As director of the Minority Stress and Trauma (MST) Lab, Jillian Scheer’s research focuses on bettering the mental and behavioral health of diverse and underserved sexual and gender minority people who have experienced trauma. In support of that work, Scheer, an assistant professor and Cobb-Jones Professor of Clinical Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received several highly competitive grants through agencies including the National Institutes of Health. Scheer is most recently one of five recipients of a 2022 Walter Katkovsky Research Grant from the American Psychological Foundation. The national award provides $10,000 in funding support for research on the general topic of psychotherapy. Read more.