CURRENT LABORATORY RESEARCH
STUDENT LIFE STUDY
The Student Life Study is a first-of-its kind program to connect all aspects of college life – mental and physical health, social belonging, academic and career success, equity and inclusion, among many, many others. Our primary goal is to improve students’ lives while they are here at KSU and as they continue beyond!
If you are interested in participating please click the 'Read More' link below to get involved.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS
Below are examples of studies we have previously engaged in:
THE AKRON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESILIENCE PROJECT
2017-2018
Our goal was to try to better understand the psychological and biological factors that promote resilience and stress management in Akron Fire Department (AFD) firefighters. This includes better understanding emotional responses, patterns of attention, ways of thinking, different coping behaviors like exercise or substance use, and biological factors like differences in your genomic DNA. We are also interested in understanding activities that are part of the AFD critical stress protocols.
TRANSITION TO COLLEGE STUDY
2016-2018
This research is aimed at better modelling biological and environmental influences on risk for psychiatric disease in young adults, specifically college freshman. Most young adults do not develop disorders but adjust well to both situational and developmental changes that occur in college. However, differentiating between normative levels of distress and risk-related responses is complex and not yet well-understood. This research project is focused on identifying genetic, hormonal, cognitive, and behavioral indicators of risk for emotion-related psychiatric illness in young adults who are entering their freshman year at Kent State University.