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Elena Frank is an associate research scientist at the Michigan Neuroscience Institute and the PhD study director of the Intern Health Study at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the drivers of stress and depression during physician training and the use of mobile technologies to assess and treat depression, and how sex differences impact depression. Originally from eastern Massachusetts, she attended NYU and graduated with a BA in Psychology and Gender & Sexuality Studies and a minor in Russian and Slavic Studies in 2006. Elena worked in northern California for several years in the non-profit sector, and then went on to earn her MA and PhD in Women’s and Gender Studies from Arizona State University, where she specialized in sexuality, health, and the body.