About
Kathy Trang (she/her), PhD, is a research fellow at Harvard. Her research has focused on elucidating how post-traumatic stress impacts mental health and developmental outcomes within and across generations and how we can best intervene in cross-cultural settings to improve wellbeing among high-risk populations in the United States, Vietnam, Jordan, and Bangladesh. She is additionally interested in strengthening mental health research capacity in Southeast Asia and is one of the co-founders of the Southeast Asian Mental Heath Initiative and Biennial Conference, which brings together researchers, clinicians, and community leaders working in the field of mental health and psychosocial support. The first conference in September 2022 has attracted over 340 registrants. Her work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the PHRMA Foundation, and the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, among others.