Staff

Jill R Kavanaugh, MLIS, AHIP
STRIPED Program Manager
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
jill.kavanaugh@childrens.harvard.edu

Jill is a published scholar with a BA in Media, Information, and Technoculture from Western University in Ontario, Canada, and a Master of Library and Information Science, specializing in health sciences librarianship, alongside a certificate in writing, all from Western. She has also studied health literacy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and is a member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). Jill’s primary research interests revolve around social media’s impact on the health and well-being of adolescents, especially in the realm of body image, coupled with a focus on media literacy.  Additionally, Jill is passionate about legislation advocacy concerning big tech’s influence on social media and its potential impact on public health. Her dedication extends to researching health-related topics, such as knowledge translation, health literacy, and embedded librarianship.

Abigail (Abbie) Bulens
STRIPED Program Coordinator
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
abigail.bulens@childrens.harvard.edu

Abbie is a recent graduate with a BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research interests include the impact and influence of social media on the facilitation and development of eating disorders, and eating disorder treatment outcomes for different diagnoses. Additionally, she is interested in investigating the co-morbidity of various psychological disorders and eating disorders.