Full Name
Jessica Goddard-Polly
Job Title
PhD Student
Company/Organization
Brock University
Speaker Bio
Jessica Goddard-Polly is a third-year PhD student within the Applied Health Sciences program at Brock University. She is conducting her work on the mental health and wellbeing of siblings of children with mental disorders. She has also worked on projects that include the mental health experiences of youth during the pandemic and evaluations of mental health literacy programs. Jessica’s research interests include barriers to mental health treatment, improving mental health literacy in youth, youth mental health service creation and improvement, program evaluation, and knowledge mobilization. She also takes pride in her role of COMPASS Youth Engagement Coordinator.
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/goddardja
Pronouns
She/Her
Jessica Goddard-Polly