We are participating in APA’s 1st Psychology Graduate School Fair on Thursday, November 2nd from 12-1pm! During this free virtual event, you will hear from faculty & students and have the opportunity to ask about their graduate programs. Register now at careereco.com/Fair/EventDeta…

Come join our exceptional team of grad students Lindsay Mongan, TJ Shaw and Allison Tobar, and get to work with our incredible team of research assistants! Application details can be found here: support.psyc.vt.edu/grads/program

HUGE CONGRATS to our Research Assistant and Project Coordinator, Samantha, for this College of Science award!!🏅 👏

Congratulations to REACH Lab undergrad Research Assistant, Joshua Farnsworth, for being awarded an ICTAS Undergraduate Research Fellowship from Virginia Tech ICTAS !!!! 🎉 👏

Many thanks to Virginia Tech News for covering our lab’s recent NIAAA News grant. We’re excited to test the utility of EMA + portable breathalyzers to capture alcohol-related IPV events and antecedents!

From April 5-7, we’re hosting our first ever #HokieAndProud Weekend and registration is now open! Together we’ll celebrate pride and progress of the LGBTQIA+ community at Virginia Tech. alumni.vt.edu/events/2024/04…

REACH Lab PI Meagan J Brem, PhD on teen dating violence featured in this morning’s local NPR news: “only 13% of teens experiencing dating violence will tell an adult” with suggestions for parents and teens. wvtf.org/news/2024-02-0…

Sometimes committee work is fun! This morning Virginia Tech Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative team members reviewed evidence-based SV prevention elements to enhance within our campus programming. I’m inspired by the expertise they bring from their respective areas!

REACH Lab in the news ABC 13 News - WSET discussing our recently-funded NIAAA News study examining alcohol use and intimate partner violence/sexual assault perpetration among heavy drinking and previously aggressive college students Meagan J Brem, PhD VT Psychology wset.com/amp/news/local…

Congrats to grad student Allison Tobar for winning a Best Poster Award for her poster “Campus sexual assault email alerts: Do students find them helpful?” presented at VT Psychology’s inaugural DEI Poster Session! 🎉🎉🎉

THE BIGGEST CONGRATS to Research for Alcohol and Couples Health 2nd-year PhD student TJ Shaw for successfully defending his thesis today! 🥳 VT Psychology Virginia Tech Science

Research for Alcohol and Couples Health 2nd-yr PhD student Allison Tobar and PI Meagan J Brem, PhD represented VT Psychology at today’s Virginia Tech Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative Summit! We loved seeing all of our fellow Hokies against sexual and dating violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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I’m offering a FREE workshop May 3rd 10am ET through smart-workshops.com for grad students and ECR mentors that provides intro to NIH, fellowship grants (F31, F32), and recs for successful proposals! Sign up if relevant and please RT/share! smart-workshops.com/workshops

REACH Lab undergrad research assistants Jacob Holloway & Zachary Hubshman crushed their presentations at Virginia Tech’s Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research & Creative Scholarship Symposium! Shout out to their grad mentor Allison Tobar for providing exceptional mentorship!

REACH Lab made our Roanoke PRIDE debut! Loved making friendship bracelets with everyone 🏳️‍🌈

📢We’re hiring a full-time Project Coordinator to assist with NIH-funded research on alcohol use, intimate partner violence, and related daily experiences among various populations (eg, heavy-drinking young adults, LGBTQ+ couples). Apply/details👉 careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/j…

Thrilled to share that our ISTSS Student Section sponsored symposium on preparing successful trainee-focused grants (Fs, Ks, and VA CDAs) was accepted by ISTSS. Hope you will join Meagan J Brem, PhD, Kelly Harper, Dr. Eve Rosenfeld, Melissa J. Zielinski, Ph.D., and I for a fun panel in September!

Better late than never! Super proud of Research for Alcohol and Couples Health PhD student Allison Tobar for an exceptional presentation of our team’s data on the feasibility of integrating portable breathalyzers with EMA to capture alcohol-related intimate partner violence at RSAEducation!

❤️ this team! Also, the night that our new project coordinator Emily Sjafii dared to try pineapple + jalapeño pizza 🔥