Megan Winkelman
Berkeley, CA
Project: Mapping Bay Area Mental Health Services
Megan began working with Bay Area mental health services programs when she was a college freshman. Throughout college in various settings, she worked to improve materials and communication methods to educate patients about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for mental illnesses.
Through her work, some of which was supported by a Dalai Lama Fellowship, Megan concluded that there is a significant, unmet need for easily accessible, up-to-date information on mental health service programs. Megan found the need to be especially acute among the homeless population and people for whom English is not their primary language. Now a Human Biology graduate with a concentration in Neurobiology, Megan will use her award to create up-to-date online, mobile and printed maps of Bay Area mental health services, overlain with public transportation routes. Inspired by Brute Lab's Project Open, these maps will focus initially on San Francisco and Alameda Counties and will be designed for easy and regular updating by mental health services providers. The information provided will include FAQs addressing common misunderstandings and fears about mental health treatment.
Read an interview with Megan: De-stigmatizing Mental Health Services
Berkeley, CA
Project: Mapping Bay Area Mental Health Services
Megan began working with Bay Area mental health services programs when she was a college freshman. Throughout college in various settings, she worked to improve materials and communication methods to educate patients about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for mental illnesses.
Through her work, some of which was supported by a Dalai Lama Fellowship, Megan concluded that there is a significant, unmet need for easily accessible, up-to-date information on mental health service programs. Megan found the need to be especially acute among the homeless population and people for whom English is not their primary language. Now a Human Biology graduate with a concentration in Neurobiology, Megan will use her award to create up-to-date online, mobile and printed maps of Bay Area mental health services, overlain with public transportation routes. Inspired by Brute Lab's Project Open, these maps will focus initially on San Francisco and Alameda Counties and will be designed for easy and regular updating by mental health services providers. The information provided will include FAQs addressing common misunderstandings and fears about mental health treatment.
Read an interview with Megan: De-stigmatizing Mental Health Services
