Additional Titles & Roles
- Assistant Professor- Research Faculty
Education & Training
- BA: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 2009
- MSSW: Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, 2011
- Post Masters Clinical Fellowship: The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX, 2013
- PhD: Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2018
- T32 Postdoctoral Fellow: The Brown School at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2020
Major Awards
- Postdoctoral fellow; T32 MH019960-23 Cabassa (PI), 2018
- Scholar; NIDA K12 Career Development Award Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder, 2022
Research Interests
How to harness technology and mHealth tools to facilitate and to enhance recovery from substance use and mental health disorders; suicide prevention; health disparities
Key Publications
- Szlyk H, Deng J, Xu C, Krauss MJ, Cavazos-Rehg PA, (2020 05). Leveraging social media to explore the barriers to treatment among individuals with depressive symptoms. Depress Anxiety. 37(5): 458-465.
Read publication »Leveraging social media to explore the barriers to treatment among individuals with depressive symptoms. - Cardoso JB, Szlyk HS, Goldbach J, Swank P, Zvolensky MJ, (2018 Aug). General and Ethnic-Biased Bullying Among Latino Students: Exploring Risks of Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Substance Use. J Immigr Minor Health. 20(4): 816-822.
Read publication »General and Ethnic-Biased Bullying Among Latino Students: Exploring Risks of Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Substance Use. - Baiden Philip,Szlyk Hannah S.,Cavazos-Rehg Patricia,Onyeaka Henry K.,Peoples JaNiene,Kasson Erin,;Use of electronic vaping products and mental health among adolescent high school students in the United States: The moderating effect of sex;March 2022;;
Read publication »Use of electronic vaping products and mental health among adolescent high school students in the United States: The moderating effect of sex - Szlyk HS, Tan J, Lengnick-Hall R, (2021 June). Innovating Technology-Enhanced Interventions for Youth Suicide: Insights for Measuring Implementation Outcomes. Front Psychol. 12: 657303.
Read publication »Innovating Technology-Enhanced Interventions for Youth Suicide: Insights for Measuring Implementation Outcomes. - Szlyk HS, Berk M, Peralta AO, Miranda R, (2020 08). COVID-19 Takes Adolescent Suicide Prevention to Less Charted Territory. J Adolesc Health. 67(2): 161-163.
Read publication »COVID-19 Takes Adolescent Suicide Prevention to Less Charted Territory. - Szlyk HS, Roth KB, García-Perdomo V, (2020 04). Engagement With Crisis Text Line Among Subgroups of Users Who Reported Suicidality. Psychiatr Serv. 71(4): 319-327.
Read publication »Engagement With Crisis Text Line Among Subgroups of Users Who Reported Suicidality.
Funded Research Projects
K12 DA041449-05 Washington University Career Development Program in Drug Abuse and Addiction
Bierut & Cavazos-Rehg (MPIs), Role: Scholar
05/2022-
Continued Recovery from Opioid Use Disorder among Pregnant and Postpartum People
R24 DA051988, Advancing the Science on Recovery Community Centers(RCCs)
Kelly & Hoeppner (MPIs), Role: Pilot study co-awardee (w/Cavazos-Rehg)
03/2022-03/2023
A Digital Therapeutic Intervention to Link Pregnant and Postpartum Women with OUD to RCCs
New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Rutgers University
Anestis (PI), Role: Co-Principal Investigator
07/2021-7/2022
Preventing firearm suicide by phone: An examination of means safety practices across US crisis centers