Shirley Wang is a PhD candidate in the Clinical Science program, with a secondary in Computational Science and Engineering, at Harvard University. Shirley conducts computational clinical science research 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 from smartphones and wearables.

Shirley deeply values issues of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and is committed to promoting these values in research, academia, clinical practice, and beyond. She believes that increasing representation of people from marginalized and historically disadvantaged backgrounds is critical for conducting ethical, comprehensive, and innovative clinical science research. She is an active member of the department’s Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and has helped organize the Prospective PhD & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP), graduate student interview day, and departmental climate surveys and mental health surveys.

Shirley 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, Shirley will be joining the Department of Psychology at Yale University as an Assistant Professor.

Shirley is a 2017 recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a 2021 recipient of the National Institute of Mental Health F31/NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship, and a 2022 recipient of the P.E.O. scholar award.

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