Principal Investigator

Colin E. Vize, PhD, is a clinical psychologist focused on understanding antagonistic traits and behaviors. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University in 2020 and started as a tenure-stream Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh in fall of 2024. Dr. Vize's research is focused on using personality science to study not only who, but when and why individuals engage in harmful interpersonal behaviors. His work integrates cutting-edge data capture techniques (e.g., ambulatory assessment), advanced quantitative methods, and open science approaches to understand how personality shapes the ways we treat, and sometimes mistreat, one another.  

Graduate Student

Emily Andrews is a third-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology PhD program. She earned her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia in 2023 and her M.A. in Psychology Research Methods in 2024. As an undergraduate and graduate student, Emily worked in a behavior genetics lab, where she developed an interest in applying advanced quantitative methods to further understand individual differences in a variety of psychosocial outcomes. Broadly, Emily's research focuses on the dynamic expression of personality in daily life, with a particular interest in using ecological momentary assessment methods to understand how personality processes unfold over time and across contexts. She also has an interest in using psychometric methods (e.g., item response theory, structural equation modeling) to refine and improve the measurement of personality-related constructs. In her free time, Emily enjoys watching college basketball, going to concerts, coaching swimming, and running/strength training.

Lab Manager

Farrah graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a minor in Applied Statistics. She has a strong interest in health psychology and serves as the Lab Manager for Dr. Emily Lindsay's Complimentary Health Interventions Lab, which investigates mindfulness-based interventions to improve health outcomes among individuals with high Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Farrah is excited to continue growing in this role while exploring day-to-day personality functioning using ecological momentary assessment methods. Outside of the lab, she enjoys running, reading, and exploring new coffee shops. 

Research Assistant

Research Assistant

Research Assistant

Research Assistant

Research Assistant

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