Em Mittertreiner
Lab Manager/Research Coordinator
Em (they/them) is a recent graduate of the UBC Honours Psychology program, with a minor in Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice. They hope to study clinical psychology at a graduate level in the future, with a focus on the relationship between gender diversity, neurodivergence, and mental health. Given their own experiences as a gender-diverse person who has had myriad interactions with BC’s mental health system, they are also passionate about building more just and accessible pathways to mental health services in the province.
Mittertreiner, E. (2020). Borderline personality disorder: A gendered diagnosis. Ignite: UBC Undergraduate Journal of Gender, Race, Sex, and Social Justice. 10: 60-66.
Mittertreiner, E., Dennehy, T. C., Schmader, T. (2021). The Allyship Network LIVE Study: Encouraging gender equity through virtual messaging. Third Year Honours Thesis.
Mittertreiner, E., Ng-Cordell, E., Kerns, C.M. (2022). Research methods at the intersection of gender diversity and autism: A scoping review. Fourth Year Honours Thesis.