Our Team

Angela (She/her) began the Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University in 2025. Her research focuses on the role of digital mHealth tools in promoting youth and family mental health, emotion co-regulation, and coping. Prior to this, she also completed her MA in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University under the supervision of Dr. Mushquash. Her MA research focused on implementing and assessing the impact of a resilience-building and coping mHealth app, JoyPop, as an adjunct tool for youth clients receiving mental health services. Her research has been supported through CGS-M CIHR funding, and she is a Fellow with The Digital, Inclusive, Virtual, and Equitable Research Training in Mental Health Platform (DIVERT Mental Health). For 5 years, Angela also worked with individuals with developmental disabilities as a support worker. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking/baking new recipes, reading, and rock climbing!

Jaidyn began her PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2024. Her overall research umbrella is focused on the coping methods used by dark personality traits in response to stressors. Her research and clinical interests include forensics/law, coping, the internet, personality, childhood adversity/trauma, and encouraging well-being. Jaidyn completed her HBA in 2021 and MA in 2024, all supervised by Dr. Mushquash at Lakehead University. She was previously awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Canada Graduate Master's Scholarship and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Her doctoral research is currently supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Doctoral Fellowship. She has experience with other research examining the JoyPop app, Indigenous mental health, and more. Outside of academia, she is an avid reader and story writer, and usually has some kind of oldies or musical ambience playing

Izzy began the PhD program in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University in 2024. Prior to that, he also completed his Master’s degree under the supervision of Dr. Mushquash. His research focuses on the implementation and evaluation of innovative e-mental health interventions, such as mobile apps and generative artificial intelligence, aimed at supporting adaptive coping and well-being. Izzy is also a Fellow of the Digital, Inclusive, Virtual, and Equitable Research Training (DIVERT) in Mental Health Platform. In addition to his research, Izzy is passionate about mentoring and co-supervising undergraduate students. Outside of academia, he is an avid tennis player, enjoys reading about topics beyond psychology (such as history), and cherishes spending time with his partner, dog, and family.

Angela began the PhD program in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University in 2020. Prior to that, she also completed her Master’s degree under the supervision of Dr. Mushquash. Her MA thesis examined the benefits of journaling using a smartphone app, and she has also been involved in evaluating this smartphone app as a resilience-promoting tool more generally. Her doctoral research focuses on victimhood as a personality trait and its relationship to perceptions of trauma, daily interpersonal stress, and PTSD symptoms. She is also interested in teaching and has taught PSYC-3018 - Psychological Disorders in Adulthood at the undergraduate level. Angela’s graduate studies are supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. She has previously been supported by the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

Vamika began the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at Lakehead University in 2022. Her area of research involves investigating the effectiveness of a mental health and well-being-focused smartphone app for emerging adults. Vamika completed her Master’s in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University in 2022. Her Master’s thesis focused on the role of stress and coping in the relationship between childhood adversity and alcohol outcomes among emerging adults. The Ontario Graduate Scholarship supports Vamika’s current graduate studies. Her work has previously been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Vamika has clinical experience in psychoeducational assessments with children and youth and assessment and intervention with adults.