This event promoted professional development by empowering young leaders with tools to advance their futures. A huge thank you to lab members Hailey and Shreya for organizing this impactful panel, and to our amazing panelists for sharing their time and expertise.

Happy Monday! . Start your week with a little joy—turn up your favorite song and dance it out! Not only does dancing boost your mood, but it also relieves stress, improves mental health, and sets the tone for a positive week ahead. #wicked #thesashlab #mentalhealth

Our lab Christmas party was a festive celebration filled with so much joy & fun! We also hosted our last community advisory board meeting for Paterson, highlighting the progress and accomplishments of the Paterson Prevention Project as it nears its final year. Happy holidays! 🎄

Merry Christmas Eve! As we wrap up 2024, I wanted to share 2 new papers I worked on at The SASH Lab at Yale ! We took a look at predictors of HIV and STI testing among different youth populations using YRBS data. Take a look!

Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season! . Take this well-deserved break to relax, recharge, and prepare for all the opportunities the new year will bring. Thank you for being part of our community and happy holidays from all of us at the lab! #thesashlab

What was trying to kill us in 2024, and how was it stopped? 22 Public Health Accomplishments in 2024! I couldn’t be more proud to be in public health. We continue to accomplish so much with so little, and the work is often invisible. Here’s to 2025. Happy New Year!

And that concludes 2024 at the SASH Lab! Thank you for all of your support this year, we appreciate it so much. We can't wait to see what's ahead next year!

The CDC has removed data on sexual orientation, gender identity, and health disparities from their website. Pages removed include: - Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System - Social Vulnerability Index - Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities

Catch me talking about my work with American Society for Emergency Contraception !!

So honored to have been a part of this webinar! Check it out!

Very proud to have worked on this important paper and giving back to my community in one way through research! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It’s time for a SASH Lab Women’s History Month Roll Call! . Meet Nimisha Srikanth, a fierce advocate for adolescent sexual health, reproductive justice, & mental well-being. She is committed to ensuring youth have the resources, knowledge, and agency to make informed decisions!

“Coming to Yale, I knew I wanted to further my research and state-level policy advocacy experience for adolescent sexual and reproductive health.” - Nimisha Srikanth, MPH ’25, 🔗 Read our 2025 graduating student spotlights at m.yale.edu/c5xh #Yale2025

She’s a grad! Thank you for a wonderful 2 years Yale School of Public Health ! Here’s to a few more years and another degree!! #mph #mphgrad #graduation2025 #yale2025

So excited to attend #apha2025 and discuss my thesis! I’ll be talking about the impacts of #socialmedia on #adolescent #sexualhealth, #substanceuse, and #mentalhealth. Time for The SASH Lab at Yale to take on DC!

Meet Nimisha Srikanth, a trailblazing PhD student at Yale University who's redefining what it means to be a researcher activist! 🌟 From leading reproductive justice advocacy at Texas A&M to speaking at Vice President Kamala Harris's Reproductive Rights Roundtable, she's making

As a NIMH T-32 Predoctoral Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant at Yale's SASH Lab, Nimisha is bridging the gap between academic research and real world policy change. Her work focuses on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, analyzing everything from social media patterns

Her impact extends beyond the lab from training abortion doulas to working as a health policy fellow with the Connecticut General Assembly's Reproductive Rights Caucus. She's been featured in national outlets like NBC, NPR, and KFF Health News for her advocacy work in Texas and

If you know me, hockey season is my favorite season 🏒