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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

💫 Annual pic with the PhD students 💫

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Diana Ho @hodiana.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

things you do in grad school - accept an award on behalf of your mentor because she’s at a conference getting another award! congrats @nicoleweiss.bsky.social (award not pictured bc it’s safely in a box)

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

So proud of Dr. Alana Egan for successfully defending her F31-funded dissertation, entitled "A Qualitative Inquiry of Substance Use, Suicidal Ideation, and Historical Trauma in Pacific Islander Adults." Her expertise, dedication, and thoughtful scholarship really shined throughout the defense!

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hiring a full-time data analyst to support the management and analysis of EMA + biosensor (Empatica and Skyn) for several grants. Come join our team!

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

As 4 PhD students leave for internship (😭), @stresslab.bsky.social is excited to welcome 3 PhD students: Andrew Rolles, Dominique Sheldon, Jeniska Rivera Galarza. Excited for this dream team to bring new ideas & energy to the lab. I couldn't do it without the support of @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social!

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

So (so, so, so) proud of Dr. Reina Kiefer for successfully defending her dissertation! Reina's work reflects an unwavering commitment to women who have experienced college campus sexual assault and will undoubtedly have a meaningful impact on their lives.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Congratulations to @stresslab.bsky.social graduate students on a successful match day 🥳 Catherine Trinh: McLean Noam Newberger: University of Washington Alana Egan: Home to VA Pacific Islands @hodiana.bsky.social: MUSC

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Celebrating this amazing group of scholars. Lots of emotions -- proud of all they have accomplished; sad to see them go; excited to watch what they do next and to welcome the next chapter of the @stresslab.bsky.social.

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We are hiring four full-time research assistant positions. Please consider applying and share widely!

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

📣 New Pub 📣 We captured 30-day emotion intensity & dysregulation data from EMA & examined in relation to cortisol (from hair) during the same period. Emotion intensity & hair cortisol levels were significantly associated among women with high (but not low) emotion dysregulation.

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Rebecca Schacht @rschacht.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Thanks to everyone who braved the early hour to attend our panel discussion on treating PTSD and substance use disorders! #ISTSS2025 #PTSD #AcademicSky With @nicoleweiss.bsky.social

Denise Hien, Teresa López-Castro, Kevin Wenzel, Rebecca Schacht, Nicole Weiss, and Carrie Mulford. Panel title: “Frontiers in Treating Severe Comorbid PTSD-SUD: Meeting Clients Where They Are”

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So proud of Alexa Raudales for being the recipient of the @istss.bsky.social Outstanding Student Achievement Award

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Went to dinner last night with @heatherschatten.bsky.social & our new R01!!! We're using the BACtrack Skyn & EMA to examine the timing & mechanisms underlying alcohol use & suicide risk. I'm excited to be doing work that matters with close friends (also @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social and Amy Stamates)

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Proud to empower our community through naloxone distribution on IOAD. Community engagement is more than research; it's action. @nicoleweiss.bsky.social @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social @hodiana.bsky.social (and many others!)

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Lots of emotions yesterday. Confident that whatever big things life has in store for these two, it will make the world a better place for all people.

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Three defenses in one month 😅 Shout-out to Dr. Trinh for making my job easy!

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Celebrating our undergrads at @universityofri.bsky.social Psychology Awards Night

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Proud mentor moment! Reina Kiefer was awarded the @universityofri Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award for her work on gender-based violence.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Talking careers in psychology with high schoolers as part of the Rhode Island Psychological Association Social Justice & Public Policy Committee Diversifying Psychology Working Group

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

More than ever, scientists must amplify evidence-based work. Captured some of our scientists-in-training sharing their research @universityofri.bsky.social College of Health Sciences Research Night.

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Congratulations to the now Dr. Alexa Raudales! You truly blew the committee away—your dedication, passion, and brilliance shined through, and I couldn’t be prouder of you.

