Research Laboratories
Faculty: Evan Forman, James Herbert
The Acceptance Based Behavior Therapy program focuses on the development and evaluation of novel models of cognitive behavior therapy for a wide range of psychological problems and conditions, as well as elucidation of various factors that cause or maintain psychopathology. Issues of particular focus include anxiety disorders, depression, obesity, eating disorders, psychosis, and heart disease, among others.
Faculty: James Herbert, Evan Forman
The Anxiety Treatment and Research Program focuses on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based, behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders.
Faculty: Maria Schultheis, Doug Chute
The goal of the Applied Neuro-Technologies laboratory is to harness the opportunities offered by innovative technologies (i.e., virtual reality, neuroimaging) to address the needs of individuals with neurological compromise (i.e, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, dementia,etc). Our team studies, develops, and applies new technologies to address current challenges in understanding human behavior and improve neurorehabilitation techniques.
Faculty: Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu
The Clinical and Health Research Laboratory is focused on the continued development and adaptations of Problem Solving Therapy (PST), a cognitive behavioral psychotherapy with a strong evidence base that has been shown effective with many mood and personality disorders. The current research focus is on a range of applications in clinical health, including depression in patients with heart disease, resilience training for active duty military personnel, and prevention through primary care.
Faculty: David DeMatteo
The DeMatteo Lab’s research focus is on the intersection of law and psychology, with a particular interest in research that has policy implications.
Faculty: John Kounios
Kounios' EEG lab does research in a variety of areas in cognitive neuroscience, in particular, the neural basis of creativity and insight. It is fully equipped for high-density electroencephalogram (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP) research, including a MANSCAN data acquisition system (www.manscaneeg.com) and the EMSE software suite (www.sourcesignal.com) for analysis of electrophysiological data.
Faculty: Naomi Goldstein
Dr. Goldstein's Delinquency Intervention and Assessment Lab focuses on the (in)consistencies between legal policy and social science research on adolescent decision-making in criminal contexts. The lab's research involves forensic measurement development, evaluation of adolescent suspects' functioning during police interrogations, creation and evaluation of legal education programming for youth, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of an anger management intervention designed to reduce the frequency of aggressive behaviors and recidivism among female juvenile offenders.
Faculty: Jacqueline Kloss
Our research team is interested broadly in clinical health psychology, with a focus on behavioral sleep medicine, especially cognitive and behavioral principles and management of insomnia; written emotional expression and health; skin cancer prevention; women's health psychology.
Faculty: Kirk Heilbrun
The Heilbrun Research Lab describes the research of Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D., and all graduate students who are currently working with him from the Clinical Ph.D. program, the Law-Psychology program, and the M.S. program.
Faculty: Evan Forman, Meghan Butryn
The Behavioral Weight Loss Program investigates theoretical constructs governing eating, physical activity, food craving, and obesity, and develops and evaluates innovative behavioral interventions to promote health and weight control.
Faculty: Brian P. Daly
The Pediatric and Child/Adolescent Research Program focuses on the investigation of psychosocial correlates and evidence-based interventions associated with childhood chronic illness (sickle cell disease and cancer), emotional, behavioral, and social problems in at-risk children, and risk-taking health behaviors in adolescents.
Faculty: Meghan Butryn, Michael Lowe
The Program in Eating Disorders and Obesity Research conducts research on the contribution of dieting to disordered eating as well as the treatment of eating disorders; the treatment and prevention of overweight using nutrition-focused interventions; and physiological and neurophysiological underpinnings of weight and eating disorders.
Faculty: Mary Spiers
The Women's Cognitive Health Research Team investigates variation in brain functioning through the influence of sex and gender, the menstrual cycle, genetics/handedness, experience and culture. We also seek to understand the neuropsychological issues which have been understudied and/or are unique to women.
Faculty: Pamela Geller
The Women's Health Psychology Lab investigates issues relevant to women's mental and physical health with a special focus on reproductive health. In addition to ongoing work surrounding the perinatal period (e.g., emotional consequences of pregnancy loss, postpartum depression) and the development of medical education in Ob/Gyn, other issues of current focus include coping with fertility problems, HIV and intimate partner violence, African American women's experience of pregnancy loss, and parentless parenting.