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

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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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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

📣 Join our team We are hiring 4 research assistants to support work across three grants: 1. EMA and biosensor to predict return to use, 2. Mobile app for co-occurring PTSD-OUD, 3. EMA and biosensor to understand timing and mechanisms underlying alcohol use and suicide. Apply 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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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

First year PhD student Katy Price sharing qualitative findings on the needs, barriers, and lived experiences of Black asylum seeking parents @istss.bsky.social

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

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

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Awesome series of EMA talks chaired by STRESS Lab postdoc @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social and lead by STRESS Lab alum (Emmanuel Thomas and Alexa Raudales) and current members (Noam Newberger)

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Sixth year PhD student @reina-kiefer.bsky.social presenting on emotion dysregulation and mental and behavioral health outcomes across community and college samples with experiences of childhood trauma @istss.bsky.social

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STRESS Lab RA Ben Seebold presenting on hair cortisol-derived stress and emotion dysregulation among women experiencing IPV @istss.bsky.social

STRESS Lab RA Dominique Sheldon presenting on childhood trauma, impulsivity, and physical aggression @istss.bsky.social

PhD student alum Emmanuel Thomas sharing preliminary findings from his F31 on momentary associations among trauma symptoms of discrimination and alcohol craving @istss.bsky.social @istss-sud-sig.bsky.social

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PhD alum Alexa Raudales presenting on the intersections among PTSD, opioid use, and suicide @istss.bsky.social

Fifth year PhD student @hodiana.bsky.social presenting on racial microaggressions and alcohol use among women of color in the community

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STRESS Lab RA Natalie Chasten presenting qualitative findings on coping among individuals with co-occurring PTSD and OUD

Fourth year PhD student Noam Newberger presenting on the utility of GIMME for exploring group, subgroup, and idiographic relations among PTSD symptoms in individuals with OUD @istss.bsky.social

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

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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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Fifth year PhD student @hodiana.bsky.social presenting @istss-sud-sig.bsky.social on the relations among racial microaggressions and alcohol use @istss.bsky.social

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Fifth year PhD student Alana Egan presenting preliminary qualitative findings from her F31 on the intersections among historical trauma, substance use, and suicide @istss.bsky.social @istss-sud-sig.bsky.social

Third year PhD student Jewelia Ferguson sharing findings on the role of stigma in PTSD and SUD @istss.bsky.social @istss-sud-sig.bsky.social

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

STRESS Lab is @istss.bsky.social Come meet us and see some of our current work!

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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 · 08/09/2025

Big news! @universityofri.bsky.social just secured its first-ever NIH T32 grant! This T32 will bring together Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering, and Life Sciences to train the next generation of scientists to tackle complex health challenges like addiction. www.uri.edu/news/2025/09...

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URI receives first-ever NIH T32 award to launch transdisciplinary biomedical research training program

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 3, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island has received its first-ever National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 Predoctoral Training Grant, marking a major milestone in URI’s growt...

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Proud x 2, perfectly captured

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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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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Diem-Quynh Trinh for successfully defending her dissertation, entitled Happiness and Activity Engagement as Longitudinal Predictors of Adolescent Alcohol and Cannabis Outcomes. We're very proud of you!

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Meet PhD Candidate Noam Newberger! Noam is a soon-to-be 4th year graduate student who will be applying for clinical internship this year. His research interests (including F31 award) include culturally-informed, idiographic, and translational methods to understand co-morbid PTSD and substance use.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Meet PhD student Jewels Ferguson! Jewels is a third year graduate student. Her research takes a strengths-based approach to understand coping and resilience within historically marginalized communities characterized by experiences of trauma.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Meet PhD Candidate Catherine Trinh! Catherine is a soon-to-be 5th year student who will be applying for clinical internship this year. Her research (including F31 award) leverages strengths-based approaches to studying substance use, including a focus on alternative reinforcers & positive emotions.

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STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Meet PhD Candidate Alana Egan! Alana is a soon-to-be 5th year student who will be applying for clinical internship this year. Her research interests are on the intersections among trauma, substance use, and suicide in Pacific Islanders.