Hi! Our names are Garencha, Kamya, and Sam and we are a team of psychosocial researchers based in NYC.
ABOUT US
Garencha graduated from Columbia University with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in neuroscience. Kamya graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Psychology and an M.D. from Weil Cornell. Sam obtains a B.S. in Philosophy from UCLA and a PhD in social sciences. Garencha, Kamya, and Sam met through a public awareness campaign about autism, became quick friends, and were inspired to focus on another mental health issue not discussed enough such as loneliness.
ABOUT EPILONE
Our public awareness campaign termed Epilone started in 2025 to cater services to individuals that feel lonely using interventions gathered from theories across psychological, social, historical bases. Our campaign was inspired from our own stories and stories of people we are closely related to, which makes our research regarding this topic personable and effective.
Our six blog posts, infographic, multimedia presentation, and press release focus on the following components to target interventions on the loneliness epidemic:
- Real world implications (limited social interaction)
- Living through their screens (how the epidemic is affected by our digital age)
- Mental health implications (feelings of being “inadequate”, depressed, etc)
- The language we use around this epidemic and its implications for those affected (i.e. “being lonely” vs. “being alone”)
- Incell community (how the epidemic translates negatively on social media)
- How did this epidemic come about (because humans are historically social creatures so how did we get to this point?)
