Given the importance of our healthcare providers' health, my Fulbright research aims to examine and improve the vocational health of Australian healthcare provider trainees. I will use a 5-week intervention to strengthen the well-being of Australia's next generation of healthcare providers.
Malvika Narayan, M.A. is a Counseling Psychology Doctoral Candidate at Texas Tech University, where she studies healthcare provider burnout. Her research, examining burnout among mental health clinicians across the pandemic and among underrepresented providers, has been presented across the United States and received national recognition. Malvika also serves as the President of the Texas Psychological Association Student Senate and has a deep passion for mental healthcare accessibility and the promotion of clinician wellbeing through advocacy, research, and policy reform.
Through the Fulbright Award, she will conduct an intervention study aimed at improving the vocational health of healthcare provider trainees.