Earlier this week, Forbes magazine announced its annual 30 Under 30 list, recognizing young innovators and leaders in 20 industries, including healthcare. This year, Forbes is recognizing a member of our department, Shirley Wang, MA.
Shirley Wang is a PhD candidate in the Clinical Science program at Harvard University. She is currently completing her predoctoral internship at Massachusetts General Hospital (CBT Track), with the Center for Precision Psychiatry and Center for Digital Mental Health. Starting in July 2024, she will join the Department of Psychology at Yale University as an Assistant Professor.
Her research has focused on suicide and other forms of self-harm. More specifically, Shirley conducts computational clinical science research in order to advance our understanding, prediction, and prevention of suicide, nonsuicidal self-injury, and eating disorders. She is particularly interested in formal mathematical modeling of these phenomena as complex dynamical systems, and developing machine learning models for risk prediction using data collected from smartphones, wearable biosensors, and electronic medical records.
Forbes Under 30 is a prestigious list recognizing young entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers who have made significant achievements in their respective fields. These young individuals are selected from industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, entertainment, and more. Healthcare professionals on the Forbes Under 30 list have demonstrated exceptional contributions to the industry, whether through innovative research, groundbreaking medical discoveries, or disruptive healthcare solutions.
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Wang SB, Coppersmith DDL, Kleiman EM, Bentley KH, Millner AJ, Fortgang R, Mair P, Dempsey W, Huffman JC, Nock MK. A Pilot Study Using Frequent Inpatient Assessments of Suicidal Thinking to Predict Short-Term Postdischarge Suicidal Behavior. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e210591. Cite Share
Wang SB, Fox KR, Boccagno C, Hooley JM, Mair P, Nock MK, Haynos AF. Functional assessment of restrictive eating: A three-study clinically heterogeneous and transdiagnostic investigation. J Abnorm Psychol. 2021 Oct;130(7):761-774.
Fox KR, Harris JA, Wang SB, Millner AJ, Deming CA, Nock MK. Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview-Revised: Development, reliability, and validity. Psychol Assess. 2020 Jul;32(7):677-689.
Fortgang RG, Wang SB, Millner AJ, Reid-Russell A, Beukenhorst A, Kleiman EM, Bentley KH, Zuromski KL, Al-Suwaidi M, Bird SA, Buonopane R, Demarco D, Haim A, Joyce VW, Kastman E, Kilbury E, Lee H, Mair P, Nash CC, Onnela J, Smoller JW, Nock MK. (2021). Increase in suicidal thinking during COVID-19. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(3), 482-488.
