@bsky.app ✨ Lab Member Spotlight ✨
Meet Krupali, a member of our team that works on multiple studies in the MED Lab! Swipe to learn more about her upcoming PhD program and goals for specialization ➡️
✨Lab Member Spotlight✨
Meet Lily, our amazing lead undergrad RA in the MED Lab! Swipe to learn more about her research interests➡️
We’re hiring! Seeking a full-time research assistant to coordinate and collect data for studies of neural and physiological predictors of depression and related symptoms in youth and families. More info below:
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Thank you to everyone who came to Brain Blast this past weekend! It was great to see so many families, kids, and Vanderbilt employees. Check out our website linked in the bio for more events like this and to see how you could get involved in our studies!
Get ready for Brain Blast 2026!
Join us on Saturday, March 21st for a free, family-friendly event filled with interactive neuroscience activities. Stop by the MED Lab booth to discover some of the exciting work we’re doing and learn more about the brain!
🕙 10AM – 2PM
📍 Sevier Park Community Center
✨Lab Member Spotlight!✨ Madie is the Project Coordinator for the PATH Study. In July, she will be attending Baylor University as a PsyD student. She hopes to specialize in anxiety and mood disorders and gain experience with different severities of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Good luck, Madie!!🙌
Paper Spotlight - Yinru Long 💡 We found that sexual minority teens report more depression and peer stress than their heterosexual peers; those with blunted emotional brain responses to interpersonal images link to higher depressive symptoms. This could offer new insights into prevention strategies!
✨ Lab Member Spotlight ✨ Meet Ellie, one of our amazing master’s students in the MED Lab! Read to learn more about her research and interests outside of the lab
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Longitudinal associations between prenatal internalizing symptoms and mindfulness with postpartum bonding difficulties
@jgaronb.bsky.social
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39316178/
Come say hi to the MED Lab this weekend at the Kidsville Family Walk! It will be taking place in Centennial Park on February 14th from 10am - 12pm. There will be games, arts and crafts, booths, food trucks, and much more so bring children, friends, and family!
The MED Lab team will be attending the annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology in San Diego! Poster information can be found below. #ISDP2025 @isdp.org
Delighted that Emili and Linhao will be sharing their work tomorrow at SPR! #SPR2025
Check out the research the MED Lab team will be presenting at SPR this week! #SPR2025 @therealspr.bsky.social
We’re so proud of the MED Lab team for their excellent posters and presentations at VKC Science Day this week. Congratulations to Yinru @yinrulong.bsky.social , who won best research on underrepresented populations, and Ellie @elliewindham.bsky.social , who won best clinical poster!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our posters at SRP! Excited to share that Yinru, our fourth-year doctoral student, received the Smadar Levin Poster Award! 🥳
We are looking for a clinical psych postdoc to join our team in 2025 or 2026 to help with studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in youth and families (using EEG 🧠 and EMA 📱 methods).
See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.
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📣 MED Lab Paper Spotlight 📣 (1/2)
Temporal dynamics of positive and negative affect in adolescents: Associations with depressive disorders and risk
@abitantegeorge.bsky.social @cbean.bsky.social @akujawa.bsky.social
link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New paper alert!
A pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention targeting positive valence systems function to prevent internalizing symptoms in college students.
Now out in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
@yinrulong.bsky.social
link: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
We are currently accepting applications for a lab manager position to oversee the administration of multiple grant-funded research projects! More info below: ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Brain Blast 2025 was a no-brainer! 🧠 Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to learn about our lab and make pipe cleaner neurons with us. We loved sharing our work with you!
We’re hiring! Seeking a full-time project coordinator to run EEG study sessions with research participants, administer diagnostic interviews, and assist with the organization and analysis of study datasets. More info below:
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The Stand Up for Science rally is now from 1 - 4 pm! www.eventbrite.com/e/1256029932...
The MED Lab plans to attend the Stand Up for Science rally in Nashville! Those interested in attending can find more info below. standupforscience2025.org/nashville-tn/ #StandUpForScience2025
We are hiring! The MED Lab is looking for a part-time clinical supervisor to train and supervise diagnostic interviews with youth and adults (remote work possible)
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We are officially moving over from X! Please follow us for posts on new lab papers, open positions, and other mental health research we are following 🧠
