Additional Titles & Roles
- Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
- Assistant Professor of Public Health
Education & Training
- T32 Postdoctoral Fellow: The Brown School at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2020
- Ph.D.: University of Texas Austin, 2018
- Post Masters Clinical Fellowship: The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX, 2013
- M.S.S.W.: Columbia University, 2011
- B.A.: Kenyon College, 2009
Major Awards
- MPI, Washington University Public Health Institute Next Steps Pilot Funding Grant Number NS-MBH03, 2025-2026
- Top 550 (#51) entries, Humanity’s Last Exam, 2025
- Principal Investigator , NIH K01 DA058750 HEAL Initiative, 2023-2028
- MPI, Washington University Here & Next Interdisciplinary Funding- Tier 2 (MPI: Szlyk & Wang), 2023-2024
- Scholar, NIH K12 DA041449-05 Career Development Program in Addiction (MPIs: Bierut & Cavazos- Rehg), 2022-2023
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH T32MH019960-31 Training Program in Mental Health Services Research (PI: Cabassa), 2018-2020
Research Interests
Leverages technology to support the mental health and substance use recovery needs of communities; suicide prevention; health disparities; mixed-methods research; user-centered design
Recent Publications
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Crisis Text Service Use Among Young Adults With Suicidal Ideation: Findings From a Survey Study
LaForge, K., Szlyk, H., Goldman, M. L. & Teo, A. R., May 2026, In: Journal of Adolescent Health. 78, 5, p. 732-739 8 p.
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Leveraging a digital health intervention to improve recovery outcomes among people with substance misuse experiencing housing insecurity
Eswaran, V., Dong, F., Li, X., Szlyk, H. S., Dell, N. A., Kasson, E., Williams, J. & Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Feb 1 2026, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 279, 113022.
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Intersecting challenges: Substance use and mental health disparities across self-reported disability status
Williams, J., Li, X., Szlyk, H. S., Kasson, E., Dell, N. A., Ramsey, A. & Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 181, 209857.
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Comparing Pregnant and Postpartum Client and Provider Feedback on a Digital Health Intervention for Substance Use Recovery: User-Centered Design Approach
Szlyk, H., Paraboschi, L., Meigs, L., Worley, E., Peoples, J. N., Maranets, E., Kasson, E., Ramsey, A., Lau, C., Korte, K. & Cavazos-Rehg, P., 2026, In: JMIR Formative Research. 10, e86255.
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Associations between microaggressions, depression, anxiety, and alcohol use among Black young adults: findings from a pilot study
Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Li, X., Paraboschi, L., Meigs, L., Kasson, E., Szlyk, H. S., Peoples, J. N. E., Banks, D. E., Ramsey, A. T., Jacobson, N. C. & Sartor, C. E., 2026, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 1694000.