Mila Kingsbury – Senior Research Associate
Mila is a Research Associate in the APEAL Lab. Mila completed a B.Sc. in Psychology at McGill University in 2006, followed by an M.A. in developmental psychology at Carleton University in 2009. She received her PhD from Carleton in 2014; her dissertation focused on internet and communication media use among socially anxious youth. Mila joined the APEAL lab in 2013, and is currently working on several projects including studies of predictors of youth marginalization and the impact of life stressors on suicidality in low and middle-income countries.
Talen Wright – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Talen Wright (she/her) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Epidemiology and Public Health under the supervision of Dr Ian Colman. Talen received her PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology at University College London in 2024. Her PhD work investigated the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of microaggressions and depression, anxiety, and suicidality in the UK transgender and gender diverse community. Currently, Talen’s research interests align more closely on suicidality and trans people across the lifecourse, with interests in real-time data collection and analysis.
