Alex Nikolaidis Konstas

Alexandros (Alex) Nikolaidis Konstas (he/him) is a Clinical Science Ph.D. student in the Biopsychosocial Effects of Stigma (BEST) Lab at Harvard University. He earned a B.S. in Psychology and Art from Davidson College in 2022 and an M.Ed. in Quantitative Methods from Vanderbilt University in 2025. Before beginning his Ph.D., Alex worked on several research projects studying stigma, stereotyping, and discrimination. At Vanderbilt, Alex was a member of the LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, combining interdisciplinary approaches from public health, epidemiology, and clinical science to study stigma and mental health among LGBTQ+ youth. He has presented his work at national and international conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals. 

Alex’s research focuses on understanding biopsychosocial factors that exacerbate or buffer the associations between stigma exposure and mental health outcomes, such as suicidality. He is also interested in examining the theoretical mechanisms through which stigma operates and is perpetuated across the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural levels. In previous work, Alex has been involved in state-of-the-art data collection methodologies, such as ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and he is particularly interested in applying advanced quantitative methods to understand the dynamic processes through which stigma is propagated. Alex hopes to focus on stigma-related mental health disparities among minoritized populations and youth to inform interventions and policy.