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Mia Aassar

PhD in Psychology and Social Intervention Student

Email: ma10293@nyu.edu

Program: PhD in Psychology and Social Intervention

Year Entered Program: 2026

Research Interests: Qualitative methods, suicide prevention, violence prevention, policy evaluation.

Principal Advisor(s): Dr. Pamela Morris-Perez

Research Description/Bio: 

Mia Aassar is a doctoral student in Applied Psychology at NYU Steinhardt. Mia is passionate about implementing and evaluating assets-based approaches to suicide prevention. Her interests include suicide prevention policy, implementation science, and community-based participatory research. Mia holds a BA in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University and an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.