Dr. Lanser is a postdoctoral scholar in the Anxiety and Depression Research Center (ADRC) whose research focuses on loneliness in young adults, seeking to understand how serious mental illnesses can disrupt relationships by taking young people out of their social worlds and making it difficult for them to maintain or re-establish interpersonal connections. Dr. Lanser is currently working on the Youth Mindful Awareness Program study, which investigates mindfulness as a preventative treatment for youth at risk for developing depression and anxiety disorders.