The CASL says goodbye to Maria and Courtney!

The CASL is sad to say goodbye to Maria Sobrino and Courtney Medina, who have worked on our project on child and adolescent socioemotional development for the past two years. Maria is off to start a PhD at CUNY, where they will study sexual and gender identity, stigma, and health behaviors with Dr. Sarit Golub. Courtney is off to start a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, where she will study adolescent mental health, sexual and gender identity, and relationships with Dr. Sophie Choukas-Bradley. We’re sad to see you go, Maria and Courtney, but can’t wait to see where your careers will take you!

Maria Sobrino

Courtney Medina

Amrita Mani presents her Senior honors thesis work

Senior Amrita Mani presented her thesis at the UNC Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Senior Honors Thesis poster session. Amrita is graduating with Highest Honors and will attend the University of Pittsburgh Medical School to pursue an MD in family medicine next year. We are so excited for her!

Dr. Kristen Lindquist named the next President of the Society for Affective Science

Dr. Kristen Lindquist officially became the President Elect of the Society for Affective Science at the recent convention in Long Beach, CA.

Dr. Jessica Flannery receives a NIDA National Research Service Award!

Dr. Jessica Flannery was awarded a prestigious NRSA to support her work on the neurobiological impact of acute digital media abstinence among college students. Congrats, Jessica!

Michelle Shipkova receives an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

Congrats to graduate student, Michelle Shipkova, who received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation! The fellowship will support Michelle’s graduate training for the next 3 years.

Amrita Mani successfully defends her thesis

Senior honors thesis student, Amrita Mani, successfully defended her thesis entitled “Emotion as a Moderator Between Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes.” Amrita is pictured here with graduate student mentor, Adrienne Bonar, and Dr. Lindquist.

Jennifer Fan receives a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

Congrats to junior Jennifer Fan, who received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the UNC Office of Undergraduate Research. Jennifer will use her SURF to learn neuroimaging analysis and test associations between sleep quality and the activation of brain regions subserving emotion regulation across the adult lifespan.

Mallory Feldman receives APA award!

Congrats to Mallory Feldman, who received the Early Graduate Student Researcher Award from the American Psychological Association! This award recognizes students for conducting outstanding research early in their graduate training.

We're hiring 2 post-bacc researchers!

We are hiring 2 postbacc researchers to join a joint project with Dr. Eva Telzer’s Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab and the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development. Applications close Feb 3. Apply here.

Mallory Feldman is awarded a National Research Service Award from the NIH!

Graduate student Mallory Feldman received a National Research Service Award pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Aging. This award will support her research examining the neurobiological systems supporting emotion across the adult age span for the next three years! Congrats, Mal!