INLIGHT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Inlight works with a Student Advisory Committee composed of current graduate and undergraduate students from across the three University of Toronto campuses to ensure the representation, prioritization, and engagement of diverse student voices in student mental health research and related activities across the University of Toronto.
2026-2027 Student Advisory Committee Members
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Master’s Student, Clinical Psychology
University of Toronto Scarborough
Ayanika Bhattacharjee
Undergraduate Student, Mental Health Studies
University of Toronto Scarborough
Amira El-Rayes
Undergraduate Student, Psychology
University of Toronto Mississauga
Ankita Goyat
PharmD Student, Pharmacy
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto St. George
Sandy Luu
Doctoral Student, Psychology
University of Toronto Mississauga
Anjana Sudharshan
Master’s Student, Epidemiology
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto St. George
Mohammad Usman
Undergraduate Student, Life Sciences
University of Toronto Scarborough
Cherrie Wei
Undergraduate Student, Psychology & Applied Data Science
Faculty of Arts and Science
University of Toronto St. George
2026-2027 Priorities
As part of their mandate each term, the Student Advisory Committee supports a number of priorities identified by the the previous cohort.
The 2026-2027 Student Advisory Committee are addressing three main priorities.
Priority One - Engagement
Support the engagement and development of a broad student network, ensuring students are represented across the activities of Inlight and have the right resources to engage in mental health research at UofT.
Priority Two - Research Collaboration
Collaborate as research partners on Inlight-funded and affiliated research, policy, and program activities, including the identification of priorities, study design and methods, interpretation of findings, and dissemination of results.
Previous Student Advisory Committee Membership
2021-2022 Student Advisory Committee
Assia Messaoudi, Undergraduate Student English, Professional Writing & Communications, and Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Ka Wing Cheung, Master’s Student, Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto Mississauga
Sylvia Romanowska MSc, Master’s Student, Clinical Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
Hareem Ashraf, Undergraduate Student, Mental Health and Molecular Biology, Immunology & Disease, University of Toronto Scarborough
Alex Erickson, Undergraduate Student Economics and International Relations, Faculty of Arts & Science
Catherine Clarke, Undergraduate Student, Psychology, Biology, and Physiology, Faculty of Arts & Science
Akshay Mohan BTech SM, Doctoral Student, Industrial Relations & Human Resources, Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources, Faculty of Arts & Science
Lexi Ewing MA, Doctoral Student Developmental Psychology and Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Chen Yang, Undergraduate Student Architectural Studies, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
2022-2023 Student Advisory Committee
Sarah Hashish, Undergraduate Student, English, Political Science and Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Jueun Kang, Undergraduate Student, Information and UX/UI Design, Faculty of Information
Carrie Lau, Master’s Student, Social Work,Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Felix Lau HBSc, Master’s Student, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences (Health Promotion), Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Orly Lipsitz BScH, Master’s Student, Clinical and Counselling Psychology (Field: Clinical Psychology), Department of Psychological Clinical Science, University of Toronto Scarborough
Sapolnach Prompiengchai, Undergraduate Student, Neuroscience Specialist (Cognitive Stream) and Applied Statistics, University of Toronto Scarborough
Joanna Roy, Undergraduate Student, Engineering Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering option, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Hajar Seiyad, Undergraduate Student, Mental Health Studies & Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough
Ruiqiu (Rachel) Shen, Undergraduate Student, Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Yiyi Wang MS, Doctoral Student, Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga
2023-2024 Student Advisory Committee
Ananya Bhattacharjee, PhD Student, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts and Science
Anica Shum, Masters Student, Nursing, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Charlie Sun, Undergraduate Student, Psychology & Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science
Delaram Farzanfar, PhD Student, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Missisauga
Dinarshan Chandrakumar, Undergraduate Student, Social Science, University of Toronto Missisauga
Jenny Hui, PhD Student, Counselling & Clinical Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Jessica Atkins, Undergraduate Student, Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
Maya Ahia, Masters Student, Clinical & Counselling Psychology, University of Scarborough
Madeline Kalda, Undergraduate Student, Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Mehakpreet Kaur Saggu, Undergraduate Student, Neuroscience Specialist and Psychology Minor, University of Toronto Scarborough
Kate Kim, Undergraduate Student, Psychology Specialist, Faculty of Arts & Science
Rya Buckley, PhD Student, School & Clinical Child Psychology, Ontario Institue for Studies in Education
2024-2025 Student Advisory Committee
Bilal Ahmed Qureshi, Undergraduate Student, Neuroscience & Human Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough
Sacha Samouk, Undergraduate Student, Anthropology & Education Studies , University of Toronto Mississauga
Alanna Sethi, Undergraduate Student, Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Thanida Kamchokchai, Undergraduate Student, Mental Health Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough
Claire Zhang, Medical Student, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto St. George
Yuening Chen,Master’s Student, Archaeology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Liz DaMaren, Doctoral Student,Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Meagan Muscat, Doctoral Student, Counselling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Olena Zubrytska, Undergraduate Student, Nursing, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Khushi Patel, Undergraduate Student, Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Aden Ahmed, Master’s Student, Global Mental Health & Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science
Jas Chhetri, Undergraduate Student, Molecular Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough
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