Savita Gunasekaran received her Bachelor of Science with first-class Honours in Psychology from the University of Western Australia in 2019. She is currently a research assistant at the Institute of Mental Health in Singapore. She is passionate about improving mental health literacy in the community and destigmatizing mental illness in the healthcare industry and general public. She works closely with social service organizations in Singapore, utilizing qualitative and quantitative approaches to enhance the delivery and sustainability of various mental health programmes.

Jennifer is the Assistant Manager of the Impact & Research department, TOUCH Community Services. Through her work in TOUCH over the past 7 years, she has developed a critical appreciation of social issues affecting the vulnerable populations. That, coupled with an empathetic belief that solutions may be found within the communities, inspires her to journey with TOUCH’s direct services, academic and community partners for research collaborations as well as evidence-informed programme design, monitoring and evaluation to impact lives. Her current research interests include social inequality, mental wellness, practice research, and community development. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Sociology) from the National University of Singapore, and is pursuing a part-time Master of Science in Knowledge Management at the Nanyang Technological University.