Vanessa Joy Walker

Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC, is an Adjunct Clinical Affiliate in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin and a psychotherapist in private practice. Dr. Jain is a co-creator of WILD 5 – A Proven Path to Wellness and co-author of The Science and Practice of Wellness: Interventions for Happiness, Enthusiasm, Resilience, and Optimism (HERO). She is the co-creator of the Psychedelics and Wellness Survey (PAWS), exploring the intersection between psychedelics and wellness. She is the co-host of the newly launched podcast Happy Human 3.0, which explores how modern humans can move beyond merely surviving 21st-century stressors and begin to flourish by integrating neuroscience, positive psychiatry, and compassionate, human-centered care.

In addition, Dr. Jain serves on the Psych Congress Steering Committee, helping guide educational priorities and identify emerging needs in mental health practice. She also teaches with Fluence Training, a leading provider of psychedelic education for mental health professionals, where she serves as faculty in their certification programs in Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration (PHRI) and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

Manish Jha is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and O’Donnell Clinical Neuroscience Scholar at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. He received his medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India and completed his psychiatry residency training at UT Southwestern. His program of research is focused on developing novel interventions for psychiatric disorders, personalizing the use of currently available treatments, and bringing these scientific discoveries to clinical practice. In addition to his research and educational activities, Dr. Jha maintains an active clinical practice focusing on evidence-based interventions for difficulty-to-treat depressive and anxiety disorders.He has authored/co-authored over 200 manuscripts.

Vanessa Joy Walker, MPH, is a national speaker and healthcare strategist who works at the intersection of lived experience, education, and healthcare strategy. She serves on the Psych Congress Steering Committee, contributing to the direction of programming and advancing the integration of lived experience experts within clinician education.

Her background spans executive operations, educational design, coalition leadership, and strategic communications. She has co-founded national women’s health coalitions, advised federal advocacy campaigns, and partnered with organizations such as the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and biotech leaders on advocacy and engagement strategy.

Her work centers on women’s health, survivorship, and behavioral health — bringing both formal training and lived experience across complex health journeys to the way healthcare is designed, taught, and delivered.

Moushumi Mukerji MSN, PMHNP-BC, CNM is a psychiatric nurse practitioner in private practice with Hope Therapy and Psychiatry Center and Headway. She is also a certified nurse-midwife with 21 years of experience in midwifery, women’s health, and maternity care nursing in various settings around the country. In her clinical practice she provides medication management, psychotherapy, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. She specializes in perinatal and women's mental health. Moushumi is a graduate of the Yale University and University of California San Francisco Schools of Nursing. She is a volunteer faculty member of the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing as an Associate Clinical Professor. In her free time she enjoys travel, gardening, and meditating.

Dr. Peek is currently in private practice and has an academic affiliation with Harvard Medical School as a Lecturer. She is board certified in both Adult and Child and Adolescent psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Peek received her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2012. She also received a dual Master of Public Health degree at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, with a concentration in global community health and behavioral sciences. Her adult psychiatry training was completed at Tulane University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, with training at both Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. She served as the Associate Medical Director for the Klarman Eating Disorder Center at McLean Hospital for seven years before starting her full time private practice. Dr. Peek also has a special interest in Animal Assisted Interventions and Horticultural Therapy.

Vanessa Joy Walker, MPH, is a national speaker and healthcare strategist who works at the intersection of lived experience, education, and healthcare strategy. She serves on the Psych Congress Steering Committee, contributing to the direction of programming and advancing the integration of lived experience experts within clinician education.

Her background spans executive operations, educational design, coalition leadership, and strategic communications. She has co-founded national women’s health coalitions, advised federal advocacy campaigns, and partnered with organizations such as the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and biotech leaders on advocacy and engagement strategy.

Her work centers on women’s health, survivorship, and behavioral health — bringing both formal training and lived experience across complex health journeys to the way healthcare is designed, taught, and delivered.