Scarlett Mac-Ginty Fontecilla
Project Manager
King’s College London
Dr. Scarlett Mac-Ginty Fontecilla is a researcher at Imhay and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College London. A dental surgeon by training, she holds a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Chile and a PhD from King’s College London.
Her research focuses on mental health inequalities among vulnerable adolescents and young adults, with an emphasis on social determinants. She explores how scalable digital interventions can reduce access barriers and support prevention and early intervention.
In the COLMA project, Dr. Mac-Ginty is a postdoctoral researcher and research manager.
Recent publications:
- Roest, A. M., de Vries, Y. A., Pozuelo, J. R., Petukhova, M. V., Lee, S., Sampson, N. A., … & Wiers, R. W. (2025). Comorbidity and temporal associations between mental disorders among college students in the world mental health international college student initiative. Psychiatry research, 351, 116605.
- Mac-Ginty, S., Lira, D., Lillo, I., Moraga, E., Caceres, C., Araya, R., & Prina, M. (2024). Association between socioeconomic position and depression, anxiety and eating disorders in university students: A systematic review. Adolescent Research Review, 9(3), 435-451.
- Mac-Ginty, S., Jiménez-Molina, Á., & Martínez, V. (2021). Impacto de la pandemia por COVID-19 en la salud mental de estudiantes universitarios en Chile. Revista Chilena de Psiquiatría y Neurología de la Infancia y de la Adolescencia, 32(1), 23-37.
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Dr. Scarlett Mac-Ginty Fontecilla is a researcher at Imhay and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College London. A dental surgeon by training, she holds a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Chile and a PhD from King’s College London.
Her research focuses on mental health inequalities among vulnerable adolescents and young adults, with an emphasis on social determinants. She explores how scalable digital interventions can reduce access barriers and support prevention and early intervention.
In the COLMA project, Dr. Mac-Ginty is a postdoctoral researcher and research manager.
Recent publications:
- Roest, A. M., de Vries, Y. A., Pozuelo, J. R., Petukhova, M. V., Lee, S., Sampson, N. A., … & Wiers, R. W. (2025). Comorbidity and temporal associations between mental disorders among college students in the world mental health international college student initiative. Psychiatry research, 351, 116605.
- Mac-Ginty, S., Lira, D., Lillo, I., Moraga, E., Caceres, C., Araya, R., & Prina, M. (2024). Association between socioeconomic position and depression, anxiety and eating disorders in university students: A systematic review. Adolescent Research Review, 9(3), 435-451.
- Mac-Ginty, S., Jiménez-Molina, Á., & Martínez, V. (2021). Impacto de la pandemia por COVID-19 en la salud mental de estudiantes universitarios en Chile. Revista Chilena de Psiquiatría y Neurología de la Infancia y de la Adolescencia, 32(1), 23-37.
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