News
Amina presented at URCAD
Amina, an undergrad in the ACED lab, presented at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD). Her poster was titled "The Relation Between Depersonalization and Academic Self-Efficacy." Great work, Amina!
Aidan published a Journal Club piece
Aidan's piece entitled "Constructive outcomes of repetitive thought" appeared in Nature Reviews Psychology's Journal Club. Journal Clubs are "pieces written by graduate students or post-doctoral fellows about a published journal article that has significance for them personally, their research, or the broader field." Congrats, Aidan!
Congrats, Robiniho!
Robinho, an undergrad in the ACED lab, was awarded a Small Research Grant from the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) at UMBC to support his McNair's project. Well done, Robiniho!
Julia's FIRST, first author paper is in press!
Julia, a second-year graduate student in the ACED Lab, now has a first author paper! Her paper entitled "Interpersonal factors, peer relationship stressors, and gender differences in adolescent depression" can be found here. Congrats, Julia!
Aidan presented at the SRP meeting!
Aidan, a second-year graduate student in the ACED Lab, presented a poster based on his ongoing project. The poster is entitled: Using spreading activation to understand post-event processing.
Our paper was featured in US News!
Our in-press paper based on Alainna's dissertation was featured in U.S. News! The article features our meta-analytic study that examined cognitive control of emotional information in individuals who experienced depression in the past.
Congrats, Julia!
Julia, a first-year grad student in the ACED Lab has been awarded a Small Research Grant from the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) at UMBC to conduct her master's project. Well done, Julia!
A new pub from the lab
A paper based on Alainna's dissertation is now published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science (formerly known as the Journal of Abnormal Psychology). ACED Lab's current second year grad student, Ethan, is also a co-author. The paper can be found here. Congrats, everyone!
Ethan published his FIRST, first-author paper!
Ethan's first, first-author paper entitled "Growth mindset and responses to acute stress" is now published in Cognition & Emotion. The paper can be found here. Congrats, Ethan!
Congrats, Amina!
Amina, an undergrad in the ACED lab won the Undergraduate Research Award and received funding for her upcoming honors thesis. Well done, Amina!
Congrats, Ethan!
Ethan, a second-year grad student in the ACED Lab has been awarded a Small Research Grant from the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) at UMBC to conduct his master's project. Well done, Ethan!
Congrats, Aidan!
Aidan, a first-year grad student in the ACED Lab has been awarded a Small Research Grant from the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) at UMBC. Well done, Aidan!
Lab members presented at SRP!
Members of the ACED lab were well represented at the recent Society for Research in Psychopathology meeting in Philadelphia. Aidan presented his poster entitled "Interpersonal trauma history as a moderator of PTSD symptoms and polysubstance use in a treatment-seeking veteran population," based on his work prior to joining the ACED lab. Julia also presented a poster based on her work prior to joining the ACED lab ("The Mediating Role of Social Support on Childhood Trauma and Cognition in Adults with Bipolar Disorder"). Lastly, Ethan presented his poster entitled "Association between growth mindset and cortisol responses to acute stress."
Lira received the START funding
Lira received a UMBC Strategic Award for Research Transitions (START) award. Her project will examine the role of emotion regulation in the association between the experience of racial discrimination and emotional well-being in people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.
A pilot project has been funded
The Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot (ATIP) Program will fund a project on job-related stress among nursing assistants in long-term care facilities. This project is in collaboration with Karen Chen in Information Systems at UMBC and Kelly Doran in School of Nursing at UMB.
