Rochelle Frounfelker, PhD
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
Biography
Dr. Rochelle Frounfelker is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University and works with Dr. Cecile Rousseau in her program of research on violent radicalization. She has a doctorate in social epidemiology from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Frounfelker’s work in violent radicalization includes examining risk and protective factors for sympathy for violent radicalization in transnational samples of youth and young adults, with a focus on understanding the dynamics between discrimination, mental health, and sympathy for violent action. She is also engaged in the evaluation of a clinical intervention model to address violent radicalization. Dr. Frounfelker is interested in framing and addressing violent radicalization as a public health issue, with special attention on primary prevention initiatives that target opinions and attitudes towards
Uma Acharya knows the daily hardships that refugees must go through just to survive.
Born in a refugee camp in Nepal after her family escaped government persecution in Bhutan, she witnessed the poor living conditions and lack of resources during the 15 years she spent there before resettling in the United States.
There was never enough food for the family; Acharya s parents had to leave their camp to do farm work for days or months on end just to feed her and her two siblings. Some of their neighbors who left the camp for heavy labor never came back alive.
Now a 27-year-old, Columbus-based mental health counselor who specializes in serving refugees, Acharya said her own traumatic experiences have helped her relate to those she is treating.
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