Dr. Meredith R. Maroney served as the Health Promotion Specialist for the Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research and as a Staff Psychologist at Counseling and Psychological Services at the University at Albany during the 2020-2021 academic year. In this role she conducted applied research and engaged in prevention activities, while also serving as the Director of Project Sexual Health and Peer Education (SHAPE). Through her work at CAPS, she provided individual, couples, and group therapy to UAlbany students. She has previously worked with adolescents and young adults in a number of settings including college counseling centers, schools, hospitals, and community-based treatment settings. Dr. Maroney obtained her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston in August 2020, her MS in Mental Health Counseling from UMass Boston in 2015, and her BS in Psychology from Loyola University Maryland in 2012. She has expertise in college mental health, health and mental health disparities, sexual orientation and gender diversity, autism, qualitative research, and intervention development. She is moving to the University of Calgary to work as an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology PhD program at the Werklund School of Education beginning in July 2021.