Angela Ashley
Angela (She/her) joined the MA program in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University in 2023. She completed her HBSc in Psychology: Brain & Cognition and a Minor in Neuroscience at the University of Guelph in 2020. Having been a research associate with the Family Psychology Centre in Toronto, her research interests broadly incorporate emotional coping, childhood adversity, family resiliency, and enhancing access to mental healthcare and support. Her MA thesis will largely involve analyzing the impact of an e-mental health resilience-building tool, the JoyPop app, on youth seeking mental health services in Thunder Bay. Angela was awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship to support her studies. Angela has also been a support worker for the last 5 years for individuals with developmental disabilities. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking new recipes, reading, and rock climbing!
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Jaidyn Charlton
Jaidyn (She/her) began her graduate training in Clinical Psychology in 2022. Her research is focused on the coping methods used by certain personality traits in response to stressors. Her general interests include forensics, trauma, coping, social media, personality, childhood adversity, and encouraging well-being. Jaidyn completed her HBA at Lakehead University in 2021, also supervised by Dr. Mushquash. She has supported other research examining the JoyPop app, Indigenous mental health, and more. Outside of schoolwork, she is an avid reader and storyteller.
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Izzy Malik
Ishaq (Izzy) Malik began the masters of Clinical Psychology program at Lakehead University in 2022 and is under the supervision of Dr. Aislin Mushquash in the Coping Research Lab. His research currently focuses on implementing and evaluating innovative e-mental health interventions to support adaptive coping. Specific interests center around evaluating the quality, usability, acceptance, and satisfaction of mobile mental health apps and examining the associations between personality, e-mental health interventions, coping, and mental health. Izzy was awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Canada Graduate Master’s Scholarship in 2023. He is also a Fellow Member of The Digital, Inclusive, Virtual, and Equitable Research Training (DIVERT) in Mental Health Platform. In his spare time, Izzy enjoys playing tennis, cooking, reading, and caring for his dog.
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Karin Onno
Karin is in the MA Program in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University. Broadly, her research interests involve investigating how individual differences and situational factors relate to the development, maintenance, and treatment of internalizing disorders. In her MA thesis project she will investigate how forgiveness may affect the association between past childhood adversity and mental health difficulties in adulthood.
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