Umiemah Farrukh is a fourth-year psychology major and a second-year transfer student with research interests in clinical psychology, specifically the treatment of internalizing disorders. Her senior thesis explores personality traits as predictors of treatment outcomes for depression and anxiety, using a novel treatment method focused on decreasing negative affect as well as a novel treatment method focused on increasing positive affect. She hopes this research will lay the foundation that will eventually allow us to offer more individualized treatment to patients in order to increase the effectiveness of interventions, leading to better mental health outcomes overall. Umiemah is strongly invested in psychological research, having been an integral part of 14 projects and seven UC labs is currently leading two independent studies and working as a collaborator on a handful more, presented multiple first-author projects at statewide and national conferences, been published, and has won grants and awards for her contributions to the field of psychology.

Outside of research, Umiemah has varied interests. She likes to crochet cute sweaters, bake yummy desserts for her family, fund her endless coffee addiction, read fantasy and fiction novels, as well as write poetry and short stories to fill up her free time. If her creative work gets published in magazines and nominated for awards, she considers this to be a positive bonus. Umiemah is also involved in sorority life through Sigma Delta Sigma and has plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology upon graduation.