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Sophia Selino is a Researcher at Yale University, affiliated with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and the Child Study Center within the Yale School of Medicine. She supports research on the efficacy of RULER, a social and emotional learning program in secondary schools, and previously worked in the School Mental Health Implementation Consultation and Research program. She holds a BSc in Psychology with a clinical-counseling minor from The College of Saint Rose, focusing on body image research. Her work bridges school-based interventions, adolescent health, and mental health implementation strategies.
Her research interests include social and emotional learning in educational settings, measurement-based care in schools, and public health issues like vaping and cannabis use depicted in online media. She has contributed to studies on classroom kernels, vaping technologies, and the psychological impacts of body image perceptions.
Notable contributions include analyzing electronic nicotine delivery systems in vaping cannabis and studying circumcision status and genital self-image. Her work emphasizes community-university partnerships and translational research to improve youth mental health outcomes.
