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Elsie Xu Yan

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Child Clinical Psych PhD student at Penn State | attentional control in affective contexts 🧠 | mood/anxiety, substance use & withdrawal, ADHD | McGill alum | she/her/她/elle

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Elsie Xu Yan @elsiexuyan.bsky.social · Sep 4

🔹 Dr. Katie Burkhouse (Families, Affective Neuroscience, and Mood Disorders Lab famlab.la.psu.edu)

🔹 Dr. Martha Wadsworth (Coping and Regulation of Environmental Stress Lab careslab.la.psu.edu)

📅 Application deadline: 12/1/2025
ℹ️ Learn more about the program: psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/pro...

Clinical (Adult and Child) - Department of Psychology

Penn State’s doctoral program is a founding member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science. Psychological clinical science is concerned with generating new knowledge regarding the nature of p...

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Elsie Xu Yan @elsiexuyan.bsky.social · Sep 4

🔹 Dr. Cynthia Huang-Pollock (Child Attention and Learning Lab childattention.la.psu.edu); Dr. Huang-Pollock is excited to recruit students interested in helping with new projects leveraging technology to improve therapeutic outcomes!

Child Attention and Learning Lab | A Penn State Research Lab

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Elsie Xu Yan @elsiexuyan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here are our wonderful faculty in the Penn State Child Clinical Psychology PhD Program who are accepting new students this year! 🌟

**Please RT and share with your postbac students interested in applying this cycle**

🔹 Dr. Cynthia Huang-Pollock (Child Attention and Learning Lab https://childattention.la.psu.edu/); Dr. Huang-Pollock is also excited to recruit students interested in helping with new projects leveraging technology to improve therapeutic outcomes.

🔹 Dr. Katie Burkhouse (Families, Affective Neuroscience, and Mood Disorders Lab https://famlab.la.psu.edu/)

🔹 Dr. Martha Wadsworth (Coping and Regulation of Environmental Stress Lab https://careslab.la.psu.edu/)

📅 Application deadline: 12/1/2025
ℹ️ Learn more about the program: https://psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/program-areas/clinical-adult-and-child/

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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · Aug 22

My lab has an open post-doc position!

We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.

The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.

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Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Elsie Xu Yan @elsiexuyan.bsky.social · Jun 21

New trial for enhancing mental health service engagement for racial and ethnic minority young adults 🤞 www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e68885/

A Brief Engagement Intervention Adapted for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults in Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Pilot Optimization Trial

Background: Young adults from racial and ethnic minority (REM) groups are at greater risk of disengaging from vital mental health services than their majority group peers. Emerging research suggests d...

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 13

Our next #OHBM2025 Keynote Speaker interview is with Dr. Lucina Q. Uddin!

Dr. Uddin shared with us her journey into neuroscience, reflections on cognitive flexibility, and the value of community in science. Read the full conversation here 👇

🔗 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

A conversation with Dr. Lucina Q. Uddin (OHBM 2025 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications

Authors: Tara Chand & Alfie Wearn

www.ohbm-com.com

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