Drs. Jiabin Shen, @sarahmerrill.bsky.social, and I are recruiting students for the Psychology PhD program @ UML for Fall 2026! If you are interested in pediatric health psych, pediatric injury prevention and rehabilitation, or epigenetic research, contact us! Please share!
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky

A little late on posting this, but so proud of my first grad student @stephaniemadd.bsky.social who successfully defended her dissertation at the end of summer and started a postdoc position earlier this month!!! #proudmentor #psychology #umasslowell

So excited that my NIH LRP renewal grant is being funded through NHLBI! This program is amazing and has made such an impact for so many. It did take multiple attempts to get my first one funded but was so worth it. #nihlrp #NHLBI #NIH

Tomorrow @stephaniemadd.bsky.social will be presenting at the JPP Student Academy Webinar on an article on improving the mental health for siblings of children with chronic conditions and the commentary we wrote on it! Great opportunity for grad students! #apadiv54 #pediatricpsychology

First day of #BGA2025! Looking forward to learning about all the research that is happening.

@behaviorgenetic.bsky.social

Lab appreciation post! I’ve worked with an amazing team of student this year. Many of which I’ve worked with for the last 2 to 3 years! Many of our team members just graduated and I’m so proud of them all! #HARPlab #UMassLowell #psychlab #AcademicChatter

Receiving flowers from your lab students are the best days! I’ve worked with an amazing group of students this year (and the last few years). So many of our lab members are graduating this year. Pictures to come! #HARPlab #proudmentor #UMassLowell

One of the best parts of #SRCD2025 was catching up with friends and colleagues! Some that I haven’t seen in-person for so long! All of which are doing amazing things!

Presenting some work at #SRCD2025 on the associations between childhood food security, physical activity, and mental health symptomology among young-adult college students!

Excited to be at #SRCD2025! With everything going on hoping to be energized by seeing friends and hearing about all the work everyone is doing!

Last week @stephaniemadd.bsky.social competed in the 3MT competition at UMass Lowell sharing part of the work she is doing for her dissertation. Stephanie came in second place and was voted the fan favorite!! So proud of her and all the work she has been doing! #proudmentor #HARPlabUML #umasslowell

Many students I work with presented research projects they have been working on at UML’s Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium. Amazing work being done by many students. Congratulations to all! #HARPlab #umasslowell #studentresearchsymposium

Never got around to posting the end of the semester lab picture (minus one)! We had a busy fall and hoping to keep the momentum up this semester! #HARPlab

Congratulations Dunia on completing your thesis defense presentation last week! Your hard work and dedication was seen. Thank you to @snickclunk.bsky.social for being on your committee! It has been great to have you in the lab the last three years and I look forward to what you do next!!

As we’re all reintroducing ourselves on here - I run the Health Advancement and Resilience in Pediatrics (HARP) Lab at UMass Lowell and work with an awesome group of students!!

Drs. Jiabin Shen, Sarah Merrill, and I are all recruiting students for the Applied Psychology and Prevention Science PhD program at UML for Fall 2025! If you are interested in pediatric health psych, pediatric injury prevention and rehabilitation, or epigenetic research, contact us! Please share!