Lab member Bradley Beck, a freshman psychology member, will complete a a summer internship with Cincinnati Childrens Hospital’s Summer Treatment Program for children with ADHD. He will serve a counselor for the program, leading group activities, implementing behavioral modification procedures, providing feedback to children and parents, and recording behavioral data.
End of Year Lunch
MARSH Lab went to Left Field Tavern for our annual end-of-year lunch, with a side trip to Rapid Fire Pizza to visit Kyle, a graduating lab member who got called into work at the last minute and had to miss lunch. It was great to celebrate our graduating seniors, Kyle and Ava, reflect on all the great science we’ve done this year, and hear about everyone’s summer plans!
Ava Naumoff to Xavier University
Ava Naumoff, a senior psychology major who has worked in MARSH Lab since Fall 22, has commited to attending Xavier University this fall. She is enrolling in their masters of counseling program. We will miss her but Xavier is lucky to have her!
Prit Patel defends masters thesis
Prit Patel successfully defended her masters project, “Interaction of Attachment and Self-Determination Need Fulfillment to Predict Daily Support Behavior.” Congratulations Prit!
Prit Patel offered summer internship
Grad student Prit Patel was offered a summer internship in user experience research at Northwestern Mutual. Congratulations Prit!
Brett Peters visits MARSH Lab
Thanks to Dr. Brett Peters from Ohio University for visiting Miami! He gave a talk in SPRIG and ran a training on collecting impedence cardiography data for a collaborative project we’re working on.
End of the semester lunch
MARSH Lab had a great end-of-the-semester lunch at Mac & Joe’s to celebrate all the data collection we completed this year, and to celebrate our graduating seniors! Clare, Maddi, and Blake have been part of the lab since it’s first year and have been great contributors, even throughout the pandemic. They will be greatly missed, but we’re excited for all the amazing things they’re going to do next!
MARSH Lab at MPA
Two MARSH Lab members, Maddi Heitkamp and Clare Alexander, presented their senior honors thesis projects at the Midwestern Psychology Association conference in Chicago!
Lea joins MARSH Lab!
MARSH Lab with be adding a new grad student this fall! We are thrilled that Lea Stimpel has accepted our offer to join the lab and Miami’s social psychology PhD program. Lea is coming from the HARP Lab at University of Edinburgh.
Maddi to Binghamton University
After lots of interviews and comparing offers, MARSH Lab RA Maddi Heitkamp has decided to attend Binghamton University to complete her PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience! Maddi will be working with Dr. Anushree Karkhanis to understand how adolescent alcohol exposure relates to the development of addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders through changes in reward pathways and pain sensitivity. Congrats Maddi!