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I just learned that I was promoted to Professor -- with these little ones by my side the whole way (I started at URI when our oldest was 12 weeks old). Sharing as a reminder that parenting and academia can coexist.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

SIP is a two-year F31 awarded to @reina-kiefer.bsky.social by NIAAA. This project uses alcohol administration and emotion induction paradigms to investigate the effects of positive and negative emotion states on sexual assault risk perception during acute alcohol intoxication.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

LIFT is a two-year R21 funded by NIAAA. This project leverages intensive longitudinal data to evaluate dynamic & idiographic processes among positive emotional processes, alcohol use, & PTSD symptoms as they unfold in daily life among trauma-exposed individuals in the community.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Proud of STRESS Lab doctoral candidate @reina-kiefer.bsky.social for having the courage to share her story. Your experiences offer hope, healing, and strength to others who may be silently carrying similar pain. Your bravery is powerful.

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Beaming with pride because Dr. Emmanuel Thomas just crushed his dissertation defense!

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

COPE is a 6-year R61/R33 funded by NIDA's HEAL Initiative. This study uses a ground-up approach & EMA + MRT designs to rigorously develop, evaluate, & optimize a mobile app with both on-demand and automated features to reduce opioid use harm among adults with PTSD exiting residential OUD treatment.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Project ReNew is a five-year R01 funded by NIDA. This study integrates data from a wearable biosensor and 6x/day EMA to examine longitudinal changes in neg & pos affective processes on risk for return to substance and related harm during the 30-days immediately following residential SUD treatment.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/

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Director Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D. Overview The STRESS Lab is directed by Dr. Nicole Weiss in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. Research in the STRESS Lab is funded by the N...

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Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Very fun & productive day with @mpwrlab.bsky.social collaborating with the STRESS Lab at URI. We split into 2 groups and wrote 2 Papers in 1 Day! Nice pre-conference activity in downtown Providence w/stellar doc students. Big thanks to @nicoleweiss.bsky.social and her team for organizing & hosting!

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Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

For those at #CPA2025 this week, come to our symposium tomorrow (4/3) at 9:45 am, “Community-engaged Approaches for Addressing Co-occurring PTSD and SUD in Diverse Populations” if you’re interested! @nicoleweiss.bsky.social Dr. Prachi Bhuptani Dr. Jillian Scheer @apadivision50.bsky.social

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🚨New pub🚨 We examined concordance of emotion-dependent risk-taking in the lab (via emotion induction & BART) & real-world (via EMA). Participants were more likely to drink alcohol, use cannabis & illicit drugs, & have condomless sex during elevated neg and pos emotions 1/

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Vera Vine @veravine.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It's bad timing, but come talk SCIENCE with us! Clinical affective science! Speakers: @junegruber.bsky.social, Doug Mennin, Renee Thompson, Luis Flores, @nicoleweiss.bsky.social, Lauren Bylsma, Jen Veilluex, Karin Coifman, Lira Yoon, w/ @lisastarr.bsky.social Please oh please repost 🙏🏻 Feb 1! 👀

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Justin Parent, Ph.D. @jparentphd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The Assistant-level position @ URI closes this week, and now the endowed full-professor position is now posted! Full Professor in Psychology - Prochaska Endowed Professorship in Individual and Population Health jobs.chronicle.com/job/37768609...

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Full Professor in Psychology - Prochaska Endowed Professorship in Individual and Population Health - Rhode Island, United States job with University of Rhode Island | 37768609

Full Professor in Psychology - Prochaska Endowed Professorship in Individual and Population Health Position location: Kingston The Department...

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Jonas Dora @jonasdora.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm excited to share a new preprint: In a novel experimental paradigm, we found evidence that stress induces a computational bias during alcohol-related decision-making in favor of alcohol, but this bias was only sometimes strong enough to overcome competing considerations (e.g., taste preferences).

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

First paper with soon-to-be STRESS Lab postdoc @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social 🥳

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Another tenure-track position has posted! Seeking someone with expertise in clinical intervention research. This position will also support our new Master’s program (web.uri.edu/psychology/aca…) and our PhD program. jobs.uri.edu/postings/14461

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Another position has been listed! This is for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a research specialization open with a preference for research programs that include a focus on health disparities, qualitative (mixed) methods, and program evaluation jobs.uri.edu/postings/14369

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Assistant Professor of Psychology (Qualitative and Mixed Methods, Program Evaluation)

The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by January 10, 2025. Applications received after January 10, 2025 may be revi...

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