Email: ab7170@nyu.edu
Program: PhD in Psychology and Social Intervention
Year entered Program: 2022
Research Interests: Behavioral health; suicidal ideation; cognition; adolescence; inequity
Principal Advisor(s): Dr. Pamela Morris-Perez
Research Description/Bio: Adam Benzekri is a Ph.D. student in the Psychology and Social Intervention program at NYU Steinhardt. Adam's research interests lie in the intersection between psychology, public health, and cognitive neuroscience. In particular, he is interested in understanding the thoughts adolescents have about their life and death that co-occur with suicidal ideations and that may have implications for the prevention of suicide in adolescence and across the life course. More broadly, his research seeks to develop, evaluate, and disseminate primary prevention approaches that formally integrate theories of cognition, development, and contextual influence (i.e., family, school) to address inequities in behavioral health during adolescence. Adam holds an M.S. degree in Neuroscience and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, an M.P.H. degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the School of Global Public Health at NYU, and B.S. degrees in Psychology and Molecular and Microbiology from the University of Central Florida.