ABBEY BOBAN

Scoping Review for Teacher’s Mental Health Intervention

• Worked with a cohort of professors from my university, led by Prof. Kanika Malik, on a systematic scoping review which looked into possible interventions for teacher’s mental health in low and middle income countries.
• Collated and organised scoping reviews for analysis in citation softwares such as Mendeley and Zotero. This was my first research project in the field of education.
• Published the research paper successfully in January 2025, under the title, “Implementing psychosocial interventions for teachers’ mental health: Protocol for integrating scoping review with teachers lived experiences in LMICs” with credit as a co-author on PLOS.

• Responsible for designing a month-long social media campaign called 'FebRAREuary' to raise awareness of complex issues involving rare diseases.
• Simplified complex scientific, medical and policy concepts related to rare diseases into easily understandable Instagram posts for a general audience.
• Effectively used Canva for social media campaigns and my social media posts were commended by rare disease scientists from across the world for shedding light on their contributions.
• Recommended ideas on how to structure the campaign over the course of a month and was present at all the meetings held during the internship.
• Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.

• Volunteered at Sandesh, a registered non-profit organization established to take care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, for 3 weeks.
• Gained significant first-hand experience in working with individuals, primarily children between the age ranges of 5 to 12, who were suffering from debilitating conditions that significantly affected their quality of life.
• Engaged in task orientation and planning out a daily schedule of activities for the people at the centre and also helped them emotionally bond through playtime and craft activities.