Vanessa Poon

Clinical Innovation & Outreach Intern

Vanessa Poon is an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University pursuing a dual degree in Psychology and Dance. She is currently serving as a Clinical Innovation & Outreach Intern at TPWG, where she supports community outreach and contributes to the development of innovative mental health programming. As an undergraduate research assistant at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she contributes to research on OCD and anxiety disorders, deepening her understanding of mental health. Vanessa is also a member of the Youth Experts Panel at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and serves as a youth advisor on various national projects and advisory groups, advocating for youth perspectives. She is grateful for the opportunity to be involved with TPWG and is excited to help advance youth mental health initiatives.