Team - LMFAO Research Team

The LMFAO Team

Ellen Selkie, MD, MPH

Principal Investigator (she/her)

Dr. Selkie is the Principal Investigator at the LMFAO lab and an Adolescent Medicine specialist at UW Health Kids. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Council on Communications and Media at the American Academy of Pediatrics. As a pediatrician, Dr. Selkie is passionate about caring for gender and sexual minority youth as well as justice-involved youth. This work inspires and informs her research goal of promoting positive socioemotional development through improving online experiences for young people.

Lydia Bliss

Research Specialist (she/her)

Lydia graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she majored in Psychology and earned certificates in Public Policy and Health Humanities. Lydia serves as the project lead for the TYPES and TINY projects and as co-lead for LMFAO's branch of the B3 Study. Lydia is always watching something, whether it be a movie, TV show, or YouTube series.

Kylie Boyd, MPH

Research Specialist (she/her)

Kylie graduated from the University of Arizona with her Master of Public Health in One Health and has since worked in university and government settings. She is passionate about research ranging from infectious diseases to human interactions. In her free time, Kylie loves to watch new shows, learn new skills, travel to different places, and hang out with family and friends.

Kayla Kern, MPH

Research Specialist (she/her)

Kayla graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with her Master of Public Health in 2022 with strong interests in community-centered evaluation, research, and education. She serves as a Research Specialist supporting Recruitment and Retention for B3. In her free time, Kayla enjoys spending time with others, reading, hiking, and playing Animal Crossing!

Caitlin Calhoun, MSc

Brain, Behavior, and Well-Being Study Coordinator (she/her)

Caitlin coordinates the Brain, Behavior and well-Being research project. Before joining the research team, she coordinated a research grant focused on finding new antibiotics from environmental sources. Her passions include interdisciplinary research and science communication. When not working you will find her out in nature somewhere hiking, or hanging with one of her many animals.

Matt Minich, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher (he/him)

Matt obtained his PhD from UW-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2023. His research uses neuroimaging and other tools to uncover the mechanisms that underlie media use and its effects. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, snowboarding, and struggling to keep pests out of his vegetable garden.

Tingting Fan, PhD

CHEAR Summer Internship

Lynn Metz

Research Coordinator

Dr. Vishvanie Stoody (Bernie)

Researcher

Dr. Adrian Araya

Researcher

Lilly Richter

Research Coordinator

Aarti Patel

Student Intern