.