We have a new paper that examines individual differences in response to our VR intervention for smoking craving.

Our Clinical Science Program's APA Accreditation has been extended until 2035. 

UH sets extramural funding record for 4th consecutive year, $734M in FY 2025

We have a new paper out examining associations among childhood adversities , functional impairment and life stress among military personnel in Psychological Medicine.

The Mānoa Psychology Newsletter is out!

We have a new paper out examining the interactive effect of negative affect and cue exposure on craving to vape nicotine in Addictive Behaviors.

The 1st Annual Psychology Students' Research Conference at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was on May 2, 2025. Everyone from the lab presented!

Congratulations to Avani Borton for being one of the recipients of the Psychology Department's Academic Excellence Award!

Dr. Papini presented his research at the Women's Health Research Seminar at UH's John Burns School of Medicine.

Not sure how they calculate these, but for what it's worth our Clinical Psychology doctoral program keeps moving up the rankings!

We enjoyed hearing the governor, healthcare providers, community advocates, and industry leaders discuss policy priorities at State of Reform.

UH News wrote a story about our suicide prediction research in collaboration with MGH.

We have published the first study of the Exposure Therapy Consortium in Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

2024 publication summary: 9 new publications, 270+ citations 

We have one of the winning proposals for Stage I of the NIDA $100,000 Start a SUD Start Up Challenge

Our pre-registration for the second Exposure Therapy Consortium study is live on OSF.

New publication in Drug and Alcohol Dependence where we examined gene-environment interactions  related to risk for alcohol use disorder.

Read the Editorial Comment on our recent JAMA Psychiatry publication.

New publication in JAMA Psychiatry where we developed and evaluated suicide prediction models among US Army soldiers.

I enjoyed being on the TRACC NIH Grants Panel to share my experience with current graduate students who want to apply for grants.

Applications for the PhD program in Clinical Psychology are now open! I am recruiting 1-2 students. Read more about it in Join the Lab.

New publication in Clinical Psychological Science examining longitudinal networks of panic symptoms and biomarkers.

New publication in Innovative Higher Education examining mental health in college students. Led by former research assistant Priya B. Thomas.

Our symposium Diffusion of Innovations in PTSD+SUD Treatment Research, chaired by Denise Hien, has been accepted to ISTSS 2024.

New publication in Clinical Psychological Science:  we outline an agenda for research on mechanisms of exposure therapy.

Our symposium Innovations to Increase the Efficacy and Reach of Exposure Therapy, chaired by Joanna Arch, has been accepted to ABCT 2024.

New Neuropsychopharmacology pub: we augmented virtual reality cue exposure pharmacologically and found enhanced craving reduction.

New paper out in Journal of Affective Disorders: we found polygenic risk for suicide attempt is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental risk.

Our paper was the most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMAPsych: Can a model predicting suicide attempts accurately stratify suicide risk among individuals scheduled for an intake visit to outpatient mental health care? 

Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of research did a press release about our paper: Medical records, AI offer clues for spotting suicide risk.

New paper out in JAMA Psychiatry: our findings suggest that risk for suicidal behavior may be accurately stratified to facilitate targeted preventive interventions.

New paper out in Psychiatric Clinics: here we lay out the rationale for the Exposure Therapy Consortium and our proof-of-principle study.

I'm looking foward to co-chairing the Rigor and Reproducibility Committee of the Exposure Therapy Consortium with Alessandro DeNadai.

The Exposure Therapy Consortium is growing and open to researchers and clinicians who are interested in the science and application of exposure therapy.

It was great to learn more about the local mental health priorities at the 2024 Hawaii State of Reform Health Policy Conference.

2023 publication summary: 12 new publications, 244 citations 

New paper out: our predictive model of trauma-and stress related disorders published in Translational Psychiatry.

New paper out: our systematic review and network meta-analysis of interventions for PTSD, alcohol, and other drug use disorders published in Psychological Bulletin.

I enjoyed being part of the ISTSS symposium on computational methods, with Wivine Blekic, George Bonnano, Matteo Malgaroli, and Katharina Schultebraucks. Great group!

It was fun to talk to the joint lab meeting of my colleagues at the Brain & Behavior Lab and the Perception & Attention Lab about the translation of basic research to clinical application.

I loved virtually returning to one of my rotations at the San Diego VA to talk to current trainees about career strategies after internship.

Our JAMA Network Open paper developing a model to predict PTSD risk was covered by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

It's absolutely wonderful to join the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on a tenure-track position!