Which lab are you representing and what is your position in the Lab?
– I’m a graduate student in the Behavioral and Affective Dysregulation: Course and Outcomes (BADCO) Lab, working with Dr. Jeffrey Burke.

Can you tell us more about the study you’re currently involved with?
– My dissertation project is called the “UConn Feelings in Families Study” (IRB # H18-180). We are trying to understand how children and parents cope with and talk about their emotions. In our study, we ask parents and kids to play computer games and answer questions that help us learn about frustration, anger, and irritability. Now we are learning how these families are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, with support from the UCONN Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)!

At what stage are you in your current degree & what degree were you awarded previously?
– I’m a 6th year doctoral candidate in Child Clinical Psychology at UConn, and I got my Bachelor’s degree in psychology at SUNY Geneseo near Rochester, NY. I’m spending this year working at NewYork- Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center for my predoctoral internship.

What is your favorite topic to study?
– My favorite topic to study is how kids’ and parents’ emotions and behaviors impact each other. Since I am also a mental health clinician for kids and families, I conduct research to understand how to better help children and parents struggling with anger and irritability.

What do you like to do in your free time?
– I love to cook (and eat)! My favorite at-home activity this spring has been taking long walks at dusk and photographing all the flowers and trees in my neighborhood.

Link to the Behavioral and Affective Dysregulation: Course and Outcomes (BADCO) Lab website:
https://badco.uconn.edu

Which lab are you representing?
– The NIDL lab working on the Family Brain Program with Dr. Hancock.

What is your position in the Lab?
– Research Assistant

What degree are you pursuing?
– Sophomore undergraduate pursuing a major in Allied Health Sciences

Can you tell us more about yourself?
– My name is Lucy Stone and I am from Fairfield, CT. I am a second-year undergraduate at the University of Connecticut majoring in Allied Health Sciences and minoring in Psychology. After getting my degree, I hope to get into a graduate program and eventually pursue a career in healthcare. I am interested in research because it allows me to explore and make contributions to topics I’m passionate about.

What is your favorite movie?
– My favorite movie is Elf because I love Will Ferrell and Christmas.

Link to the NIDL lab, Family Brain Program: http://nidl-lab.org/family/

Which lab are you representing?
– UConn KIDS (Kids in Developmental Science)

What is your position in the Lab?
– Undergraduate Research Assistant

What degree are you pursuing?
– Sophomore undergraduate student // Psychological Sciences BA and Human Development and Family Studies Minor

What interests you about research?
– I think that research is an interesting way to find answers to complex questions. I always find myself analyzing how to handle specific problems or situations. Additionally, I enjoy research as it is always interesting and I’m always doing something new that takes me out of my comfort zone.

What are your future goals?
– Looking at my career path in the future, I might find myself doing some type of research within psychology or addressing clinical cases, maybe a combination of both (only time will tell).

Can you tell us a little more about yourself?
– I’m from San Juan, Puerto Rico. As for hobbies I enjoy playing sports (basketball and the gym overall), taking pictures and photography, listening to music (any genre to be honest) and watching movies (action movies are my favorites).

What is your favorite activity to do at home?
– Taking the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration, I would say that I have tried to diversified my at home activities. I enjoy watching series on Netflix, Hulu, and Disney +. My top three movies from Disney+ are: Cars 1, Coco, and Aladdin (2019). I also enjoy an occasional book as it adds to my knowledge and diversity.

Link to UConn KIDS website: kids.uconn.edu

Which lab are you representing?
– The NIDL lab working on the Family Brain Program with Dr. Hancock.

What is your position in the Lab?
– Research Assistant

What degree are you pursuing?
– Third year undergraduate student // Sociology
and Human Development and Family Studies – double major

What have you learned from working in the lab?
– In the lab I was excited to get to work with
students and faculty in a research lab that I wouldn’t normally have access to. It’s been a great chance for me to grow as a student. I’ve also been learning about how much work is put into organizing and creating these experiments for adults and kids. People in the lab have also taught us how MRI and EEG testing works which is very fun and interesting.

What are your future goals?
– I’m interested in working with children and adolescents and how public policies affect them in educational settings. Specifically I want to study educational development and possibly mental health later on when I pursue a masters degree.

What is your favorite activity to do at home?
– As of late I’ve been playing piano, drawing, and in addition, learning how to cook.

Link to the Family Brain Program: http://nidl-lab.org/family/

What degree are you pursuing?
– Undergraduate degree in Psychological Sciences, Class of 2020

Which lab are you representing?
– C.A.P. Lab

What is your position in the C.A.P. Lab?
– Research Assistant

Can you tell us more about what you do in your lab?
– In the C.A.P. Lab at UConn Waterbury, we study the building blocks of early cognitive development. We play different games to understand how kids learn, remember, and think at different points during development. Our “social brain” games involve copying others, while our “cognitive control” games challenge children to do/say the opposite of a natural tendency. By wearing our EEG & ECG sensors as they play, we gain insight into how brain waves and heart activity are involved in kids’ thinking.

What have you learned from working in the lab?
– Working in the lab has taught me more than I could ever imagine. This experience has taught me how a research lab is run and along the way I have developed many new skills including how to collect, analyze, code and enter data.

Can you tell us more about yourself and your goals?
– My career goals include providing psychotherapy to adolescent and young adult patients to help them learn how to effectively cope with stressors—especially teenagers who struggle with eating disorders and/or drug use problems. To this end, I will be going to The University of New Haven to obtain my Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and potentially continuing my journey with doctoral training.

What is your favorite activity to do at home?
– Pottery, hiking and taking walks with my dog Lucy, puzzles, baking and fishing.

Link to the C.A.P. Lab: https://kidcaplab.uconn.edu/

Which lab are you representing?
– The NIDL lab working with Dr. Roeland Hancock on the Family Brain Program.

What is your position in the Lab?
– Research Assistant

What degree are you pursuing?
– Undergraduate Class of 2022. Molecular and Cell Biology major, Neuroscience minor

Can you tell us more about yourself?
– I’m from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. My goals are to enroll in graduate school and enter the healthcare research field. I’m interested in research because any sort of research-related tasks always interested me the most, and I am planning on pursuing a career in research in the future. My hobbies include volleyball, spikeball, running, and listening to different types of music.

What is your favorite activity to do at home?
– Playing my guitar/keyboard

Link to the NIDL lab, Family Brain Program: http://nidl-lab.org/family/

Which lab are you representing?
– C.A.P. Lab

What is your position in the C.A.P. Lab?
– Research Assistant

Can you tell us more about what you do in your lab?
– I have been involved in our Husky See, Husky Do study in infants (Protocol # H12-289) and young children (Protocol # H14-030) from ages 6 weeks to 6 years with PI Kimberly Cuevas. The study’s main focus is on imitation games that allow us to learn more about the developing cognitive and social brain. https://kidcaplab.uconn.edu/

Can you tell us more about yourself?
– I am from Watertown, CT and am currently in my last semester of my senior year at the University of Connecticut- Waterbury campus majoring in Psychological Sciences. Two of my greatest passions in life have been psychology and working with children, which is why the C.A.P. Lab has been such a great fit. I am also a toddler teaching assistant at a daycare/learning center, so it has been a very interesting and personal experience to have been engaged in developmental research for the past 9 months. In the fall, I will be attending the University of Hartford to pursue a master’s degree in School Psychology. Some of my other passions and hobbies include drawing, painting, playing the piano, yoga, going to concerts, and volunteering at a dog rescue.

Link to the C.A.P. Lab: https://kidcaplab.uconn.edu/