Jihyun (Cindy) is a third-year Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at Yale University. She works with Dr. Jutta Joormann in the Affect Regulation and Cognition Lab and Dr. Tyrone Cannon in the Clinical Neuroscience Lab. Her research during the doctoral program is supported by ILJU Fellowship.

Before joining the Ph.D. program, Jihyun worked as a research technician in the Rutledge Lab with Dr. Robb Rutledge at Yale University. In August 2021, she received a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, advised by Dr. Woo-Young Ahn in the Computational Clinical Science Lab at Seoul National University. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with the Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (Honors in Management), she started pursuing an exciting journey to understand human mind and brain.

Her reseach focuses on investigating linguistic markers that reflect unique and shared cognitive and affective mechanisms of psychopathology, especially depression, anxiety, and psychosis. In the long run, she hopes to gain a richer understanding of how linguistic features map onto depression, anxiety, and psychosis symptoms across various racial-ethnic contexts.

Outside the lab, she runs at the East Rock Park, takes yoga classes, or explores libraries in different cities.