Meet the Team

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    Gabe Murchison, PhD, MPH

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Postdoctoral Associate,
    Yale School of Public Health

    Gabe (he/him; she/her) is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist who works on research with young LGBTQ+ people, focusing on supportive relationships, interpersonal violence, and social marginalization as they relate to mental health and substance use. She identifies as transmasculine and gender fluid and has been active in trans/nonbinary communities for more than 15 years. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking and camping (often in New Hampshire’s beautiful White Mountains), rock climbing (but only indoors), and running (but only slowly).

  • Grayson Vives

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Undergraduate Student, Yale College

    Grayson (he/him) is an undergrad at Yale majoring in Psychology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. He is a trans athlete on Yale’s Varsity Softball team. He is interested in how the brain affects our behavior and the neuroscience behind various psychological conditions. He cares about how critical thinking about gender and sexuality can lead to empathy and meaningful connections. In this free time, he likes being outside, thrifting, drinking kombucha, and reading graphic novels.

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    Stephan Oliviera

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Undergraduate Student, Yale College

    Stephan (he/him) is a transfer student from a California community college at Yale completing his final semester in the bachelor of science in psychology. His academic focuses lie in madness studies, Indigenous studies, and transgender studies. After graduation, he is seeking a PsyD to become a clinical psychologist and looks forward to continuing to contribute to the field of knowledge on gender-diverse subjects in research.

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    Even Paglisotti, MPH

    COLLABORATOR

    PhD Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Even (they/them) is a PhD student in Population Health Sciences at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Their research interests include quantitative methods for assessing impacts of intersecting systemic oppressions on the health of minoritized sexual and gender minorities. They are also interested in protective factors for sexual and gender minority youth’s mental health and well-being. Even received their MPH in Epidemiology and BA in Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh.

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    Mikey Daley

    PRACTICUM STUDENT

    Mikey (he/him) is a rising high school senior in New York. His interests include different types of relationships and their impact on mental health. He enjoys playing bass guitar and going to concerts in his free time. Depicted above is his cat, Oreo.