Check out this new work by Anna Marsland, Emily Jones and colleagues: "Childhood trauma and hair cortisol response over the year following onset of a chronic life event stressor" also with Rebecca G. Reed and Catie Walsh, PhD Free downloads for 50 days here! shorturl.at/iknvE

My 1st first-author paper is now online!! APA Journals We found that prenatal loss of control eating was associated w/poorer cardiovascular health (CVH) in pregnancy + lower odds of scoring more ideally on 🚬 & 💤 CVH metrics — give it a read!😄 doi.org/10.1037/hea000…

Now my 2ND first-author paper is available online!🎉 Interested in learning more about how (self-report AND behavioral task) impulsivity moderates the relationship between hedonic hunger & ultra-processed food intake during pregnancy?? 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.appe…

🌱 Meet Anna Marsland & Zak Hutchinson, leading the charge in sustainability at Pitt's research labs. Read more about their journey of waste reduction and planet-friendly practices. pitt.ly/4aWuET3

Check out new work by Kristina Dickman and colleagues in Psychosomatic Medicine ! Bidirectional Associations between Loneliness, Emotional Support, and Sleep in Daily Life journals.lww.com/psychosomaticm…

More new research to share! Check out this work by Brianna Natale and colleagues on Sex-specific associations between childhood trauma and adult systemic inflammation in daily life in Health Psychology Health Psychology psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-76…

Summers are for research! ☀️ In the coming weeks, we will be highlighting upcoming conference presentations from Pitt Pitt Biological & Health Psychology Program trainees and faculty that you won't want to miss. Stay tuned!

What a terrific group! Last week, the Bio-Health Program got together for our Think Tank day— we had great discussions about conceptual models, ongoing research, and celebrated our graduates! Stay tuned for our summer newsletter for more details.

Clinical-Health grad student Riya Mirchandaney will be presenting a poster on 6/4 at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine conference! #SLEEP2024

Clinical-Health grad student Delainey Wescott will be presenting a poster on 6/5 at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine conference! #SLEEP2024

Successfully defended my dissertation this week! Huge s/o to my amazing mentor Kathryn Roecklein, Ph.D. for 6 years of making science fun & to my superstar committee for their support. I had such a fantastic day surrounded by my favorite humans 🌟

Clinical-Health grad student Maddie Taylor will be presenting a poster on 6/5 at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine conference! #SLEEP2024

Terrific article by Clinical-Health PhD student Jermon Drake -- way to go, Jermon! Equitable brain health requires equitable green space post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-… via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dr. Rebecca Thurston Rebecca Thurston, PhD will be giving several interesting talks this summer!

Check out this new work by Chrystal Spencer et al showing that acute stress may facilitate cognitive control! "Acute psychosocial stress modulates neural and behavioral substrates of cognitive control" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Pupillary Unrest Index (PUI): Better way to measure sleepiness??? Sleep Research Society

The best part of SLEEP is definitely the people (and the science ofc). Thank you Trainee Member At Large-Sleep Research Society for an excellent line-up of trainee activities. Excited to see everyone in Seattle! #SLEEP2024

Congratulations to Chrystal Spencer , whose recent paper (Spencer et al., 2024) has been featured in the repository of Notable Stress Science Papers of the Stress Network UCSF Stress Measurement Network ! stressmeasurement.org/new-notable-pa…

Wohoo Jermon Drake on his funded F31 from NIA!