M.A.P.S. Lab - Mental Health Accessibility and Policy Solutions Lab
What’s going on in the lab:
The HEARTS Study.
HEARTS Study: Helping Enable Access and Remove Barriers To Support for Young Adults with Mental Health-Related Disabilities
The HEARTS Study Final Process Report.
HEARTS Study Playlist: This is what Becoming Sounds Like
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Theme: Emergence of struggle, critical consciousness, and the access paradox
Keywords: Becoming-in-context, tension, misrecognition, sense of differenceDisconnected [E] – Anna Clendening
Help – Anna Clendening
Six Pills [E] – Rosendale
The Village – Wrabel
Youth – Daughter
Fire Drill [E] – Melanie Martinez
ADHD [E] – Joyner Lucas
This Is Me – Keala Settle
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Theme: Systemic rupture, erasure, and performative ableism
Keywords: DESPAIR model, administrative displacement, epistemic injusticeCareful What You Wish For – Jack Harris
Control – Halsey
Fake Happy – Paramore
Invisible – Linkin Park
Clementine – Halsey
Liability – Lorde
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Theme: The breaking point; internalization of structural failures
Keywords: Ontological erosion, epistemic chaos, identity loss, traumaBreathe Me – Sia
This Is Me Trying – Taylor Swift
1-800-273-8255 – Logic ft. Alessia Cara, Khalid
Someone Else – Duncan Laurence
Camouflage – Selena Gomez
I’m With You – Avril Lavigne
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Theme: Recognition begins. Lived experience becomes knowledge.
Keywords: Participatory ethics, resistance, critical self-witnessingYou Say – Lauren Daigle
Scars to Your Beautiful – Alessia Cara
People Watching – Conan Gray
The Archer – Taylor Swift
See Me – Mal Blum
The Shrink Thinks – Mal Blum
You Were Good to Me – Jeremy Zucker, Chelsea Cutler
Access – Martin Garrix
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ItTheme: Moments of attunement, relational holding, and healing
Keywords: Access intimacy, mutuality, psychological safety, relational continuityHome – Gabrielle Aplin
Rainbow – Kacey Musgraves
Only Love – Ben Howard
Evergreen – Yebba
All I Want – Kodaline
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Theme: Hope reclaimed, new structures imagined, complexity affirmed
Keywords: Identity-environment fit, becoming-in-context, structural redesignBelonging – Mateo Hill
Becoming—Judah Earl
King – Florence + The Machine
Brave – Sara Bareilles
Q.U.E.E.N. – Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu
Not a Love Song – Uh Huh Her
Shake It Out – Florence + The Machine
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Theme: Carrying stories forward, with love and responsibility
Keywords: Legacy, gratitude, relational accountability, onward becomingSong for Someone – U2
Grow As We Go – Ben Platt
I Am Here – P!nk
You’re On Your Own, Kid – Taylor Swift
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Carousel Gerry & the Pacemakers
A companion to the HEARTS dissertation, this playlist follows the emotional arc of young adults with MHRD—moving through unmet needs, rupture, invisibility, resistance, and repair. These songs hold the complexity of becoming-in-context. Listen as research becomes rhythm, and data explains itself in the music.
Alyshah Pirwany, Digital Advocacy Architect, The HEARTS Study
Recognizing that transformative social change cannot be achieved through science alone, we have created this pivotal position to harness the power of young people and our social movements driven by informed advocacy.
Meet the HEARTS Study’s Digital Advocacy Architect: Alyshah Pirwany
Meet the HEARTS Research Team Alumni
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Sandy Rao (she/her)
PI/Co-Researcher
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Thyra Bui (she/her)
Research Coordinator/Co-Researcher
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Laetitia Satam (she/her)
Knowledge Mobilization Officer/Co-Researcher
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Julien Quickstad (He/Him/il)
Community Builder/Co-Researcher
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Tony Todorova (she/her)
Ethics Officer/Co-Researcher
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Mohammad Qureshi (he/him/they/ them)
Facilitator/Co-Researcher
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Rae Jardine (she/they)
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer/Co-Researcher
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Alyshah Pirwany (she/her)
Knowledge Mobilization Specialist
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Kaiden Dalley (he/they)
Co-Researcher
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Brianna Comeau (she/her)
Co-Researcher
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Abitha Suthakaran (she/her)
Co-Researcher
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Stacie Smith (she/her)
Co-Researcher
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Ysabelle Tumaneng (she/her/hers)
Co-Researcher
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Tarin Karunagoda (she/her)
Co-Researcher
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Private Partner
Co-Researcher
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Private Partner
Co-Researcher
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Mitchell Langford (he, they, she)
Co-Researcher
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Thalia Phi (She/They)
Co-Researcher
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Dr. Brooke Allemang (she/her/hers)
Ombudsperson
Pets of the Lab
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CRediT & ICMJE Integrated Framework Score Sheet
Upcoming events.
Dive into the vibrant intellectual and collaborative heartbeat of our lab. Here, our calendar is not just a schedule—it's a dynamic space of opportunities for learning, innovation, and community engagement. Our events range from the inclusive 'All Hands All Voices Gathering' to the groundbreaking 'Collaboratory Sessions,' the supportive 'Academic Writing Circles,' and beyond. We're fostering a participatory research environment where young adults with lived experiences become key co-researchers, shaping the research that affects them.
Each event is thoughtfully designed to not only advance our scientific pursuits but also to challenge and expand our understanding of what it means to work together in solidarity. Whether you're looking to contribute your voice to our 'Voices & Visions Town Hall,' sharpen your skills in our 'Research Methods Workshops,' or explore the nuances of power in research with 'I've Got The Power' series, there’s a place for you here. You are always welcome.
Find Your WAG! (Wellness, Aspirations and Growth)
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