Sarah Ketchen Lipson (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Law Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing mental health and disparities therein, particularly in college student populations. She is co-Principal Investigator of the national Healthy Minds Study, an annual survey of undergraduate and graduate student mental health, which has been conducted on hundreds of college and university campuses. Sarah’s research has been funded the National Institute of Mental Health and William T. Grant Foundation, among others. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, on NPR, and in numerous other national and international media outlets.
Sarah completed a dual-PhD at University of Michigan in the Schools of Public Health and Education. She received her bachelor’s degree from Tufts University, her master’s from Harvard University, and was a Fulbright scholar.
Sarah teaches a range of graduate-level courses at the Boston University School of Public Health.
