Sophia Garlick Bock
Discipline: Medicine and Health/Psychology
Sophia Garlick Bock (pronouns: she/they), is a PhD student in the faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney under the supervision of Prof Rachel Skinner, Dr Jen Marino and Cristyn Davies. Their research focuses on LGBTQ+ young people’s co-occurring mental health and drug and alcohol experiences and protective factors in their lives. They have worked in the youth mental health field for several years and has worked and volunteered for several Australian LGBTQIA+ organisations like Acon and Switchboard. They are a youth advocate for the Centre of Research Excellence in Global Adolescent Health and a part of Cohort 3 of ISTN’s INQYR. They have lived experience of mental ill-health and are passionate about ensuring youth voices and lived experience voices are included in research. She also has a BAdvSci(Hons) in Psychology and BA.
You can contact Sophia at sophia.garlickbock@sydney.edu.au
