Shawn Van

Shawn Van is a postgraduate associate at XRPeds. His interest lies in the intersection of mental health research, relationship science, immersive technology, and scalable interventions. At XRPeds, Shawn is leading a mixed-method pilot study evaluating a digital peer-to-peer mental health program. He is also supporting the development and research of a VR-based assessment tool to predict nicotine use among youth through analyzing physiological and psychosocial data.

Shawn received his Master of Public Health from Yale, where he supported a large-scale implementation of LGBTQ-affirmative therapy in low-resource, community settings.