Psi Chi at UCLA

Research Lab Fair

Psi Chi is excited to announce its first annual Research Lab Fair, where we bring representatives from research labs to come talk to you about their research and recruit research assistants for next quarter. This fair was planned in mind to facilitate the “lab hunt” process for undergraduate students in psychology and also for research labs as well since RA recruitment can be difficult. We hope that this fair will be a success for both students and labs, such that students will be able to commit to labs they know for sure they want to be a part of and also for labs too, as they will be want to recruit assistants who are dedicated and will remain with the lab for good period of time.

These are the labs that will be present for the fair:

Addictions Research Laboratory

Time Attendance: 2PM – 4PM

Faculty Supervisor/Principal Investigator
Dr. Lara Ray
Graduate Students
Molly Tartter, James Ashenhurst
Project Managers
Eliza Hart, Pauline Chin
Areas of Research
Etiology and treatment of substance use disorders with a particular emphasis on alcohol use disorders, pharmacology, and behavioral genetics.
Website
http://addictions.psych.ucla.edu/

Child FIRST Lab

Time Attendance: 12PM – 4PM

Faculty Supervisor/Principal Investigator
Dr. Bruce Chorpita
Graduate Students
Chad Ebesutani, Adam Bernstein, Nicole Starace, Jen Regan
Areas of Research
The overarching goal of our lab’s research is practical improvement of mental health care for youth in real world settings (e.g. schools, community clinics, child welfare system). Specific topics include:

  • Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-based Practices in Youth Mental Health (basically, how to bring treatments shown to be effective in the lab to real world therapists and kids)
  • Child and Adolescent Anxiety
  • Treatment Effectiveness for Youth with Anxiety, Depression, and Disruptive Behavior Problems.

    Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab

    Time Attendance: 1PM – 4PM

    Faculty Supervisor/Principal Investigator
    Ellen Woo, PhD
    Areas of Research
    Executive and memory models in mild cognitive impairment and the prediction of everyday functioning.

    Computational Vision and Learning Lab

    Time Attendance: 3PM – 4PM

    Faculty Supervisor/Principal Investigator
    Dr. Hongjing Lu
    Graduate Student
    Alan Lee
    Areas of Research
    Visual perception and causal/statistical learning
    Methods
    Behavioral experiments and computational models
    Website
    http://cvl.psych.ucla.edu/

    Couple Therapy Laboratory

    Time Attendance: 12PM – 4PM

    Faculty Supervisor/Principal Investigator
    Andrew Christensen, Ph.D.
    Graduate Students
    Katie Williams Baucom, Meghan McGinn, Lisa Benson
    Areas of Research
    Broadly, our lab studies couple therapy and couple processes relevant to therapy. Our interests range from specific applications of therapy (at the transition to parenthood, web-based delivery, etc.) to basic processes during couple interactions, both within and outside of therapy sessions (observed communication, arousal, etc.).

    Down Syndrome Alzheimer’s Research

    Time Attendance: 12PM – 2PM

    Faculty Supervisor/Principal Investigator
    Linda D. Nelson, Ph.D., ABPN
    Areas of Research
    Alzheimer’s disease; Positron Emission Tomography-FDDNP: radiolabeled probe to detect signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Relationships and Health Lab

    Time Attendance: 12PM – 4PM

    Faculty Supervisor/Principal Investigator
    Dr. Ted Robles
    Graduate Students
    Leah Dickenson
    Areas of Research
    Broadly, our lab is interested in how social relationships impact health. Two of our current studies involve:

  • Risky family characteristics and parent and child health
  • How retirement affects marriage, physiology, and health in older adults

    Social Interaction & Social Stigma Lab

    Time Attendance: 12PM – 4PM

    Faculty Supervisor
    Dr. Jenessa Shapiro
    Graduate Student(s)
    Amy Williams, Lauren Wong
    Areas of Research
    Prejudice, Intergroup Relations, Stigma