Study assessed how social stressors affect adults with history of trauma
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Summer Internships for CHS Students!
The College of Health Sciences is now offering summer internships for undergraduate and master’s students.
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Kathryn “Kat” Quina received the 2025 Heritage Award from the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35) at APA in Denver, CO. This Career Award is given annually to “an individual who has made distinguished, substantial and long-standing feminist contributions to women and gender’” the selection committee acknowledged the depth and breadth of her […]
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Using wearable alcohol sensor and smartphone surveys, Nicole Weiss aims to identify risk, intervention opportunities
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URI researchers support active treatment and rehabilitation over avoidance and sensory deprivation for concussion recovery
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David Schnyer joins URI after leading highly ranked program at UT-Austin
Continue reading "New chair aims to ‘elevate’ psychology department’s research, educational prominence"URI Receives First-Ever NIH T32 Award for Biomedical Research Training
Award reflects years of cross-campus collaboration and positions URI as a national leader in transdisciplinary biomedical training.
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Psychology Professor Amy Stamates aims to understand how alcohol use, cravings change in people with and without ADHD
Continue reading "URI study examines link between ADHD, alcohol use risks – Rhody Today"URI psychology student studies disparities in medication treatment for veterans with opioid use disorder
Amid national overdose epidemic, treatment rates remain concerningly low, indicating significant barriers to care
Continue reading "URI psychology student studies disparities in medication treatment for veterans with opioid use disorder"URI psychology professor looks to change behavior around driving under the influence of marijuana
Concerns about marijuana-impaired driving have increased in recent years in the United States. With about half of the nation’s states having legalized recreational use of marijuana – including Rhode Island in 2022 – groups such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have sounded the alarm about driving under the influence of cannabis.
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