Xiao Li, MS
Senior Statistical data Analyst
Ms. Li completed her Master’s degree in Health Data Science and is pursuing her PhD in epidemiology at St. Louis University. She has experience with data mining of national databases and integrating machine learning algorithms into applications. Ms. Li has extensive experience with performing survival analysis, longitudinal analysis, and modeling of large population-based studies.
Erin Kasson, MS, MSW
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
Ms. Kasson completed her undergraduate degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, with both Master’s of Science and Master’s of Social Work degrees from Saint Louis University. She has previous experience working with and conducting research among several clinical populations, with particular interest in anxiety, depression, and treatment of co-occurring disorders.
Elecia Worley, MSW
Clinical research coordinator I
Elecia received her undergraduate degree in Social Work from Fontbonne University and obtained her Masters of Social Work through a Clinical Mental Health track with a specialization in Sexual Health and Sex Education from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Her primary interests are in sexual health research, education, and promotion and she has previous experience working in various crisis intervention, case management, and research development roles.
Zhuoran Zhang, MA
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Ms. Zhang received her BA in psychology from University of Rochester and her MA in experimental psychology with an emphasis on cognitive psychology from Indiana State University. She has previous experience conducting research and working with adolescents and children with behavioral and mental disorders. Her research interests include interventions and treatments for substance use, depression, and anxiety in adolescents and young adults.
William Hutson, MPH
Professional rater II
William (he/him) received his BA in Biology and MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Washington University in St. Louis. He has experience in psychiatric and environmental epidemiology research. Currently, he is applying to MD and MD-PhD programs in Epidemiology. Outside of the iCHASM lab, he researches the spatial distribution of overdose in St. Louis. His research interests include substance use treatment and prevention, social determinants of mental health, and racial and ethnic disparities in mental health.
Jordan Michener, MS
Professional Rater II
Jordan received her B.S. in Psychology, along with a Forensic Child Psychology Certificate, and a minor in Child and Family Development from Missouri State University in Springfield. Upon graduating, she worked at a behavioral health hospital, serving the early childhood, adolescent, and teenage populations suffering from mental illnesses, histories of abuse, and other traumatic experiences. She completed her M.S. in Applied Health Behavior Research at Washington University School of Medicine. Her research interests lie in early childhood, adolescent, and young adult mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders, anxiety in adolescent and young adult populations, and digital interventions employed as therapeutic measures for addressing behavioral health conditions.
Layna Paraboschi, BA
Clinical Research Study ASsistant II
Ms. Paraboschi received her B.A. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She has previous experience assisting with global health informatics research as well as with digital interventions for eating disorders and other mental health conditions. Her research interests lie in digital interventions, eating disorders/disordered eating, depression, and anxiety in adolescent and young adult populations
Lucy Meigs, BA
Clinical Research study assistant II
Ms. Lucy Meigs received her B.A. in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis, where she completed a minor in Swahili and mental health. Her previous research focused on how Swahili is used to discuss mental health, developing mental health resources in Swahili, and assisting in the development of a linguistic map of Nairobi, Kenya. Her research interests include increasing accessibility and efficacy of mental health interventions for diverse populations through increased linguistic and cultural interpretation and digital interventions, as well as mental health education among young adult populations.
Brandon Conn
undergraduate research assistant/ E-COACH
Brandon will be receiving his B.A. in Psychology from Maryville University in December 2025. His primary interests include interventions for substance use disorders, anxiety, and depression, improving accessibility, affordability, and legal/ethical guidelines in youth mental health programs, mindfulness-based interventions, and mental health education. His current research experience with Maryville University includes analyzing mindfulness as a mediator in the stress-procrastination cycle and analyzing the synchronistic relationship between mindfulness and self-compassion and its effect on well-being. During his time on Wash U’s iCHASM Team, he has worked on the uMAT-R program, MOUD myth and stigma research, research on nicotine products and how they are perceived by youth, and more!
Isheeta Gupta, MD
Graduate Research Assistant
Isheeta Gupta is pursuing a dual master’s degree in MSW and MPH at WashU’s Brown School. With a medical background in MBBS from India, she brings clinical expertise to public health and social equity research. Currently working with the iCHASM research team at WashU School of Medicine as a practicum student, Isheeta focuses on digital health and behavioral health. Her other research interests lie in treatment strategies for substance use disorder and eating disorders in adolescents. Beyond academics, she serves as Social Media Chair for Umang (Indian Graduate Student Association), External Affairs head for B-CALM (Brown School Campus Alliance for Mental Health) and also enjoys playing badminton with friends on campus.