Alana Egan
Alana Egan, BA
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Clinical Psych PhD
University of Rhode Island
Substance Use and Suicide
Alana is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. Her research interests include investigating health disparities in service of Native Hawaiian and Indigenous populations, with a particular focus on substance use and suicide. She has previously worked as a counselor intern for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Employee Assistance Program and holds her Master’s degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Hometown: Makawao, Maui, HI
Undergrad: BA, University of Texas at San Antonio, Psychology and Anthropology Majors (2017)
Graduate: MA, Clinical Psychology, University of Houston-Clear Lake (2020)
Doctorate: PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Rhode Island (2026)
Contact: LinkedIn; Twitter; ResearchGate; aeganleong@uri.edu
Hobbies: Cooking, listening to podcasts
